Here, 50 years ago, Allen Lane published his first paperbacks, thereby changing reading habits throughout the English-speaking world.
30 July 1985.
Site: Allen Lane (1 memorial)
W1, Vigo Street, 8
Here, 50 years ago, Allen Lane published his first paperbacks, thereby changing reading habits throughout the English-speaking world.
30 July 1985.
W1, Vigo Street, 8
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Allen Lane
Publisher. Born as Allen Lane Wlliams in Bristol. His uncle was John Lane, fo...
Charles Dickens, 1812 - 1870, author, stayed here in 1832.
Greater London Council George Dance the younger, 1741 - 1825, architect lived and died here.
The plaque is on Queen Victoria Street but the Doctors' Commons building seems to have had the address of Knightrider Street, the one beh...
The 7 plaques are on different faces of the frontage of the building. We've numbered them left to right. Plaque 3 can be seen in our phot...
This is Local London news item is useful. The LEB is mentioned on the plaque because at the time they owned the building, the former fire...
Stone merchant based in Mark Lane near to the column that he designed. The nearest Mark Lane we can find is in the City, south of Fenchurch Street, not what we would call 'close' to Old Street. Per...
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them