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Baker Street

Baker Street
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About Baker Street

Baker Street is a street in the Marylebone district of the City of Westminster. It is named after builder William Baker. The area was originally high class residential, but now is mainly occupied by commercial premises.

On the show4 mentions total

It's the Sherlock Holmes shop, and it's in Baker Street. I didn't realize that it's not at 221B Baker Street. When Conan Doyle wrote the Sherlock stories, that didn't exist — the road didn't go that far up.

from 67: No Such Thing As The Hoo-Hah Monologues, 2015-06-26 at 00:05:53 · read transcript

Other times Baker Street came up

  1. It And it worked and they got away But so he successfully Scared away these muggers And helped this delivery person But the thing is that this robbery Was happening on Marlborough and High Street Which is just down the road From Baker Street in London Can you imagine the robbers As they turned around Right next to where he should be Looking around at them You feel honoured You'd say, thank you I was just trying to mug a delivery driver I'm not sure.

    410: No Such Thing As A Cheesus Christ, 2022-01-21 · listen

  2. Arthur Conan Doyle was one of the people who actively had a theory of who Jack the Ripper was. Oh. Actually, Baker Street was one of the first to be open, wasn't it? I think... That's brilliant.

    Little Fish: I am Dorkus, Queen of the Dorks, 2026-03-08 · listen

  3. He hopped out, and he went, and sort of tried to stop it, and it worked. Classic shell of me. So he successfully scared away these muggers and helped this deliveroo. person. The thing is, is that this robbery was happening on Marlebone High Street, which is just down the road from Baker Street in London. Can you imagine the robbers as they turned around to see Sherlock Holmes right next to where he should be looking around at them? You feel honoured.

    No Such Thing As A Cheesus Christ, 2022-01-21 · listen

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