Sir Maurice Laing, Eric F Wilkins and the Lord Mayor of London examining a kitchen during the official opening of a flat in Speed House

Date:
21 Oct 1968
Location:
Speed House, Silk Street, Barbican, City and County of the City of London, Greater London Authority
Reference:
JLP01/10/00473
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

Speed House was part of the Phase III Barbican contract awarded to John Laing and Son Ltd in 1964. Speed House was the first block of flats to be completed, and was handed over by Sir Maurice Laing to the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Gilbert Inglefield, on Monday 21st October 1968. The photograph shows Maurice Laing on the left, the man at the centre is Eric F Wilkins, Chairman of the Barbican Committee and the Lord Mayor of London is on the right.

This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.

Content

This is part of the Series: JLP01/10 John Laing Photographic Collection Colour Negatives and Transparencies; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection

Keywords

Late 20th Century Apartment, Domestic Interior