Litchfield Street
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]
Litchfield Street, south side, looking east.
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.[2]
References
- http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vols33-4/pp360-379#h3-0007
- "Terrorist Incidents". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Written Answers (Commons). 4 March 1996. col. vol 273 cc51–62W.
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