Derelict London Pubs
Greater London has 228 fewer pubs in the last 5 years - 638 were closed and 410 were opened.
The old boozer, where the regulars had their places at the bar and red and gold flock-wallpaper set the tone, is increasingly a thing of the past. In England and Wales six rural pubs close every week.
Once closed and boarded up these old pubs are ruthlessly targeted by developers either for demolition or
conversion into flats.
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DID ANYONE USED TO DRINK IN ANY OF THESE PUBS? ANY STORIES TO TELL?
Due to discovering more and more derelict pubs Ive had to divide them
into more manageable sections.
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"Those of us who like to explore the capital's hidden corners and forgotten byways can only applaud
Paul Talling for compiling derelictlondon.com, an often uncomfortable record of the capital's underbelly.
We see them every day: the disused cinemas, boarded-up shops, vermin and even human derelicts
that society would rather turn a blind eye to. They may be less picturesque than Big Ben, Beefeaters
and the London Eye, but they are no less part of London. Once you start noticing them, you just can't
stop.I can't quite bring myself to look at the toilets, though."
THE GUARDIAN
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