The current occupant of the Speakers chair, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, said:"To think that this walkway has been used by so many important people over the centuries is incredible. I am so proud of our staff for making this discovery."
Up until three years ago, the cloister had been used as offices by the Labour Party, and before that, a cloakroom for MPs.It was Dr Hallam Smith who discovered evidence of small, secret access door that had been set into the cloister's panelling, during Parliament's last major renovation in 1950. The team turned to Parliament's locksmith for help and, with some difficulty, he was able to open the wood panel door, to reveal a tiny, stone-floored chamber, with a bricked-up doorway on the far wall.
The scrawled pencil marks, left by men who helped block the passageway on both sides in 1851, read:"This room was enclosed by Tom Porter who was very fond of Ould Ale."It then names the witnesses of"the articles of the wall" - evidently architect Sir Charles Barry's masons who had joined bricklayer's labourer Thomas Porter in a toast to mark the room's enclosure.
This reference to"real democrats" suggests the group were part of the Chartist movement, which campaigned for every man aged 21 to have a vote, and for would-be MPs to be allowed to stand even if they did not own property."They had been involved in quite a few scraps as the Palace was being built. I think these ones were being a little bit bolshie but also highly celebratory because they had just finished the first major restoration of these beautiful Tudor cloisters.
Aaahh the missing child abuse records
Bet they're allowed to smoke in there aswell
Does it contain a multitude of “missing” files?
is that where Jimmy Saville and Ted Heath are buried?
Ould ale. Nothing better.
A porter, heh🤷
Does it also lead too secret bunker they've probably got?
Perhaps they'll find the parliamentary report into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Or perhaps the master list of all the nonces in the Conservative Party, as mysteriously misplaced by Theresa May just before they made her leader. Lord Lucan would be more likely, though.
Chamber of Secrets
Its easy to make jokes that this is where Cyril Smith kept his victims, or where Johnson is hiding, but it is actually an incredibly interesting find. I hope more info and photos are published.
Oh so Camille found it and will waste that money too? Or is that how she paid people off to kill Diana?
Is the BBC finally going to report on some ‘historical’ stuff then
You call it a secret doorway to a treasure trove, Bercow calls it his nest.
Is it where they keep their spines
Will they let him out some times?
Wow! Absolutely fascinating! 😲
From memory, the tv drama Apple Tree Yard, based on the book by DoughtyLouise, featured a hidden passage in Parliament like this...
That's where Johnson has been hiding.
Did they find Lord Lucan?
check if boris is hiding there
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Honestly, who cares? The place is a mock-Tudor fantasy palace where extremely bad decisions are made. It was constructed by the Tories on the cheap from very poor stone. Time the BBC got off its sychophantic hobby horse. Get a grip of yourselves.
Is this the Cyril Smith memorial room, or do they have more secrets?
Historic beer fuelled parties!!! Nothing has changed except the choice of alcohol.....
Not sooo secret now. On my way.
Did Nicolas Cage find it?
My boyfriend says the exact same thing about the back door.
Is that where the paedo dossier is?
Is that where all the extra national debt money is hidden
Cyril Smith’s wee boys room.
Polititician not doing his job engaging with the rich history of other politicians not doing their jobs. 🍻
The “lost” paedo files?
They found Harry Potters room
Boris hiding in there?
Nice little bit of history, 👍🇬🇧
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