Comments on: Anglophile in Exile: Explore History by Following the Blue Plaques http://www.anglotopia.net/british-identity/anglophile-in-exile-explore-history-by-following-the-blue-plaques/ The Website for People Who Love Britain - Anglophiles Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:01:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jez Nicholson http://www.anglotopia.net/british-identity/anglophile-in-exile-explore-history-by-following-the-blue-plaques/#comment-28901 Jez Nicholson Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:21:41 +0000 http://www.anglotopia.net/?p=3701#comment-28901 Take a look at our site http://openplaques.org/ for plaques and maps for the whole of the UK Take a look at our site http://openplaques.org/ for plaques and maps for the whole of the UK

]]> By: MK http://www.anglotopia.net/british-identity/anglophile-in-exile-explore-history-by-following-the-blue-plaques/#comment-15428 MK Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:48:15 +0000 http://www.anglotopia.net/?p=3701#comment-15428 Steve, I stand corrected. I knew that location wasn't really 221B. I had a moment of lapsed memory when I was writing this piece. I do wonder about the Holmes plaque tho. When I first went to the location around 1997, I remember a different plaque that wasn't blue and had Holmes' image on it. It appears they replaced that with this fake one? Steve, I stand corrected. I knew that location wasn’t really 221B. I had a moment of lapsed memory when I was writing this piece. I do wonder about the Holmes plaque tho. When I first went to the location around 1997, I remember a different plaque that wasn’t blue and had Holmes’ image on it. It appears they replaced that with this fake one?

]]> By: Steve http://www.anglotopia.net/british-identity/anglophile-in-exile-explore-history-by-following-the-blue-plaques/#comment-13151 Steve Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:25:20 +0000 http://www.anglotopia.net/?p=3701#comment-13151 I don't believe that the Sherlock Holmes plaque is genuine, it doesn't appear on the English Heritage list you link to. Also it's on the wrong building, despite the museum attempting to renumber that part of the street. During Holme's supposed lifetime, Baker St only went up to about 90odd before it was extended. 221b is now the huge Abbey House apartment block, it was however the Head Office of Abbey National (now Abbey) bank until they moved out about 10 years ago. I used to work there myself in the mid 80s. Abbey employed a member of staff to answer all the letters that arrived daily addressed to Holmes. These letters were subsequently published in a book. I don’t believe that the Sherlock Holmes plaque is genuine, it doesn’t appear on the English Heritage list you link to. Also it’s on the wrong building, despite the museum attempting to renumber that part of the street.

During Holme’s supposed lifetime, Baker St only went up to about 90odd before it was extended.

221b is now the huge Abbey House apartment block, it was however the Head Office of Abbey National (now Abbey) bank until they moved out about 10 years ago. I used to work there myself in the mid 80s. Abbey employed a member of staff to answer all the letters that arrived daily addressed to Holmes. These letters were subsequently published in a book.

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