Macklin Street

From Macklin Street to Mallow Street

This will be the last ‘Macklin Street’ column to feature in Mass of Ages as, from the next edition, it will become ‘Mallow Street’. We’re on the move!

Our archives reveal, the Society first rented an office on Blandford Street, Marylebone west London, above what is now a restaurant. Prior to that the postal address was 159 Montague Mansions, London W1. In 1981, the Society moved to Cork Street and, in 1991, to an office in Corpus Christi Church, Maiden Lane. Two years later, in 1993, we leased our first office in Lupus House, 11-13 Macklin Street before moving to our present, larger, office sometime later.

‘None of the staff will miss the arduous climb of three flights of stairs’

Lupus House was sold last year and the new owner wishes to redevelop it, which meant we had to find new premises. After a relatively brief search, the Trustees agreed to take a lease on an office at 9 Mallow Street, London EC1Y 8RQ, a short walk from Old Street underground station. Our telephone number remains the same.

Anyone who has visited our Macklin Street office will understand what I mean when I write that none of the staff will miss the arduous climb of three flights of stairs to get to it. The office on Mallow Street is on the ground floor!

At the time of writing, no date has been set for the move but it will be sometime during the end of August or beginning of September. There will, inevitably, be some interruption to office activity while the move takes place but we shall endeavour to keep this to a minimum.