West End Chronicles: 300 Years of Glamour and Excess in the Heart of London'West End Chronicles' is packed with atmospheric anecdotes of people, places and history. Funny, opinionated, quirky and always informative, its subjects include artists, Bohemian eccentrics and Fitzroy Tavern literary life, the characters, faces and coffee bars and the music and art they spawned, and more. |
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Page 43
... Street is the only street to run the full north - south course through Mayfair , linking Oxford Street and Piccadilly . Its name is misleading for there is no Bond Street as such ; the northern section is New Bond Street , the southern ...
... Street is the only street to run the full north - south course through Mayfair , linking Oxford Street and Piccadilly . Its name is misleading for there is no Bond Street as such ; the northern section is New Bond Street , the southern ...
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... Street basement ; a brush will sweep across a canvas on Charlotte Street ; a fervent debate will rage above a pub on Great Windmill Street ; a restaurant will open for those whose desire for food comes from a rumbling in the stomach and ...
... Street basement ; a brush will sweep across a canvas on Charlotte Street ; a fervent debate will rage above a pub on Great Windmill Street ; a restaurant will open for those whose desire for food comes from a rumbling in the stomach and ...
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... Street 192 Goodge Street station 177 Goodman , Lord 215 George VI , King 8-9 Georgian Group , the 35 Gerald , Queenie 110 Goodman , Benny 253 Gordon , Lord George 60-62 Gordon Hotels 26 Gerald Street 10 German Crown Jewels 19 German ...
... Street 192 Goodge Street station 177 Goodman , Lord 215 George VI , King 8-9 Georgian Group , the 35 Gerald , Queenie 110 Goodman , Benny 253 Gordon , Lord George 60-62 Gordon Hotels 26 Gerald Street 10 German Crown Jewels 19 German ...
Contents
Vile Bodies | 4 |
The Making of the West End | 31 |
Revolution | 60 |
Copyright | |
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West End Chronicles: 300 Years of Glamour and Excess in the Heart of London Ed Glinert No preview available - 2008 |
West End Chronicles: 300 Years of Glamour and Excess in the Heart of London Ed Glinert No preview available - 2008 |
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