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Russell Square: Bernard Street
Emerging from the Russell Square station, you'll be on Bernard Street, which juts off from the Square, and which consists of virtually nothing other than a solid row of British guest houses-homey and little brownstones. These little buildings have no elevators-they are homes that have been converted into hotels. They have living room-lounges with familytype "tellies" (tv sets); they have breakfast rooms with sideboards, from which the big morning feast is served; some of them permit you to use washing machines, outdoor lines and ironing boards; and all of them are patronized by the average middle-class Englishman from out of town. Nothing could be more British or more typically representative of English life.
On Bernard Street, you'll find at least twelve recommended choices within a 100-yard walk. My favorites are the Harley House Hotel, 15-16 Bernard Street, which lets you hang your drip-n-dry wash in the backyard and iron it downstairs (an exceptionally friendly, happy establishment); the Edinburgh House, 23 Bernard Street; unusually pleasant proprietors who promise to "burn the bacon" for American guests); and the Alambra Private Hotel, 33 Bernard Street, which permits ironing and washing on the premises. Elsewhere on the street, the Hotel Cecil, 14 Bernard Street, light airy rooms; the Garden House Hotel, 19 Bernard Street, reduction for children; the Olympic at #22, nice proprietors; the Hamilton at #20; the somewhat basic Osbourne Hotel, 17-18 Bernard Street, and the large Devon House Hotel, 38 Bernard Street have all been checked out and found clean and suitable, although the Devon House just barely makes the list.
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