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[[File:LabourPartyPlaque.jpg|thumb|Labour Party Plaque at the entrance to Caroone House (2004)]] |
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| ⚫ | '''Caroone House''' was an office block at 14 [[Farringdon Street]], London EC4, which was built in the 1970s on the site of the [[Congregational Memorial Hall]].<ref name=Binfield>{{citation |chapter=Memory enstructured The case of Memorial Hall |author=Clyde Binfield |pages=160–174 |title=Memory and Memorials, 1789-1914: Literary and Cultural Perspectives |publisher=Routledge |year=2002 |isbn=9781134583003}}</ref> A [[Greater London Council]] plaque commemorating the foundation of the [[Labour Party]] at the Memorial Hall in 1900 was displayed at the main entrance to Caroone House. |
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| ⚫ | The building was used by [[Post Office Telecommunications]] (from 1981 [[British Telecom]]) as the headquarters for its Post Office International Telephones department (designated as ITp) operating their international business and for [[telephone tapping]]. Among other things it acted as the HQ for managing the operation of ITps International Control Centres (exchanges) in London, Brighton and Glasgow. <ref>{{citation |title=Stranger on the Line: the secret history of phone tapping |pages=98–99 |author=Patrick Fitzgerald, Mark Leopold |year=1987}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | It was demolished in 2004 to be replaced by the [[Ludgate West]] development and today 5 Fleet Place stands on the site of Caroone House. The Labour Party plaque has been reinstated on the wall of the redevelopment. <ref>[http://www.emporis.com/buildings/218301/five-fleet-place-london-united-kingdom Emporis entry on 5 Fleet Place]. Accessed 3 March 2016</ref> |
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Revision as of 01:02, 11 October 2016
Caroone House was an office block at 14 Farringdon Street, London EC4, which was built in the 1970s on the site of the Congregational Memorial Hall.[1] A Greater London Council plaque commemorating the foundation of the Labour Party at the Memorial Hall in 1900 was displayed at the main entrance to Caroone House.
The building was used by Post Office Telecommunications (from 1981 British Telecom) as the headquarters for its Post Office International Telephones department (designated as ITp) operating their international business and for telephone tapping. Among other things it acted as the HQ for managing the operation of ITps International Control Centres (exchanges) in London, Brighton and Glasgow. [2]
It was demolished in 2004 to be replaced by the Ludgate West development and today 5 Fleet Place stands on the site of Caroone House. The Labour Party plaque has been reinstated on the wall of the redevelopment. [3]
References
- ^ Clyde Binfield (2002), "Memory enstructured The case of Memorial Hall", Memory and Memorials, 1789-1914: Literary and Cultural Perspectives, Routledge, pp. 160–174, ISBN 9781134583003
- ^ Patrick Fitzgerald, Mark Leopold (1987), Stranger on the Line: the secret history of phone tapping, pp. 98–99
- ^ Emporis entry on 5 Fleet Place. Accessed 3 March 2016
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