Very interesting. From mid 1964 to the end of 1965, I worked at Reuters' News Agency on the 4th floor of No.85. The 3rd floor was occupied by Reuters ComtelBuro - which dealt with financial markets. The second floor housed PA, and there were two or three small news agencies on the ground floor including Australian Associated Press, and I think Tass (Russian agency) was another. Fleet Street was then known as The Street that never slept. For a while I worked in Reuters London Bureau which overlooked the street - from which in January 1965 I watched Winston Churchill's funeral parade pass by. Reuters had a superb staff restaurant on the 6th floor which was very reasonably priced. If the staff needed a quick splash of liquid refreshment, the Cogers Pub was but a few steps from the side door of Reuters on Salisbury Court. If we were hungry in the middle of the night there were a few eateries open all night including the 'infamous' Mick's Cafe, and The Betterbar. Incidentally the building has clearly benefited from a good cleaning - the exterior was far 'muckier' back in those far off days.
Yesterdays news today, that's how it used to be in your newspaper. 24 hours behind the times. Instant internet news nowerdays though, and still they can't always get all the facts right.
Very interesting. From mid 1964 to the end of 1965, I worked at Reuters' News Agency on the 4th floor of No.85. The 3rd floor was occupied by Reuters ComtelBuro - which dealt with financial markets. The second floor housed PA, and there were two or three small news agencies on the ground floor including Australian Associated Press, and I think Tass (Russian agency) was another. Fleet Street was then known as The Street that never slept. For a while I worked in Reuters London Bureau which overlooked the street - from which in January 1965 I watched Winston Churchill's funeral parade pass by. Reuters had a superb staff restaurant on the 6th floor which was very reasonably priced. If the staff needed a quick splash of liquid refreshment, the Cogers Pub was but a few steps from the side door of Reuters on Salisbury Court. If we were hungry in the middle of the night there were a few eateries open all night including the 'infamous' Mick's Cafe, and The Betterbar. Incidentally the building has clearly benefited from a good cleaning - the exterior was far 'muckier' back in those far off days.
The buildings are amazing. The video should tell us what happes inside them now that the newspapers ara gone.
i like the simple bauhaus like building , with the black synthetic or glass panels
Elegance lasts.beautiful....
Art Deco, beautiful.
Yesterdays news today, that's how it used to be in your newspaper.
24 hours behind the times.
Instant internet news nowerdays though, and still they can't always get all the facts right.
6:44 It was build in 1932? It look like it was build in the 60s or 70s.