the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street

It is called the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street.

Historic UK, "The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street"

Since we first revealed pressure from Barclays last weekend, the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street has been nagged constantly to help free up the clogged banking system.

At the Bank of England, she also met Leslie Bonnet, who was editor of the Bank's literary magazine - The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street.

But it appears, as the emails ping backwards and forwards between court members, that the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street will make a welcome nod towards the need for greater democratic oversight.

Having previously trumpeted his speech at the annual global alternative investment management conference in New York this afternoon, the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street now says that it will not now be releasing a text.

The street is famous as the site of the Bank of England; the bank itself is often called 'the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street' and has been based at its current location since 1734.

It is sometimes known by the metonym The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street or The Old Lady, a name taken from the legend of Sarah Whitehead, whose ghost is said to haunt the Bank's garden.

He had never thought very much about the Bank of England, but now that he had been inside the place he decided that the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street might be old but she still had some teeth left in her head.

Certainly those intimately involved in the current merging of the FSA and Bank believe the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street has turned something of a blind eye to Europe in the past and they will seek a slightly less-isolated regime in the future.

Standing on the northeast corner of Bank junction is the Bank of England, headquartered on Threadneedle Street since 1734 and thus sometimes known by the metonym The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, or simply The Old Lady.

After lunch, take a tour of St. Paul's Cathedral and see Mansion House (home to the Lord Mayor of London) and the nearby Bank of England, known as the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, in the heart of the old City.