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I did know about it, but it's nicely written, and well illustrated, and that does the trick for me.
It's a sad day today - in spare time I've been reading your blog from the start, and today finally caught up with day last year when I started reading it properly. So I'm on one new item a day like everybody else from now on. Boo!
So this is a genuine "thanks" for it.
Nick | Homepage | 12.11.19 - 7:25 a.m. | #
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Coincidentally these non-properties in Leinster Gardens also featured in a BBC Archives post on Facebook yesterday - a splendidly quirky item by Bernard Falk from the Nationwide programme back in 1975.
dg writes: Watch here.
Frank F | 12.11.19 - 7:26 a.m. | #
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Well I didn't know this story and now I want to go and have a look myself.
ganching | Homepage | 12.11.19 - 7:33 a.m. | #
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I knew about this but never realised where it was. Nor did I realise that I have walked up and down past it many times as I often stay in a hotel nearby when in London for work. I should pay more attention!
Andrew Bowden | Homepage | 12.11.19 - 7:37 a.m. | #
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They also featured in an episode of Sherlock, but they'll always be somebody who didn't know before - and more are born everyday.
Still Anon | 12.11.19 - 7:47 a.m. | #
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Reminds me of this wonderful XKCD comic.
Muzer | 12.11.19 - 7:57 a.m. | #
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Famously used in the movies as the London address of any young lady a chap was sending flowers to, and often the address given to a taxi driver.
Simon | Homepage | 12.11.19 - 8:33 a.m. | #
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As it happens I have several times stayed at the hotel next door! Sometimes with a nice wiew of the tracks!
Leuconoe | 12.11.19 - 8:35 a.m. | #
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I have heard it all before and I was so pleased to see it and photograph it a few years ago. We were staying nearby in Lancaster Gate.
Andrew | Homepage | 12.11.19 - 9:05 a.m. | #
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I have paid homage to these two on several occasions, but had never before seen the rear view. Many thanks for this, DG.
Petras409 | 12.11.19 - 9:09 a.m. | #
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Facades. Topical.
David | 12.11.19 - 9:16 a.m. | #
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While I knew about Leinster Gardens (though I can never remember where it is!) thanks also for the clip from Nationwide above - containing even more secrets that were new to me!
Cornish Cockney | 12.11.19 - 10:09 a.m. | #
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What is equally fascinating is that the magnificent roof of nearby Bayswater station is still there....as a Hertz car rental! ! An (expensive!) false floor was put into the station at some point but I don't know why they would go to all that effort just to support cars. Go to Poplar Place to see it. Diamond Geezer do you know anything about this? Can't find any information as to why and when the floor was put in.
Paul | 12.11.19 - 10:29 a.m. | #
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Thanks, DG! I once knew about these and hadn't thought about them in years--and I don't think I've ever seen a rear view that clear.
James | 12.11.19 - 10:29 a.m. | #
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This was arguably the first attraction I visited when I first set foot in England. Having arrived in a November night meant that I didn't see much, and I had to revisit it the next morning. Undoubtedly a splendid facade.
Patrickov | 12.11.19 - 11:48 a.m. | #
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I'd think by now it would be worth TfL rebuilding the two houses or putting some flats in the gap, thus making a bit of money and spoiling a long standing urban legend.
ActonMan | 12.11.19 - 11:50 a.m. | #
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It's 12 Grimmauld Place.
Matt | 12.11.19 - 12:01 p.m. | #
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Wow - I never knew about the Bayswater roof, so I immediately had a virtual snoop-around. You can also look right down the inside through the door and see some of the interior construction. Interesting example of an early 'air rights' project that keeps the old architecture to boot.
NickW | Homepage | 12.11.19 - 1:53 p.m. | #
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Just a nod of approval for blogging about things that might seem relatively well known - because nobody does it better.
I knew about this one from a very early age because it was featured in one of the Swap Shop annuals! I probably still have it at home somewhere...
Sam | Homepage | 12.11.19 - 4:42 p.m. | #
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I watched 'The Tube' a few months ago (on the Spike YouTube channel), where it covered this mystical house. Remember that old programme? But before that, I never knew anything about it.
It really took me by surprise when I found out about its existence, and I thought that it must be one of the best kept secrets on the London Underground.
PVR | 12.11.19 - 5:42 p.m. | #
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It was only a couple of years ago that I myself visited this location, they did a splendid job!
Staggered by that Hertz place above Bayswater station, I'm dying to visit Bayswater Station now to check out what it looks like down below!
Mikey C | 13.11.19 - 1:00 a.m. | #
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My wife and I stayed at the Henry VIII hotel, a bit down the block, in 1998.
Learned about this about five years ago. To think, if I had known it was there, I could have at least tried to get a picture or something...
Love your work, DG!!!
Dave Ladner | 16.11.19 - 10:43 p.m. | #
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