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Theatreland, Shaftesbury Avenue Credit: IG/my.wandering.journey TUM image id: 1653838404 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Transmission TUM image id: 1509553463 Licence:	The Prince of Wales Theatre in 1903 shortly before its demolition for the building of the Scala Theatre in 1904. Credit: Caroline Blomfield TUM image id: 1492875482 Licence:	Fairyland, 92 Tottenham Court Road (1905) Fairyland was an amusement arcade with a shooting range, owned and run by Henry Stanton Morley (1875-1916) during the period leading up to and during the First World War. It was closed after (unintentionally according to its owners), it was used to practice political assassinations. Notably, attempts on the life of Prime Minister Herbert Asquith (planned but not carried out) and Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie (carried out). TUM image id: 1490541720 Licence:	The British Library TUM image id: 1482066417 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Tottenham Court Road (1927) TUM image id: 1556973109 Licence:	The Royal Opera House, Bow Street frontage, with the statue of Dame Ninette de Valois in the foreground Credit: Russ London TUM image id: 1557227200 Licence:	St Patrick’s Church Soho Square- entrance to the nave Credit: Wiki Commons/Diliff TUM image id: 1733742934 Licence: CC BY 2.0	British Museum station Credit: London Transport Museum TUM image id: 1603458310 Licence:	Trident Studios was located at 17 St Anne’s Court, Soho between 1968 and 1981. "My Name is Jack" by Manfred Mann was recorded at Trident in March 1968, and helped launch the studio’s reputation. Later that year, the Beatles recorded their song "Hey Jude" there and part of their self-titled double album (also known as the "White Album"). Other well-known albums and songs recorded at Trident include Elton John’s "Your Song", David Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, Lou Reed’s Transformer, Carly Simon’s No Secrets, and Queen’s albums Queen, Queen II and Sheer Heart Attack. Other artists recorded at Trident included the Bee Gees, Chris de Burgh, Frank Zappa, Genesis, Brand X, James Taylor, Joan Armatrading, Joe Cocker, Golden Earring, Harry Nilsson, Kiss, Tygers of Pan Tang, Lou Reed, Peter Gabriel, Marc Almond, Marc and the Mambas, Soft Cell, Rick Springfield, the Rolling Stones, Rush, Free, Thin Lizzy, Tina Turner, T.Rex, Van der Graaf Generator, Yes and John Entwistle. Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1642419398 Licence:
On the wall of the Dolphin Tavern pub on the corner of Red Lion Street and Lambs Conduit Passage, there is an old clock with its hands stuck at 10:40. The clock stopped on the evening of 8 September 1915, when the pub was completely destroyed in a Zeppelin bombing raid. The clock was found in the rubble and the pub was rebuilt. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1718276239 Licence:	Bow Street on the Monopoly board TUM image id: 1707139376 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Centre Point, a controversial building in New Oxford Street comprising a 34-storey tower (2005) Constructed from 1963 to 1966, it was one of the first skyscrapers in London, and as of 2009 was the city’s joint 27th-tallest building. It stood empty from the time of its completion until 1975. In 2015 it was converted from office space to luxury flats. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1627740722 Licence:	Ching Court, Seven Dials (2022) Credit: Matt Brown TUM image id: 1725449857 Licence: CC BY 2.0