IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/1297/MSGA
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: MORDEN STATION GARAGE
Date(s): 1926-1934
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.15 linear metres
Name of creator(s): City and South London Railway
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Northern Line extension to Morden and the station there were constructed in 1926 by the City and South London Railway. The company obtained permission to open a garage opposite the station where commuters could leave their cars and then contine their journey by tube. They also offered minor repairs and sold petrol. The right of the company to establish such undertakings was debated in Parliament - while the need to encourage measures to reduce traffic congestion in London was acknowledged, running garages was considered too far outside the remit of the company and a threat to local small business and futher such undertakings were discouraged.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Morden Station Garage, comprising minutes of Board and General meetings and financial accounts.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
ACC/1297/MSGA/01: Minutes; ACC/1297/MSGA/04: Accounts.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received in 1975 as part of an accession of records from London Transport.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2009 to February 2010