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At the time the Holmes stories were published, addresses in Baker Street did not go as high as 221. Baker Street was later extended, and in 1932 the Abbey National Building Society moved into premises at 219–229 Baker Street. For many years, Abbey National employed a full-time secretary to answer mail addressed to Sherlock Holmes.
Sherlock Holmes (/ ˈ ʃ ɜːr l ɒ k ˈ h oʊ m z /) is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle.Referring to himself as a "consulting detective" in his stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients ...
Sitting room on 1st floor of the museum. The address 221B was the subject of a protracted dispute between the museum and the nearby Abbey National building. Since the 1930s, the Royal Mail had been delivering mail addressed to Sherlock Holmes to the Abbey National Bank, [7] and they had employed a special secretary to deal with such correspondence.
In fiction, Sherlock Holmes, [9] Basil of Baker Street (The Great Mouse Detective), [10] Sherlock Hound, Danger Mouse, [11] Sexton Blake, Carland Cross and James Black of Case Closed have all resided along the road. "Baker Street" is a song by Gerry Rafferty, released in 1978.
Lee Paasch voiced Mrs. Hudson for Imagination Theatre's radio series The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes from 1998 until her death in 2013, and was the only actress to voice Mrs. Hudson in the related series by Imagination Theatre, The Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (2005–2016), which adapted all of Doyle's Sherlock Holmes ...
Sherlock Holmes [11] 1978 Radio series (BBC Radio 4) Graham Armitage: The Stories of Sherlock Holmes: 1979–1985 Radio series (Springbok Radio) John Beal: CBS Radio Mystery Theater – "The Vanishing Herd" [10] 1981 Radio (CBS) Gordon Gould CBS Radio Mystery Theater [10] 1981–1982 John Moffatt: Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula [12] 1981
The only official correlations between "Watson" and CBS' 2012 drama series "Elementary" is that the two shows are inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes" and writer Craig Sweeny.
Undershaw is a former residence of the author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. The house was built for Doyle at his order to accommodate his wife's health requirements, and is where he lived with his family from 1897 to 1907. Undershaw is where Doyle wrote many of his works, including The Hound of the Baskervilles.