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The Doctors' Commons was a familiar name given
to the College of Advocates and Doctors of Law which was
founded in 1511. They had shared
facilities, such as a common dining/meeting hall, a group of
clerks and scribes, and probably a common waiting room.
Photo: On the site of GPO South. © LSA
October 2005
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Bell Yard |
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Bell Yard
A tablet beneath the entrance to Bell Yard, a few paces
east, recalls the Bell Tavern, whence Thomas Quinney
addressed a request for a loan from Shakespeare - the only
letter to Shakespeare now extant (at Stratford-on-Avon).
Photo: Bell Yard on Carter
Lane. © LSA September 1999
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Post Office Savings Bank |
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Post Office Savings Bank on Queen Victoria Street, London.
Growth in the Post Office Savings Bank business lead to the
establishment, circa 1880, of a new GPO headquarters
building on Queen Victoria Street. To distinguish this from
other GPO HQ, the site was designated 'GPO South'.
Photo: Post Office Savings
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Faraday 2A |
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Faraday 2A (2nd floor Annex)
was a busy Intercontinental switchroom located within the
North Block. English was the main operating language, but
fifteen linguists were also employed by day and a similar
number for nights.
Photo: Entrance to GPO South
from Knightrider Street © LSA
Jan 2001.
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The Grange St. Paul's Hotel |
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The Grange St. Paul's Hotel was built on
the site of GPO South, circa 2006-2010.
Photo: On the site of GPO South,
Addle Hill © LSA
July 2010 |
Marconi |
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From GPO West on
27th July 1896 Marconi made the first public transmission of
wireless signals.
Marconi and his assistant, George Kemp demonstrated a
wireless telegraphy system between two Post Office
buildings, a distance of 300 metres. The transmitter was
situated on the roof of the Central Telegraph Office (GPO
West) and the receiver on the roof of GPO South in Carter
Lane, which was at the top of Addle Hill.
There is no plaque at the former GPO South site to recognise
the event.
Photo: The plaque on the wall
of BT Centre (GPO West)© LSA October 2005
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