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In the American `` hardboiled '' detective story of the '20s and '30s, the spirit of the mad genius from Baker Street lives on.
Daniel Baker deluged his `` Unckle Quyne '' with requests to pay money for him to drapers in Watling Street and at the Two Cats in Canning Street.
He then joined a 30-student Holmwood academy, in Baker Street, Enfield, Middlesex under the Reverend Stephen Freeman.
A brilliant London-based " consulting detective " residing at 221B Baker Street, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess and is renowned for his skillful use of astute observation, deductive reasoning, and forensic skills to solve difficult cases.
* Leslie Caron, Une Française à Hollywood ( Mémoires ), ( translation: Anne-Marie Hussein ) published by Baker Street ( US ), 2011, ISBN 978-2-917559-16-1
Tiling at Baker Street incorporates repetitions of Sherlock Holmes's silhouette.
In the film The Great Mouse Detective, the villain Ratigan attempts to kill the film's heroes, Basil of Baker Street and David Q. Dawson, with a Rube Goldberg style device.
From 1881, Holmes was described as having lodgings at 221B, Baker Street, London, from where he runs his consulting detective service.
Until the arrival of Dr. Watson, Holmes worked alone, only occasionally employing agents from the city's underclass, including a host of informants and a group of street children he calls " the Baker Street Irregulars ".
As shooting practice, the detective adorned the wall of his Baker Street lodgings with " VR " ( Victoria Regina ) in bullet pocks made by his pistol.
Although he initially needed Watson to share the rent of his comfortable residence at 221B Baker Street, Watson reveals in " The Adventure of the Dying Detective ", when Holmes was living alone, that " I have no doubt that the house might have been purchased at the price which Holmes paid for his rooms ," suggesting he had developed a good income from his practice, although it is seldom revealed exactly how much he charges for his services.
As seen in the surviving episode " The Frighteners ", Steed also had helpers among the population who provided information, similar to the " Baker Street Irregulars " of Sherlock Holmes.
He established the Underground Electric Railways Company of London to take control of the Metropolitan District Railway and the part built Baker Street & Waterloo Railway ; Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway ; and Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway.
For Field, a statement like " 2 + 2 = 4 " is just as fictitious as " Sherlock Holmes lived at 221B Baker Street " — but both are true according to the relevant fictions.
The Magician's Nephew refers to these books in the opening of the novel as though their events were true, mentioning the setting of the piece as being when " Mr. Sherlock Holmes was still living in Baker Street and the Bastables were looking for treasure in the Lewisham Road ".
At the time they lived in Gloucester Place Mews near Baker Street.
He died of typhoid at his home in Baker Street, London, on 27 March 1931, after returning from a visit to France.
Additionally a novel, Jon Lellenberg's Baker Street Irregular, has been announced for publication in Nov 2011.
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* The Great Mouse Detective: Basil of Baker Street, Dr. Dawson, Professor Ratigan, 17 Henchmens, and Fidget.
In his works, a character named Yoshio Kobayashi of " Shōnentanteidan " ( Junior Detective Group, similar to the Baker Street Irregulars of Sherlock Holmes ) forms a deep dependency with adult protagonist Kogoro Akechi.
Baker Street is the central London terminus for many trains, while others continue into the City to terminate at Aldgate.
The Metropolitan Railway branched out to the suburbs from Baker Street, reaching Harrow in 1880, and eventually as far as, over from the centre of London.

Baker and millions
Both Secretary of War Baker and Secretary of Navy Daniels devoted much time and effort to the problem of providing reasonably normal and wholesome activities in camp for the millions of men who had been removed from their home environment.
The Sittang River in Burma was said by E W Oates to have " millions " of pelicans in 1877 and in 1929 E C Stuart Baker reported that they were still nesting in thousands along with Greater Adjutant Storks:
decidede against the move due to the financial gap, which the football club's chairman Paul Baker described as " In the millions ".

Baker and buses
It is also well served by buses provided by: Baker Coaches, Clowes Coaches, D & G Coaches, Wardle Transport and First Potteries, connecting Tunstall to all surrounding settlements.

Baker and going
Before the Draft Act was passed Baker had confidentially briefed governors, sheriffs, and prospective draft board members on the administration of the measure -- and the confidence was kept so well that only one newspaper learned what was going on.
Baker wrote: `` I tooke order with Sr. E. Grevile for the payment of Ceartaine monei beefore his going towardes London.
With the Giants leading 5 – 0 going into the bottom of the 7th inning of Game 6, the series ' momentum changed decisively when then Manager Dusty Baker removed starter Russ Ortiz and handed him the " game " ball as he left the mound.
This means it is no longer possible to travel between certain stations on the original Circle either side of Edgware Road ( such as Baker Street and Bayswater ) without either changing trains there or going the long way round.
The film ends with the mastermind of the robbery " Clifton ", played by Stanley Baker ( whose own company Oakhurst Productions had produced the film ), evading capture and going on the run overseas by posing as a merchant seaman.
Baker said he was going to drive up to Graffin's, Brooks and I are going to do some demos with Brett, so we have a pretty good jump.
In an April 2011 interview with The Washington Examiner, guitarist Brian Baker was asked if Bad Religion was going to make another album after The Dissent of Man.
He was going to play trumpet player, Chet Baker, in the film The Prince of Cool, but did not agree with the producer's ideas and left the project.
Holmes tells Watson that they are going to do some dangerous work that evening, and after a roundabout trip through the city, Holmes and Watson enter an empty house, and make their way to a front room overlooking — to Watson's great surprise — Baker Street.
Colm Toibin wrote in his New York Times review that " the issues Baker wishes to raise, and the stark system he has used to dramatize his point, make his book a serious and conscientious contribution to the debate about pacifism ," and Mark Kurlansky wrote for the Los Angeles Times that " People are going to get really angry at Baker for criticizing their favorite war.
He was originally cast as an extra Ewok, but when Kenny Baker, who was originally going to be Wicket, fell ill, George Lucas picked Warwick to be the new Wicket after seeing how he carried himself as an Ewok.
Seventy-eight year-old Jeff Baker has revolutionized the world by inventing the ultimate method of information storage and allowing free use of it with no profits going into his own pocket.
Nicole Kidman, Toni Collette and Simon Baker also had guest-roles in the series before going on to international fame.
Baker rejected the methodological relativism that has characterized anthropology since the days of Franz Boas, instead going back to earlier ideas of hereditarianism and cultural evolution.
While the messenger was going back to Col. Devens with this new information, Colonel and U. S. Senator Edward Dickinson Baker showed up at Stone's camp to find out about the morning's events.
" Shirley Baker also recalls Richey saying, " A Building was going to burn * * *.
In an interview with Soap Opera Digest before her final episodes aired, Baker stated, " Going out with a bang is definitely better than going out with a whimper, and I'm going out with a bang!
His band members included Ronnie Scott, an early member of the band before going on to open his legendary London jazz club, the pianist Stan Tracey, trumpeters Kenny Baker, Duncan Campbell, sax players Don Rendell and Tommy Whittle, trombonists Don Lusher and Wally Smith, drummers Jack Parnell and Ronnie Verrell and double bass Johnny Hawksworth.
Hard fought wins over Mikhail Kukushkin and Nikolay Davydenko took Baker to his first ever ATP final, with the player on a 15-game winning streak going into the match.

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