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The Mitchell Library is a large public library located in the Charing Cross area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is the largest public reference library in Europe, and the centre of Glasgow's public library system.
The name of the lost hamlet, Charing, is derived from the Old English word cierring, a river bend, in this case, referring to a bend in the Thames. [5] [6] [7] A debunked folk etymology claimed the name is a corruption of chère reine ("dear queen" in French), but the name pre-dates Queen Eleanor's death by at least a hundred years.
Toole's Theatre was a 19th-century West End building in William IV Street, near Charing Cross, in the City of Westminster.A succession of auditoria had occupied the site since 1832, serving a variety of functions, including religious and leisure activities.
The Charing Cross Theatre is an Off West End theatre under The Arches off Villiers Street below Charing Cross station. Founded in 1936, the venue occupied several premises in the West End of London before locating to its present site.
The Abdus Salam Library is the main academic and research library of Imperial College London. The current library opened in August 1969, taking over from the original Lyon Playfair Library which had opened in 1959. [2] The collection grew out of earlier libraries of the various departments and colleges, the oldest collection of which dates back ...
Cohen was persuaded to allow his name to be abbreviated in the company's name. A book of correspondence between Helene Hanff and Frank Doel, together with other members of the staff between 1949 and 1968, published by Hanff as 84 Charing Cross Road, was later made into a stage play, television play and BAFTA-winning film. Marks & Co closed in 1970.
Helene Hanff (April 15, 1916 – April 9, 1997) was an American writer born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.She is best known as the author of the book 84, Charing Cross Road, which became the basis for a stage play, [1] television play, and film of the same name.
Its cross-disciplinary approach welcomed new art forms such as assemblage, performance art, and radical poetry. Together with other alternative galleries, including 26 Kingly Street and Miles' Indica Bookshop , Better Books was one of the hot spots of the London underground scene.