Wimpole Street, Part 1 of 7

(Wimpole Street, in the West End of London, has been the scene of many interesting events, from the elopement of Elizabeth Barrett Browning to The Beatles composing "Help!") The Long, Unlovely Street It’s such a straight and long, unlovely street, not quite the retail zone, not quite the mouth of Regent’s Park. It plumbs a line north-south, where Mayfair and more middling London meet. Come walk with me on Wimpole, feast your eye on blue ceramic plaques, as thick as leaves that strew the brooks so loved by Freddie Treves, where tall town houses shoulder out the sky! Elopements, easements, songs of yesterday, bereavements, human elephants and more: we’ll see enchantment pour from every door, and find a little help along the way. Where legal precedent meets Mersey Beat, come tramp the straight and long, unlovely street.