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...
The plaque is at the top of the grey column to the right of the central door. Presumably there is evidence that Blanke performed at Green...
In the 1930s, the date of the plaque, this building was occupied, 1868 - 1964, by the Sisters of the Misericorde but we still cannot expl...
The river Westbourne used to run though Hyde Park following the course of what is now the Long Water and the Serpentine and left the Park...
The plaque is on the east side of the bridge, at about the mid point.
Note: This is not the site where the V2 fell, that is Hughes Mansions, 2 streets over to the east, where there is another plaque.
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