IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Norfolk Place, LONDON, W2 1QJ

Introduction

This page details the photographs taken nearby to Norfolk Place, W2 1QJ by members of the Geograph project.

The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.

There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk

Image Map


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Image Listing (1331 Images Found)

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Ryman, Praed St
Image: © N Chadwick Taken: 8 May 2016
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Praed St
Image: © N Chadwick Taken: 25 Mar 2023
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St Mary's Hospital
St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, the scene of the first identification of penicillin as a bactericidal agent. The famous story of its discovery could not have been as Fleming described. See Image for the full story.
Image: © Glyn Baker Taken: 19 Aug 2009
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Fleming's Plaque
This plaque on Image celebrates the undisputed discoverer of penicillin Sir Alexander Fleming. However according to my microbiology lecturer the story Fleming used to explain his discovery could not be the whole truth. Because of the nature of the action of penicillin in preventing cell division an agar plate will not be cleared of established colonies of bacteria after becoming inoculated with the precious mould. The truth of the matter is probably that he came back from the bank holiday to find unused plates infected with the mould. True to the stereotype of the frugality of his ancestry he scraped off the mould and inoculated the plate to find the colonies would not grow where the mould had been. To cover up his blatant disregard for microbiological scientific protocol to use only sterile growing media he twisted the truth a bit. However it was the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford who did the major work in creating a usable therapy. Fleming begged some penicillin from the Radcliffe for a dying patient who was successfully treated. One of St Mary’s sponsors was Lord Beaverbrook, he splashed the story all over his newspapers. Because of wartime expediency penicillin was developed commercially in the USA and the extraction process of the active ingredient from the mould was patented. The Radcliffe had to pay royalties on their development work because they didn’t patent them. In those days you couldn’t patent something that pre-existed in nature so St Mary’s had to pay to use their own discovery too.
Image: © Glyn Baker Taken: 19 Aug 2009
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Trading on Norfolk Place
Image: © Mr Ignavy Taken: 13 Jan 2024
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Babylon Mediterranean Restaurant
Image: © Andrew Abbott Taken: 25 May 2010
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St Michael's Street, Paddington
A view to the NE from the corner of Bouverie Place, near the Sir Alexander Fleming pub. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2943215
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 12 May 2012
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Cheminee Persian Restaurant, Paddington
On the corner of Bouverie Place and St Michael's Street, City of Westminster, London W2. There is a low wall and gap in the buildings on the right, behind the lorry. London Underground's railway lines are near road level here, between Paddington station and Edgware Road station.
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 12 May 2012
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Sahara Palace, Paddington
Restaurant at 28 Praed Street, on the corner of South Wharf Road. On the walls are several reminders that this was formerly a Truman's pub. Truman, Hanbury, Buxton & Company Limited was a London brewer dating back to 1666. The brewery closed in 1988, but evidence of the company remains on many pubs and former pubs in the London area, as here.
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 12 May 2012
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Frontline Restaurant, Norfolk Place, London
Image: © PAUL FARMER Taken: 19 Aug 2013
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