Comments on: An Afternoon In Old Marylebone

By: Dominic Pinto

Dominic Pinto — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 12:08:13 +0000

Sadly the Windsor Castle Crawford Place has been under threat since the building was sold to developers in 2014, and will close August 16th 2016. A recent planning application has been refused, but they’ll be back.

See the piece in West End Extra August 12th http://www.westendextra.com/pub-handlebar-club

By: Suzy

Suzy — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 22:22:15 +0000

Oh I was all of a dither when I read of your forthcoming soirée at Daunt Books, Marylebone!! I reckons I’d give me (scouser speak) right arm to be there. What an inspiring space that is. (Although it’s quite lovely to peruse Daunt’s but then go purchase a ‘lived in’ book from Oxfam next door ;o) I bought an old copy of Our Mutual Friend there. It’s so tatty that it’s own story must have been dashed exciting)
And what of Patisserie Valerie? Their jam doughnuts contain a pool of jam so generous that you could go swim in it! And Monocle Cafe on Chiltern St? Part of the Monocle Magazine conglomerate. (I didn’t go in, the facade just makes for a cool photo) Or the Button Queen on Marylebone Lane.
And there is a pub near Moxton Street (The Winson Churchill?) complete with pub sign of Winston himself, giving the peace sign the ‘wrong way round’.

By: mlleparadis

mlleparadis — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 15:30:27 +0000

thanks for sharing marylebone’s secret spaces. it’s kind of a nice backwater right in the center of london. also loved the Troxy and Speaker’s Corner posts!

By: Jess {JessonThames}

Jess {JessonThames} — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 11:46:29 +0000

Marylebone is an absolute favorite area for a weekend stroll and Daunt Books is a magical place! But very jealous also that you live near Spitalfields. Adore feeling thrown back in time walking around there. Very best wishes for your show on the 20th.

By: Teresa Stokes

Teresa Stokes — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:53:26 +0000

Lovely to see all these familiar places in the neighbourhood next to where I live. I know them all well, all except for the church as I have never been inside. I will remedy this, the next time I go past! Another interesting place in the area is the Windsor Castle pub at 27 Crawford Place, where on the first Friday of nearly every month the moustachioed gents of the Handlebar Club have their monthly get-together. Perhaps, Gentle Author, an interview with them would be an idea for this website. The club was founded in 1947 and all you need to join is a real moustache with “graspable extremities”. No beards allowed.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:35:25 +0000

What an amazing post – you found most of Marylebone’s amazing little streets and your photos are brilliant!

By: Achim in OLD Germany

Achim in OLD Germany — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 09:37:47 +0000

Oh, let me in at Daunt Books!! I love “Buchläden”, as we call them over here. Give me some books: new and antiquarian and classic and old children’s!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

By: Rachel Lucas

Rachel Lucas — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 08:59:50 +0000

Lucky enough to call this area home…and I loved seeing these familiar sights and this walk through fresh eyes…you picked up on all the things I love, those whispers and traces of the past that transcend the glossy new shop fronts. Thank you

By: Elizabeth cornwell

Elizabeth cornwell — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 07:53:02 +0000

What a lovely article,how nice to see these places still exist in modern London,which to a non resident looks ghastly!

By: Robert Devcic

Robert Devcic — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 07:46:37 +0000

Wonderful celebration of our Marylebone. Would be interested in attending your event on 20 March if there is a spare invitation?
Many thanks, Robert, GV Art gallery, Marylebone