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[lady_t_220]

Behold my total lack of surprise. Though it still does genuinely startle me that the papers find such basic fandom location-touring to actually be newsworthy.

A London sandwich shop has become an unlikely tourist destination after featuring in the BBC1 series 'Sherlock'.
The owner of Speedy's Sandwich Bar, which is used as the exterior of Sherlock Holmes' flat, told the Mail that hundreds of fans have flocked to the location over the past couple of weeks.
The shop is actually on North Gower Street, which is half a mile from Baker Street. The BBC was unable to film on the real Baker Street due to the heavy traffic.
Speedy's owner Chris Georgiou told the paper: "Even though the show only started a month ago, we’ve had 200 new customers who recognised the shopfront and asked if it was 221B Baker Street.

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The show only started a month ago. The fandom, however... just a little bit longer. Juuust a tiny bit.

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[englishmann.livejournal.com]

Not going to lie, I'd probably be one of them if I could fit in another trip to London (beyond the one where I get on a plane) before September.

[lady-t-220.livejournal.com]

Yup, me too if I happened to be in London...I'm just amused they find it newsworthy.

[the-kestral.livejournal.com]

Hope they are actually spending money there

[lady-t-220.livejournal.com]

Oh, I should think so, stop for a sarnie and a branded paper cup :p