{"id":4208,"date":"2011-05-03T10:30:45","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T09:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=4208"},"modified":"2011-05-02T02:19:58","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T01:19:58","slug":"newman-passage-fitrovia-a-walk-into-londons-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/newman-passage-fitrovia-a-walk-into-londons-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Newman Passage, Fitrovia – a walk into London’s past"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Veritably dripping with Victorian atmosphere is Newman Passage, a narrow alleyway in\u00a0Fitzrovia linking Newman and Rathbone Streets.<\/p>\n

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The passage winds east from Newman Street for a hundred yards or so, before splitting into two, with the cobbled lane turning sharply south to form a cul de sac, while a narrow alley to the left takes you into Rathbone Street, passing under the Newman Arms pub.<\/p>\n

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Approaching the bend in\u00a0Newman Passage, with the alleyway branching out to the left. You almost expect to see Sherlock Holmes to come flapping into view.<\/p>\n

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Dating from 1746, Newman Passage forms part of the Berners Estate, and in the\u00a0late 19th Century – when \u00a0Bloomsbury was a hotbed of anarchist, radical and other\u00a0political types – it housed\u00a0a co-operative kitchen<\/a> for communist refugees<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More recently, the passage was a setting for a murder in the 1959 film, film Peeping Tom<\/a>, which saw the grisly tale of\u00a0a prostitute being picked up a punter in the passage (try saying that after a few beers) before being\u00a0promptly\u00a0murdered above the pub.<\/p>\n

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Looking back towards Rathbone Street.<\/p>\n

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A crooked lampost used to stand in front of the bollard and was\u00a0famously\u00a0seen in the opening credits for the much-loved TV series ‘Minder<\/a>.’<\/p>\n

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Still from ‘Minder’ opening credits, with Arthur’n’Terry ‘holding up’ the\u00a0bent\u00a0lamppost.<\/p>\n

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Looking south along the cobbled street to the cul de sac.<\/p>\n

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The alley heads east under the Newman Arms onto Rathbone Street.<\/p>\n

In case you’re wondering, yes, there is enough space to\u00a0manoeuvre\u00a0a Barclays Bike<\/a> past the bollard. Just!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Looking up to the pub’s Pie Room on the first floor.<\/p>\n

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Rathbone Street ahead. You can cross the road and continue to Charlotte Street via the\u00a0amusingly\u00a0named Percy Passage.<\/p>\n

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The Newman Arms<\/a> on Rathbone Street. Built in 1730 and located at No. 23 Rathbone Street, the building became a pub in 1860, previously being used for\u00a0housing a tallow chandler, an ironmonger, a picture framers and finally a brothel.<\/p>\n

George Orwell and Dylan Thomas were said to be regulars, and \u00a0the pub claims to\u00a0be the only family run hostelry in Fitzrovia.<\/p>\n

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