For some unknown reason I felt the need to make a note of all the London addresses that Ian Fleming wrote to, as chronicaled in The Man with the Golden Typewriter, Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters, edited by Fergus Fleming.
Some of you might ask if I have a lot of time on my hands. NO as it goes, I make time for this. All photos by me.
Jonathan Cape, Ian Fleming’s publisher , 30 Bedford Square, London W1 pg 15
16 Victoria Square pg 26
14 Eaton Terrace, SW1, pg 28
Spink, London Premier Coin Dealers, 5-7 King Street, St James, SW1 pg 31, 39
29 Linden Gardens W2, William Plomer, pg 37
George Hawkes, Truth & Sportsman LTD, Keystone House, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, Ec4 pg 39
The exact venue has not been verified. It could be that Keystone House has been renamed 4-7 after The Keystone View Company which was established a press agency in London in 1918, also called Keystone View Company. It was run by Bert Garai and based at 12 Wine Office Court, Fleet Street until it moved to 4-7 Red Lion Court Fleet Street in the early 1940s.
Some more information I found online at the (The Science Museum Group). : In 1938, the stamps on the back of their photographs changed from ‘Keystone View Company’ to ‘Keystone Press Agency Ltd’, although this name appears at least a decade before then. Keystone Press Agency became one of the leading press agencies on Fleet Street. Keystone Press was acquired by Photo Source in the mid-1980s. The business closed in 1987.
Lord Beaverbrook, Flat 95, Arlington House, London W1 pg 46
William Hickey Daily Express, Fleet St, Ec4 pg 48
London Film Productions, 146 Piccadilly, London, W1 pg 54
Bowater Paper Corp LTD, Bowater House, Stratton Street, W1 pg 63
Floris, 89 Jermyn St, pg 67
Scott’s, then located on Coventry St pg 81
C/O Smith’s Trade News, Strand House, WC2 pg 105 (now 10 Portugal St, London WC2A 2HD, The British Library of Political and Economic Science,)
Daniel George, 18 Heath Rd, Hampstead, NW5 pg 116 (Now 18E Heath Rd, NW3 1AJ)
The street known simply as “Heath Road” in Hampstead no longer exists under that unified name. It has been formally divided into East Heath Road and West Heath Road
John Carter 16 Bedford Gardens, London, W8 pg 123
New Statement & Nation, 10 Great Turnstile, High Holborn, WC1 pg 128
2 Acacia Rd, London, NW8 pg 130
Reservations Controller, 295 Regents Street, London W1 pg 133
4/28 St John’s PArk, London, SE3 pg 134
75 Kensington Gardens Square, London, W2 pg 135
4 Bloomsbury Sq, WC1, pg 173
19 Carlyle Mansions, Cheyne Walk, SW3 pg 181
10 Old Broad St, London, EC1, pg 188 (and Rolex watch knuckle duster)
14 Albion St, Hyde Park, London, W2 pg 202
Sir Frederick Hoyer Millar, Permanent Under Secretary, The Foreign Office, Downing St, S.W.1 pg 204
Stanley Bower, 37 Burton Rd, London, SW9 pg 205
John Hayward, 19 Carlyle Mansions, London SW3 pg 213
D.N. Davies, Messrs. Lentheric, 17 Old Bond Street W1 pg 222
Princes Arcade Bookshop, pg 234 (exact address unknown)
Admiral Godfrey, Florence Ward, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 pg 249
Harry Saltzman, 16 South Audley Street London, W1 pg 255
David Niven, White’s Club, 37 St James St, London, Sw1 pg 259
50 Campden Hill Towers, London, W11 pg 260
C.D Hamilton, Thompson, 200 Gray’s Inn Road, London, WC1 pg 267
Mrs Valentine Fleming, Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London W1, pg 268
Christopher Soames, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Whitehall Place, London, SW1 pg 269
18&20 Garrick Street, Covent Garden
Fleming wrote to former resident and jeweler friend Guy Wellby in relation to a diamond for the jacket of The Spy Who Loved Me. As documented on pg 283.
John Hayward 19 Carlyle Mansions, London SW3 pg 287
Anthony Colwell, 30 Bedford Square, London Wc1, pg 294
Miss Joan Saunders, 113 Fulham Road, London Sw3 pg 316
Aubrey Forshaw, Pan Books LTD, 8 Headfort Place, London, SW1 pg 319
Leonard Russell, 14 Albion St, London, W2, pg 326
Amherst Villiers 48A Holland Street, London W8 pg 327
Alan Whicker BBC, Lime Grove Studios, London W12 pg 365
Denis Hamilton, 25 Roebuck House, Stag Place, London SW1 pg 375
