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The American poet Ezra Pound rented rooms here in 1908. The landlady and the pub were mentioned in The Pisan Cantos (1948).

The Yorkshire Grey 46 Langham Street London W1W 7AX 020 7636 4788 Traditional Victorian pub with open fire, popular with BBC workers and former haunt of Ezra Pound.

Coventry and Milton Keynes are hardly nearby cities!!!!!

The Philharmonic Hall was one of more than twenty locations considered for the new headquarters of the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1927.The site was discounted as a headquarters and in 1932 the BBC's Broadcasting House was opened on the other side of Hallam Street. The Philharmonic Hall became a BBC building known as Brock House. The exterior is now much changed with a different facade and windows and additional space added on the roof. (Wikipedia) During the Second World War, the building was the home of the BBC Radio drama department.[21] Today, the building is used mainly for administration

'When Dylan Thomas was doing a lot of writing for BBC Radio, he was frequently in the George. One afternoon as he was drinking with a gang of BBC people, a regular burst through the door. He told the group that a man whose wife Thomas had been 'escorting' behind his back, was approaching the pub. 'He's coming to get you,' panted the informant. With that, Dylan lifted the hatch and scuttled under the bar as the cuckold roared into the pub. "Where's that bastard Thomas?!" roared the cuckold as Dylan cowered beneath the pumps. The grey regulars began clucking around the distraught man, offering sympathy and alcohol as he poured out his heart about his wife's affair with the legendary poet. Eventually he calmed down and got onto another subject. As he did so, an arm emerged from under the bar, found the pint that it was clutching only minutes previously, and carefully took it back down. And if it isn't a true story, then it should be.' (Butterfly Brain by Barry Cryer - Weidenfeld & Nicholson 2009 )

why was it called the sleepy vally?? ive been told that alexandra was bulit over graves

Highbury Estate story as told through Taskforce Uk Hip Hop group https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFutFijjWbs

What a grandiose building.

Impressive bars on the windows.

The Lexington was originally built as Pembroke House which was an office building constructed in 1950's at 40-56 City Road. The building was re-clad and converted in 1997 to a residential apartment block known as The Lexington 40-56 City Road.

This is incorrect. Pembroke House was an office building constructed in 1950's at 40-56 City Road. The building was re-clad and converted in 1997 to a residential apartment block known as The Lexington 40-56 City Road.

The area around Golden Lane Estate and the Barbican has the nicest places to live in the City of London.

thanks Alberto, always been interested on how this was constructed, I lived on the top floor 17th floor, for nearly 12 years and would often during really hard winds, short of hurricanes, would feel the building move due to tension release never experienced any gas explosions thank god thanks

Gillian Lawrence (guest) It was indeed a rubbish tip having been known as "The Dump" certainly from 1950-1960.My sisters and I used to play over there. There was a football field which my sister used to run around whilst I stayed by the giant teasels. We didn't like to go near the dump as it was always smoking with dump fires on discarded coal! There were old pig sties further towards the crematorium chimney and apple trees which we scrumped. Logs of wood as in tree trunks used to be dumped there too so dad used to chop firewood. -Comment date Dec 2013 copied from now deleted duplicate place. Arb

wher is freddie highmore's house?

Best of the best !

The official Home of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

This is a excellent choice to write about

Now it is not a Bingo hall any more