So Baker Street evokes the Gerry Raferty song well for me any way, but it seems like a destination that's a simple street- a place to change tube lines, or drive through to get to somewhere, or if you're a tourist a way to get to Madam Tussauds, but theres a lot more to it than meets the eye... for example Political liberators of Latin America from Peru, a Prime Minister and famous Novelists including H.G. Wells lived on Baker Street. Two of the Beatles worked in a flat there.. theres so much more.. check out the pics... William Pitt the Younger was the UK's youngest prime minister at age 24 in 1783 William Pitt the Younger- thus called because the Elder also shared the same name and also had served as Prime Minister of Great Britian in 1766. William Pitt the Younger served as PM a second time in 1804-1806, so it was at this time he lived here on Baker Street. Just a little way down you can see the plaque which shows where the Beatles, John Lennon and Geor...
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