Auckland Road, Upper Norwood: Raymond Chandler's house
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Auckland Road, Upper Norwood: Raymond Chandler's house
Image: © Christopher Hilton Taken: 2 May 2015
"Down these mean streets, a man must go..." Auckland Road is more Diary of a Nobody than The Big Sleep, but was nonetheless from 1900 to 1905 home to the teenage Raymond Chandler: his house, on the left, has since October 2014 been honoured with an English Heritage blue plaque.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.410693
Longitude
-0.081118