Editing Liverpool Street station (section)

=====Second World War=====
Thousands of Jewish refugee children arrived at Liverpool Street in the late 1930s as part of the ''[[Kindertransport]]'' rescue mission to save them in the run up to the [[World War II|Second World War]]. The Für Das Kind Kindertransport Memorial sculpture by artist Flor Kent was installed at the station in September 2003 commemorating this event. It consisted of a specialised glass case with original objects and a bronze sculpture of a girl, a direct descendant of a child rescued by [[Nicholas Winton]], who unveiled the work.<ref>{{cite news|author=Rothenberg, Ruth |url=http://website.thejc.com/home.aspx?AId=18059&ATypeId=1&search=true2&srchstr=+%2Bkindertransport+&srchtxt=0&srchhead=1&srchauthor=0&srchsandp=0&scsrch=0 |work=The Jewish Chronicle |location=London |date=19 September 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921152720/http://website.thejc.com/home.aspx?AId=18059&ATypeId=1&search=true2&srchstr=%2B%2Bkindertransport%2B&srchtxt=0&srchhead=1&srchauthor=0&srchsandp=0&scsrch=0 |archive-date=21 September 2016 |title=Kindertransport statue unveiled |url-status=dead }}</ref> The objects included in the sculpture began to deteriorate in bad weather,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://website.thejc.com/home.aspx?AId=40954&ATypeId=1&search=true2&srchstr=%20%20kindertransport%20&srchtxt=0&srchhead=1&srchauthor=0&srchsandp=0&scsrch=0|title=Kindertransport monument derailed at Liverpool Street|work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]]|date=8 December 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110044045/http://website.thejc.com/home.aspx?AId=40954&ATypeId=1&search=true2&srchstr=%20%20kindertransport%20&srchtxt=0&srchhead=1&srchauthor=0&srchsandp=0&scsrch=0|archive-date=10 November 2016}}</ref> and a replacement bronze memorial, ''[[Kindertransport – The Arrival]]'' by [[Frank Meisler]] was installed as a replacement at the main entrance in November 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ajr.org.uk/index.cfm/section.journal/issue.Nov06/article=711 |title=New Kindertransport statue installed |work=The Association of Jewish Refugees |date=November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202005243/http://www.ajr.org.uk/index.cfm/section.journal/issue.Nov06/article%3D711 |archive-date=2 February 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The child statue from the Kent memorial was re-erected separately in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/54206|title=Kindertransport Sculpture|publisher=Imperial War Museum collections|access-date=9 November 2016}}</ref>

During the war, the station's structure sustained damage from a nearby bomb, particularly the Gothic tower at the main entrance on Liverpool Street and its glass roof.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/liverpool-street-station|title=Liverpool Street Station|website=20th Century London|access-date=25 August 2016|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202001516/http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/liverpool-street-station|url-status=dead}}</ref>

As a precautionary measure the large and weighty West Side hanging clock was brought down to platform level and served as an enquiry office for the duration of the war.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hawkins |first1=Chris |title=Great Eastern in town and country Volume 2 |date=1991 |publisher=Irwell Press |location=Pinner,UK |isbn=1-871608-25-2 |page=25}}</ref>