Status of Sir John Betjeman

Sir John Betjeman was one of the people principally responsible for saving both the St Pancras Chambers and the St Pancras Station from demolition in the 1960s, thank goodness! In tribute to the famous poet and railway lover the sculpture by Martin Jennings has been designed to stand at platform level to celebrate the man and his lovely nostalgic poetry for a bygone 'railway age'. The poet is looking up in awe at the magnificent Victorian engineering splendour of the Barlow shed whilst catching hold of his hat.