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64 Baker Street
64 Baker Street is a commercial property in central London. It was the address of the headquarters of the Special Operations Executive. History The building was completed in the first half of the 20th century and, after becoming part of the Government estate, was let to the Prison Commission. It became the headquarters of the Special Operations Executive in September 1940. A plaque on the building's face gives details of its former inhabitants. After the war, the property was occupied by EMI Classics before it was converted for retail use. See also *Baker Street Baker Street is a street in the Marylebone district of the City of Westminster in London. It is named after builder William Baker, who laid out the street in the 18th century. The street is most famous for its connection to the fictional detec ... References Baker Street, 64 {{London-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
64 Baker Street Closeup
64 or sixty-four or ''variation'', may refer to: * 64 (number) Dates * one of the years 64 BC, AD 64, 1864, 1964, 2064, etc. * June 4th (6/4) ** the date of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre * April 6th (6/4) * April 6 AD (6/4) * June 4 AD (6/4) Places * Highway 64, see list of highways numbered 64 ** Interstate 64, a national route in the United States * +64, country code dialing code of New Zealand; see Telephone numbers in New Zealand * 64 Angelina (asteroid 64), a main-belt asteroid Other uses * Nintendo 64, the third home console by Nintendo, released in 1996 * Commodore 64 * 64-bit computing * "64" (song), a 2011 song by hip hop band Odd Future * '' Sixty Four'' (album), a 2004 album recorded in 1964 by Donovan * Sixty-four (ship), a type of sailing warship * A /64 Classless Inter-Domain Routing Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR ) is a method for allocating IP addresses and for IP routing. The Internet Engineering Task Force introduced CIDR in 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Operations Executive
The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British World War II organisation. It was officially formed on 22 July 1940 under Minister of Economic Warfare Hugh Dalton, from the amalgamation of three existing secret organisations. Its purpose was to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in occupied Europe (and later, also in occupied Southeast Asia) against the Axis powers, and to aid local resistance movements. Few people were aware of SOE's existence. Those who were part of it or liaised with it were sometimes referred to as the "Baker Street Irregulars", after the location of its London headquarters. It was also known as "Churchill's Secret Army" or the "Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare". Its various branches, and sometimes the organisation as a whole, were concealed for security purposes behind names such as the "Joint Technical Board" or the "Inter-Service Research Bureau", or fictitious branches of the Air Ministry, Admiralty or War Office. SOE operated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prison Commission (England And Wales)
Prison Commission may refer to: * Prison Commission (England and Wales) Prison Commission may refer to: * Prison Commission (England and Wales) (1877–1963) * Prison Commission (Scotland) The Prison Commission was a public body of the Government of the United Kingdom established in 1877 and responsible for the op ... (1877–1963) * Prison Commission (Scotland) (later "Prison Department", 1877–1939) * Scottish Prisons Commission (2007–8) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SOE Plaque, Baker Street
SOE may refer to: Organizations * State-owned enterprise * Special Operations Executive, a British World War II clandestine sabotage and resistance organisation ** Special Operations Executive in the Netherlands, or Englandspiel * Society of Operations Engineers, a British professional organization * Sony Online Entertainment, a game developing company, now known as Daybreak Game Company Science and technology * Soap opera effect, the visual result of motion smoothing functions found in many modern televisions * Splicing by overlap extension polymerase chain reaction, a variant of polymerase chain reaction * Standard Operating Environment, computer operating system and associated software Other uses * Souanké Airport (IATA airport code), an airport in the Republic of the Congo * South African Police Star for Outstanding Service (post-nominal SOE) * State of emergency A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to be able to put through polic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baker Street
Baker Street is a street in the Marylebone district of the City of Westminster in London. It is named after builder William Baker, who laid out the street in the 18th century. The street is most famous for its connection to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, who lived at a fictional 221B Baker Street address on the north of the street. The area was originally high class residential, but now is mainly occupied by commercial premises. Location Baker Street is a busy thoroughfare, lying in postcode areas NW1/W1 and forming part of the A41. It used to run south from Regent's Park, the junction with Park Road, parallel to Gloucester Place, meeting Marylebone Road, Portman Square and Wigmore Street. In 2019, the until-then one-way street was changed to accommodate lanes running in both directions. At the junction with Wigmore Street, Baker Street turns into Orchard Street, which ends when it meets with Oxford Street. After Portman Square the road continues as Orchard Street ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
