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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 5h

NEWS: We’re pleased to announce that Berthold Lubetkin’s Festival of Britain bus shelter in Hillesley, Gloucestershire, has been listed Grade II, following a recent application by C20. The Cotswold vernacular structure is believed to be a unique example of Lubetkin working in a traditional manner.

Festival of Britain Bus Shelter, Hillesley, Gloucestershire - Berthold Lubetkin, 1952. Image (c) Historic England

Festival of Britain Bus Shelter, Hillesley, Gloucestershire - Berthold Lubetkin, 1952. Image (c) John Allan

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🗓️ For October’s Building of the Month, Clare St George explores Herbert Shepherd’s Paddington Library (1923-29), and the importance of saving those buildings that play a secondary role to the activity taking place within them. ➡️ Read more: c20society.org.uk/building-of-...

Paddington Library, Westminster - Herbert Shepherd (1923-29), Grade II
Image (c) The Blowup, Unsplash

Paddington Library, Westminster - Herbert Shepherd (1923-29), Grade II
Image (c) Murray Clarke

Illustration of Central Baths, Westminster - Herbert Shepherd (1923-29), Grade II
Image (c) Westminster Archives

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

NEWS: C20 is extremely disappointed to learn that a Certificate of Immunity from listing has been issued by DCMS for 10 Cabot Square in Canary Wharf. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in a Chicago style Beaux-Arts revival and built 1988-91, the Society had recommended it be listed Grade II.

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Join C20 for Hot off the Press: a study day on the role of architecture magazines – such as Architectural Design, L’Architecture d’aujourd’hui and Casabella – in disseminating ideas and knowledge. 🗓️Sat 7 Nov 2026, 9am-6pm 📍 AB Gallery, Farringdon 🎟️ Tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...

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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Encounter at @slapstickfest.bsky.social: Victorian v @c20society.bsky.social presidents face off..

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Lukas Novotny @lukasnovo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Original interiors of Barbican flats look a little different that you would expect.. Thank you London Archives for displaying the sales brochure!

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Lukas Novotny @lukasnovo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Cover star of Chemical Brothers album – Harlow's Grade II* Lady of Fatima, (1960) by Gerard Goalen. Unassuming from the outside, but 💥inside. Visited with @c20society.bsky.social

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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

New Towns Mark One by the late Elain Harwood, ed. @alistairfair.bsky.social provides the first detailed architectural survey of the ‘mark one’ new towns. ➡️ Read the interview with Alistair about the book on the LUP blog: bit.ly/HE-NewTowns @c20society.bsky.social @geraintfranklin.bsky.social

A blue background of a blue and white tiled building fascia with a clock on a blue sky background. The text on the image reads 'Charting the architectural history of Britain's initial post-war new towns: the so-called 'mark one' new towns.

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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The joy of Brutalism. A @c20society.bsky.social celebration! A lot of love in the (Purcell) Room this afternoon.

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Dezeen @dezeen.com · 10/09/2026

Richard and Su Roger's seminal house in London "gifted to the nation": www.dezeen.com/2026/09/09/22-parksi…

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Wallpaper* @wallpapermag.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The modernist Rogers House, or 22 Parkside, in Wimbledon, has been given to the nation by the Rogers family www.wallpaper.com/architecture...

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 09/09/2026

Richard Rogers’ pioneering Modernist home, 22 Parkside in Wimbledon, is to open to the public after being gifted to the nation by the late architect’s family

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Richard Rogers’ 22 Parkside home ‘given to the nation’ by family

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

NEWS: The Society is thrilled that 22 Parkside in Wimbledon, the pioneering Grade II* listed modernist home by Richard and Su Rogers, has been gifted to the nation and taken into the care of the @nationaltrust.org.uk ➡️Read more: c20society.org.uk/news/richard...

22 Parkside, Wimbledon, London - Richard and Su Rogers, 1968-70 (Grade II*)
Image (c) National Trust Images - Megan Taylor

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

BREAKING NEWS: We're delighted to announce that 1 Embankment Place (1986-91) in the City of Westminster, Sir Terry Farrell's Post-Modern 'Palace on the River', has been Grade II listed by DCMS following support from C20 Society. ➡️ Read more: c20society.org.uk/news/farrell...

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

EVENT: Join C20 and Adam Nathaniel Furman for the launch of the new book 'Chromatic Architecture' and a special lecture exploring why are architects afraid of colour? 📅 Tuesday 3 November 2026 at 6:30pm – 8pm 📍BDP Clerkenwell, EC1V 4LJ 🎟️ Book tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...

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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Brutal alert: Our Sun Sep 27th 4pm @c20society.bsky.social Brutalism event - where else but at the Southbank Centre's Purcell Room - newly listed! only has a few tickets left! www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/bru...

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Brutal(ism) Love and Hate | Southbank Centre

The UK's largest arts centre & the heart of London's cultural life.

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

EVENT: Join us for C20 Open Mic - Volume 4 🗓️ Thu 15 Oct 2026, 6:30-7:45pm 📍 BDP Clerkenwell, EC1V 4LJ 🎟️ Book tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx... Its the autumn instalment of out short talks from early-career researchers and practitioners. All tickets just £5, including 🍷

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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Cooling towers! Rightly celebrated by Artist Prunella Clough in Pallant House’s excellent exhibition on British landscapes. @c20society.bsky.social

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Housing for all. Art for all. Sixteen storey mosaic murals by Poole Tiles on Seaward Tower and Harbour Tower, Gosport - Kenneth Barden & J E Tyrrell, 1963 📷 James O Davies, Historic England

Mosaic murals on Seaward Tower and Harbour Tower, Gosport - Kenneth Barden & J E Tyrrell, 1963

Image credit: James O Davies, Historic England

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

NEWS: A sad update from our Risk List 2025. The former National Wildflower Centre in Court Hey Park, Merseyside (Hodder + Partners, 2000) has now been demolished. In its place…an area of tarmac. What an utter waste. This idiosyncratic 520ft long building should have been imaginatively repurposed.

National Wildflower Centre, Knowsley, Merseyside - Hodder + Partners (2000)
Image © Martine Hamilton Knight

National Wildflower Centre, Knowsley, Merseyside - Hodder + Partners (2000)
Image © Stephanie Johnson

National Wildflower Centre, Knowsley, Merseyside - Hodder + Partners (2000)
Image © Knowsley Council

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Mike @mikeyashworth.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The leaflet for the opening of one of the UK's greatest Brutalist buildings, Preston Bus Station, on 12 October 1969. The subject of a long campaign to save & restore, the bus station was finally Listed in 2013 & subsequently restored. #architecture @c20society.bsky.social ↘️ flic.kr/p/2swZJGZ

Passengers Guide to Preston Bus Station : Sunday 12 October 1969 : Preston Corporation Transport Department : Ribble Motor Services Limited : J. Fishwick & Sons : Preston : 1969 :

The Brutalist bus station in Preston, Lancashire, is now regarded as one of the great exemplars of its type. Constructed ostensibly as part of the putative Central Lancashire New Town the building was Keith Ingham and Charles Wilson of Building Design Partnership along with E. H. Stazicker and engineers Ove Arup.

As can be seen from the leaflet the station served the municipal operator Preston Corporation, the local bus and coach giant Ribble and the independent operator Fishwick's.

In the early 2000s there were various proposals to demolish the structure as part of a redevelopment scheme and various attempts were made by local and national amenity groups to List the station; due to the borough council's support for demolition and rejection of Listing these attempts stalled. However in 2013 the bus station was Listed by English Heritage and a comprehensive restoration programme was undertaken being completed in 2019.

The leaflet shows a sketch of the distinctive building with the four great gull wing car park sections, and a bus at the ground floor bus stands. The leaflet has a blue background relating to Preston Corporation's bus livery.

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

EVENT: Join C20 and friends for a very special date at the Siuthban Centre - Brutal(ism) Love and Hate, ft. @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social, @grindrod.bsky.social, Mr Chuck, Lionheart and more. 📆 Sun 27 Sep, 4pm 📍Purcell Room, Southbank Centre 🎫 Tickets: www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/bru...

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Lukas Novotny @lukasnovo.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Outrageously neat typography seen on @c20society.bsky.social Blackheath walk with architect Ana Sutherland.

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

NEWS: We’re delighted to announce that following our recent 2026 AGM, Sandy Rattray has been elected as the new Chair of the Twentieth Century Society. ➡️ Read more: c20society.org.uk/news/sandy-r...

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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Fascinating @c20society.bsky.social talk Sep 2 upcoming about GLC poster design from the 80s. In person or online: And on the right is one I kept as a teenager and still have framed at home. secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...

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Jacob Gifford Head @giffordhead.co.uk · 18/08/2026

I have enjoyed reading this by @c20society.bsky.social. Though I was struck that whilst it lists almost every type of civil amenity: Parliaments, libraries, schools, universities, galleries & theatres; there isn't a single Court, police station or prison. I think that says a lot about priorities.

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Good News Friday: The historic Electric Cinema (1909) on Station Street in Birmingham has been officially added to the city’s Local Heritage List. The UK’s oldest working cinema before abruptly closing in Feb 2024, campaigners have opposed plans to demolish it for a 50 storey residential tower.

The Electric Cinema, Station Street, Birmingham - Bertie Crewe (1909), remodelled by Cecil E.M.Filmore (1937)
Image credit: Roger Wasley, Flickr

The Electric Cinema, Station Street, Birmingham - Bertie Crewe (1909), remodelled by Cecil E.M.Filmore (1937)
Image credit: Birmingham Live

Proposal for a restored and renewed Electric Cinema, by Flatpack Festival and Tim Ronalds Architects

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Lukas Novotny @lukasnovo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

In the 1980s the Greater London Council embarked upon a radical experiment in how to run the city, making use of poster campaigns and public art to take aim against racism, sexism and nuclear war. Hazel Atashroo & @rosamundlilywest.bsky.social discuss at @c20society.bsky.social

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

☎️ To celebrate 40 years since the very first telephone box in Britain was listed, C20 has revived its famous campaign and submitted listing applications for four more quirky and historic kiosks: in Scotland's Western Isles, the Peak District, and the Cotswolds. ➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/quirky-...

Cherlmorton Telephone Kiosk, Derbyshire – R. Moseley and L.J.Rowse, 1934
Image credit: Deborah Vernon

K6 ‘Hebridean Storm Door’ Kiosk – Crulivig, Isle of Lewis (c1935-53)
Image credit: John Maher

Kiosk and former Blacksmiths Shop, Guiting Power, Gloucestershire – c18, remodelled between 1958 and 1962 by Thomas Williams & Sons,
Image credit: travelib prime

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

NEWS: Yes, Prime Minister? The RC Church of St Oswald & St Edmund Arrowsmith (J Sydney Brocklesby, 1925-30) in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, has been upgraded from Grade II to Grade II* by DCMS. The French Romanesque church contains an unrivalled collection of stained glass by artist Harry Clarke.

Roman Catholic Church of St Oswald & St Edmund Arrowsmith, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan - J Sydney Brocklesby, 1925-30.

Image credit: Historic England.

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

🗓️ For August’s Building of the Month, Irma Naira explores the monumental Villa Ottolenghi (1974-78) near Lake Garda - one of the final projects by Italian architect Carlo Scarpa. ➡️ Read more: c20society.org.uk/building-of-...

Villa Ottolenghi, Lake Garda, Verona, Italy – Carlo Scarpa, 1974-78
Image © Åke E:son Lindman

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

☎️ #OTD 6 Aug 1986 a K3 telephone kiosk (1929), located outside the Parrott House at London Zoo, became the very first listed telephone box in Britain. It followed a landmark campaign by the Thirties Society (forerunner to C20), launched the previous year in response to BT’s modernisation programme.

K3 Telephone Box, London Zoo - Giles Gilbert Scott, 1929
Image credit: Martin Pettitt, Flickr

The Thirties Society 'Take it as Red' report on telephone boxes, 1985
Design: Robin Ollington

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

NEWS: C20 Society has backed new plans to convert the Brutalist former Church of the Good Shepherd (1966-67) in Batheaston, Somerset, into a day nursery and offices, saving it from a previously consented demolition following a community campaign. ➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/nursery...

RC Church of the Good Shepherd, Batheaston, Somerset - Martin Fisher, 1966-67
Image © Andrew Eberlin

Nursery proposal for the former Church of the Good Shepherd, Batheaston, Somerset
Image © Wraxall Builders

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Lukas Novotny @lukasnovo.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Lost architecture featured in Vanishing Japan (2026, Thames & Hudson) by Naomi Pollock. Book launch on Thursday with @c20society.bsky.social, few in-person & online tickets still available!

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

EVENT: Join C20 and tour guide Andrew Jackson for a late summer weekend trip to 20th Century Liverpool. From the Cathedrals to the Philharmonic, the University to the Queensway Tunnel, we're in our Mersey Paradise! 🗓️ Fri 18 - Sun 20 Sep 2026 🎟️ Tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...

Image: Queensway (Mersey) Tunnel toll booth - Herbert Rowse, 1934
Credit: R~P~M, Creative Commons

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Lukas Novotny @lukasnovo.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Alec Forshaw, Islington conservation officer for 30 yrs, lead a fantastic walk around Angel for @c20society.bsky.social

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

💥 Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s our Save Cooling Towers banner over West Burton Power Station in Megawatt Valley! Well, with C20 Society’s recent AGM taking place in Nottinghamshire, we couldn’t pass up the opportunity for a ‘flying visit’… ➡️ Read more: c20society.org.uk/news/west-bu...

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Hazel A @hazela.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Join us for a talk about the radical London Local Government in 1980s London!

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

👀 Tomorrow, 0830 UTC GB-0443, G-BUNC

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Extremely concerning news that Jodrell Bank in Cheshire is facing closure, after UKRI announced the end of their funding from 2028. Though the Lovell Telescope is Grade I listed, the best strategy for preserving this internationally significant site is surely to keep the observatory in active use.

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

EVENT: Join C20 and Historic England for a special two-day event, celebrating the 80th anniversary of the 1946 New Towns Act and the launch of the late Elain Harwood’s final major publication, 'New Towns Mark One'. 🗓️ Thu 10-11 Sept 2026 📍 London + Harlow 🎟️ secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...

Image: Market Clock, Adams House, Harlow © Historic England

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

NEWS: We’re delighted that the £130 million plans to transform the Grade II* listed Crystal Palace National Sports Centre (1960-64) have been unanimously approved by Bromley Council, following support from C20, Historic England, Sport England and many others. ➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/green-l...

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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Was lucky enough to work in TV Centre 📺 from 1991 off and on till 2012.. loved talking about it to Open City with my @c20society.bsky.social President head on. Features me reading from Colin MacInnes’s Absolute Beginners podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...

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Deconstructed: The BBC Television Centre - Broadcasting to a Nation

Podcast Episode · Open City · 16 July · 30min

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

🇫🇷 Today, a lucky group of C20 Patrons will visit the iconic Maison de Verre in Paris (1928-32), with places selected via a ballot earlier in the year. Why not consider becoming an Individual or Professional Patron, for your chance to join other exclusive tours? ➡️ c20society.org.uk/support/patr...

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

EVENT: Join C20 and author Hazel Atashroo as she introduces her new book ‘London’s Ours! Images From The Greater London Council 1981–1986’, in conversation with Rosamund Lily West. 🗓️ Wed 2 Sep 2026, 6.30pm 📍 Cowcross St Gallery, London + Online 🎟️ tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...

London's Ours! cover - Hazel Atashroo and Fourt Corners Books (2026)
Stop Children poster - Peter Kennard (1983)

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

NEWS: After being feared lost then recently rediscovered, the 1960s Skyline tile mural by artist Alan Boyson has now been restored and relocated from Hull's old Co-op building to a nearby NHS centre. ✍ @estherjohnson.bsky.social tells the full story: c20society.org.uk/2026/07/15/t...

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Jacob Gifford Head @giffordhead.co.uk · 16/07/2026

I really like this. The one thing that Post-Modernism had going for it which is missing from so much other architecture is that it is fun. It’s also nice to see another late 20th Century leisure centre preserved. These are the Victorian Turkish Baths of the future.

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

NEWS: Doncaster Dome (FaulknerBrowns, 1987-89) has reopened to the public following a 2 year, £15 million project to refurbish the pools, flumes, changing area, mechanical heating and water filter system. The Postmodern leisure centre was Grade II listed in 2023 after an application by C20 Society.

Image credit: Julie Phipps / FaulknerBrowns

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

EVENT: Join C20 and author Naomi Pollock for Vanishing Japan - Modern Architecture, Gone But Not Forgotten. 🗓️ Thu 6 Aug 2026, 6.30pm 📍 The Gallery, 70 Cowcross St, London + Online 🎟️ Book tickets In-person: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx... Online: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...

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