Pubs Central London Derelict London

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="005fd5a3.jpg"> <div> <B>  </B><B> </B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial Rounded MT Bold" ><B>www.derelictlondon.com</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="02c5d430.jpg" border=0 width="93" height="67" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=50 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="006d2b03.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#C0C0C0" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> Derelict London Pubs - Central-ish  London</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="636" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 296 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2a2284230.jpg" border=0 width="388" height="291" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2a21da710.jpg" border=0 width="218" height="625" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 333 WIDTH="401"><div> <B>Soho W1 - The Intrepid Fox </B></div> <div> Everybody was dismayed when this historic piece of Soho was closed down in Autumn 06 to be demolished to make way for  apartments. </div> <div> Popular boozer especially amongst rockers,punk & goths. I used to go here before going to the old Marquee over the road (another sad loss)</div> <div> Ultimate pub guide described it as "<I>A scary looking place from outside and even scarier inside, with scary patrons and scary toilets. If you like longhaired men, big cleavages and even bigger riffs, then the Intrepid Fox is the place for you."</I></div> <bR> <div> The Intrepid Fox was founded by Whig leader Charles James Fox in 1784 who promised to give free beer to anyone who offered him electoral support.  In more modern times it was the favourite watering hole of London's rock elite and a big tourist draw. <B>Mick Jagger</B> and <B>Rod Stewart</B> are rumoured to have come close to trading punches there after the former tried to poach Ronnie Wood - then in Stewart's band The Faces - for the Rolling Stones. The late hellraising actor <B>Richard Harris</B> was a regular and <B>Mel Gibson</B> has been a customer. </div> <div> Malcolm McLaren, who used to drink at the Fox with Johnny Rotten and the other <B>Sex Pistols</B> in the Seventies, backed an unsuccessful campaign to save the pub, having once named it one of the five best in the world.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 4696 WIDTH="628"><div> The exLandlord comments:<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > "It is another step towards the homogenisation of Soho as just another bland, faceless residential area"</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Copperplate Gothic Bold" >Chris Furphy writes: <I>"</I></FONT><I>I worked at the Fox for about 2 ½ years from early ’96. I’d just arrived from Brisbane , Australia in ’94 looking for the bright lights of London and soon my home-away-from-home here in Soho . After getting a job behind the bar I then went on to have the best times of my life. </I><I><B>I was actually the guy who served Mel Gibson </B></I><I>and, as an Aussie who worshiped the first Mad Max movie, I was over the moon. So much so that I kept his pint glass and still have it to this day (I keep my toothbrush and toothpaste in it in my bathroom!!). I’ve met some of the best friends of my life in that place and, let me tell you, being a barman in the world famous Fox had loads of perks. Let’s just say that the beautiful goth and punk girls that came in thought I was VERY cool (little did they know…). Since it’s closure I still can’t bring myself to walk past the place and the first time I saw it all boarded up was on this website. Heartbreaking…  Long live the Fox and all hail Pat Begent, it’s long suffering manager."</I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2c3ff3440.jpg" border=0 width="243" height="324" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Soho W1 - The Lyric Public House</B></div> <div> I used to meet friends here during the early 90's. Decent locals boozer with a few theatre workers</div> <div> now closed but due to be reopened as some  "Soho's latest eating meeting & drinking experience"</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id930.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="114421d40.jpg" border=0 width="289" height="212" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A><I> </I><A HREF="id930.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="286aa0d50.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="213" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Smithfields EC1 (Smithfields)</B></div> <div> This pub was among the earliest to open in the capital - 5am, to cater for the market workers. The pub displayed many photos of butchers.This was home for a Sunday club called Heavenly Social & feature DJ sets by Chemical Brothers & Death in Vegas. </div> <div> Rob Williams writes to Derelict London: <I> "I was the last manager of this pub and it is a total scandal that the landlords (Corporation of London) killed it off by not renewing  the lease so they can "redevelop" the site. Five </I></div> <div> <I>and a half years on and it's still there - empty. *******s - that was the best job I've had! </I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Any places you think should be on this site? Let me know! </B></div> <div> <B>Also info (however trivial) or stories/personal memories  on any of  the buildings would be appreciated.</B> </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id925.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="116ac6f00.jpg" border=0 width="198" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A><I> </I><A HREF="id925.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="116cc2f00.jpg" border=0 width="194" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="116ec1f10.jpg" border=0 width="193" height="241" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Clerkenwell EC1  (The Hat and Feathers)</B></div> <div> One of London's best known pubs for being derelict - it was this for years though its reopened as a restaurant </div> <div> as of Nov 2006.</div> <bR> <div> <I>David Hines writes :"I used to wait outside this pub when i was akid for my Dad to finish his session sometimes with </I></div> <div> <I>the obligitry arrowroot biccy and lemonade, He once promised to take us all out on a Bank Holidaybut could'nt get </I></div> <div> <I>past the old Hat and Feathers so we did'nt go anywhere! "</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Carol Horan writes: "my grandparents ran the Hat & Feathers in the early 1950's. My mother was married from this </I></div> <div> <I>pub in 1952 at St Mary Moorfields church. My father was a printer but worked behind the bar in the evenings and</I></div> <div> <I>the family had many stories to tell about the customers. My father became very adept at leap frogging the bar to</I></div> <div> <I>sort out the trouble makers."</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id937.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="16b02be00.jpg" border=0 width="299" height="224" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A><I> </I><A HREF="id937.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="16b22adf0.jpg" border=0 width="298" height="223" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Clerkenwell WC1 (The Yorkshire Grey)</B></div> <div> James Coyle writes: <I>"I worked  there as head barman in its twilight days. Scottish and Newcastle breweries  had  been running the place into the ground for years before prior to a vast selloff of pubs. While I was there, the roof was on the verge of colapse, and the top three of 4 floors in total were almost rotten through, including the kitchen, management and staff accomodation. The basement used to house a fantastic micro-brewery which produced the pubs bitters and stouts for many years and was CAMRA reccomended, one of the last variations being "BabyBlair's Bitter" to mark the birth of young Leo (as Cherie's offices were oposite - suppose they were trying to raise the profile of what was a rather ramshackle operation by the end!). It was verypopular for Freemasons functions for many years, many a raised trouser leg and dodgy handshake were to be seen in the  Grey. The main bar also used to have large portholes in the floor so customers could see the brew in progress, and the staff  sneaking a sly fag. Dearly missed in its old (delapidated!) state, it has since reopened with a full personality bypass, and my </I></div> <div> <I>grotty room  behind the beautiful sculpture on the East corner has been sold off with the other upper floors for 'contemporary urban living space'."</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Above pics  taken 2005 pub has now reopened  as of Sept 2006</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1102.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Windmill Goodge St"><U><B><IMG SRC="1b572de50.jpg" border=0 width="301" height="229" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Goodge St W1 - The Windmill</B></div> <div> Was a  great little pub hidden away off Tottenham Court Road - cheap beer,food, punk rock jukebox and the perfect place to watch the footie scores on Saturday afternoons. I was actually meeting some people here for a beer when I realised it had shut down so an impromptu photo sesh took place.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1462.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pubs"><U><B><IMG SRC="1fbe1de40.jpg" border=0 width="285" height="228" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    <IMG SRC="1fc327e50.jpg" border=0 width="295" height="229" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Bloomsbury WC1 ( Bull and Mouth)</B></div> <div> "Bull and Mouth" derives from the Battle of Boulogne Mouth of 1544 during Henry V111's reign</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="602" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 256 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2f9352b10.jpg" border=0 width="338" height="433" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2f94f8fa0.jpg" border=0 width="248" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2f91faab0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="171" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B>Farringdon - Babushka bar (formerly The Mynt Rooms)</B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="429" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Quite a trendy vodka bar recently repossessed by the bailiffs</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1379.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="West End derelict pubs Red Lion,Soho,Pol"><U><I><IMG SRC="2a28fae00.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="224" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A><I>  <IMG SRC="2bbdaae20.jpg" border=0 width="170" height="226" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Covent Garden WC2 (Marquis of Granby)</B></div> <div> Built on the site of the old Hole In The Wall. There was a  framed picture inside describing its history, while its</div> <div> menu beared the legend 'Famous for a Highwayman and a Hole in the Wall...'"This particular 'Marquis Of Granby'</div> <div> is said to be the site where the notorious highwayman Claude Duval was captured, drunk, in 1670 armed with three </div> <div> pistols and a sword. At this time the pub was knows as the Hole In The Wall and the landlady was Mother Maberley,</div> <div> mistress to George, Duke of Buckingham."</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="608" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 98 WIDTH="602"><div>                     <IMG SRC="24cf961e0.png" border=0 width="406" height="30" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Want present day pics of your old haunts? Researching your family tree and need location pics? Pictures taken to order - low cost - any job considered (not just derelicts!). Much cheaper than professional photographers</B></div> <div> Contact: Paul at derelictlondon.com     <A HREF="mailto:derelictlondon@yahoo.co.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:derelictlondon@yahoo.co.uk"><U><IMG SRC="24d1931a0.png" border=0 width="147" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1379.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="West End derelict pubs Red Lion,Soho,Pol"><U><IMG SRC="2a2a03e90.jpg" border=0 width="259" height="233" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>China Town W1 (The Polar Bear) </B></div> <div> This was the West End's first entirely non-smoking pub. Shut down in Autumn 06 and lights on inside but not much evidence of anything happening</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1379.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="West End derelict pubs Red Lion,Soho,Pol"><U><IMG SRC="2a2d02580.jpg" border=0 width="258" height="344" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Soho W1 (Red Lion)</B></div> <div> The Red Lion provided the setting for a milestone of Communism. In 1847 Karl Marx and Frederick</div> <div> Engels held a congress in the upstairs room of the pub  - where they wrote an 'action programme'</div> <div> for The Communist League. This programme was published in 1848 as the Communist Manifesto,</div> <div> which 70 years later was the basis for the Russian Revolution and formation of the Soviet Union. </div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="2a2f7d8f0.jpg" border=0 width="125" height="143" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000033" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Karl Marx</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2d6ac5e50.jpg" border=0 width="197" height="229" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                <IMG SRC="2d6daee80.jpg" border=0 width="174" height="232" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Marylebone W1- The Apollo                Holborn EC4 - Printers Devil</B></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="pubs___derelict_london.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pubs Derelict London"><U><IMG SRC="2d89aa2d0.gif" border=0 width="170" height="45" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>