Seven Dials Covent Garden is a unique quarter of London whose star-shaped layout remains as constructed in the early 1690s. By 1974 the Seven Dials area was in a state of dereliction. It was brought back to life largely through the dedication of the Seven Dials Trust, working in partnership with the local authorities and landowners for nearly forty years.

• Restoring London’s Missing Monument
• Genesis
• People and Persuasion
• Launch and Fundraising
• A Time for Sundials
• The Original Seven Dials Sundial Pillar
• Planning and Fund Raising
• Orientating for Sundial Time
• Designing the Pillar and Foundations
• A Firm Foundation
• Topping In and Time Capsule
• Trainee Masons
• Carving and Gilding
• Erecting the Pillar
• The Unveiling Ceremony
• Some Unveiling Letters
• Making the Sundial Pillar — Who’s Who
• Foundation Dinner
• Unveiling — Who’s Who

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