Comments on: In Old Marylebone

By: ALLAN SMITH

ALLAN SMITH — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 16:23:09 +0000

Was born and brought up in Crawford Street and went to school at St Marys Primary School in York Street followed by Marylebone Central Secondary School in Marylebone High Street. On leaving school went to work for a commercial photographers just off Dorset Square. Sadly I was removed ‘up north’ by my parents job relocation and had to leave my beloved St Marylebone. Happy days, miss the area very much but way beyond my reach to live there these days.

By: Adele

Adele — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 02:17:45 +0000

Remembering that my cousin, in her youth, lived in Manchester Street, upon fleeing Brighton to gain fame and fortune in London, I forwarded your wonderful piece to her in Ft. Lauderdale, USA. Back came the following response ‘not only did I live in Manchester St., but none other than #36!

Love that area, especially The Wallace Collection. Thanks for the memories.

By: Dave R

Dave R — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 15:03:54 +0000

Excellent set. You probably know this, but I think that the ornate lantern on the corner by Meacher, Higgins & Thomas on Crawford Street is the same lantern that features on the cover of the 1962 Penguin paperback Of ‘The London Nobody Knows’ by Geoffrey Fletcher (qv).

By: Lynne Perrella

Lynne Perrella — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 12:10:42 +0000

Thank you for taking me along on your stroll. Still in my pajamas in the Hudson River Valley, and yet I have already “seen the sights” in your stellar town.

Long live London.

By: Bailey Jones

Bailey Jones — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 11:04:55 +0000

A great area for a wander. I remember visiting one of the churches in the area and being impressed by a window created from broken class from the blitz. I think it may have been St Mary’s.

By: Clare Stevens

Clare Stevens — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 10:48:45 +0000

What a lovely post! I thought I knew Marylebone well, but I’ve never discovered Grotto Passage nor the industrial schools down there. I was surprised to read that the fountain in front of the Wallace Collection was a present from Shoreditch – does it say it was manufactured there? I thought it had been manufactured in Paris along with the many identical fountains there.
https://studiosparis.wordpress.com/tag/history-of-the-wallace-fountain/

By: Helen Breen

Helen Breen — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 09:47:44 +0000

Greetings from Boston,

GA, thanks for the charming stroll through Marylebone, one of my favorite parts of London. On one of my earlier trips I just had to meander along Baker Street after reading so many Sherlock Holmes stories. The Museum was tacky, but I enjoyed the area. And the Wallace is a treasure with an interesting backstory. If I recall, didn’t Elizabeth Barrett, the wife of Robert Browning live on Wimpole Street? Nice neighborhood.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 09:18:17 +0000

Thank you, GA, for this interesting piece which has reminded us that when we next walk
over to Marylebone we will explore the neighbourhood west of Marylebone High Street.

By: Julia harrison

Julia harrison — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 08:58:23 +0000

There is an old lamppost opposite our shop marking the entrance to the 17th and 18th century pleasure gardens – now luxury flats have taken over the old BBC office building but the ghosts of past lives, eating, drinking, bowling, singing and generally making merry are never far away.

By: Annie G

Annie G — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 08:50:12 +0000

This is a pleasant start to the morning. Forty years ago I used to live in Marylebone – there were two nurses’ residences there – and I had the good fortune to live just behind Marylebone High Street. It was a lovely place to come home to after a hard day on my feet and I am delighted that it is still so charming. There was a wonderful turn-of-the-century cafe/tea rooms called Sagne which is now sadly gone but I have never eaten better croissants, before or since. I liked and still do the slightly raffish air of this part of London.