Litchfield Street, south side, looking east.

Litchfield Street is a street in the City of Westminster, London, that runs from Charing Cross Road in the west to West Street in the east. The street is only half its original length.[1]

In 1929 Anton Zwemmer established the Zwemmer Gallery in Litchfield Street (near the corner with Charing Cross Road), which became "a mecca for artists throughout Britain and a center for the modern art movement".[2]

Bunjies Coffee House & Folk Cellar, one of the original folk cafés of the 1950s/1960s, was situated at 27 Litchfield Street.

On 15 February 1996, a 5-pound (2.3 kg) high explosive bomb placed in a telephone box at the junction of Charing Cross Road and Litchfield Street, was disarmed by Police.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Newport Market Area: Newport Estate, british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  2. ↑ Jane Carlin, "Anton Zwemmer: London's Bookseller and Publisher for the Arts", in: Book Club of Washington Journal, Fall 2012, Vol. 12, No. 2. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Terrorist Incidents". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Written Answers (Commons). 4 March 1996. col. vol 273 cc51–62W.

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