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<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 - East</div> <bR> <bR> <div>      <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id158.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="1178722c0.jpg" border=0 width="370" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Canning Town E16 </B><I><B>- </B></I><B>The Royal Oak</B></div> <div> c.1848. Well known 1950s - 80s as having a professional boxing gym above the bar. <B>Frank Bruno</B> trained there for 10 years.</div> <div> Chas and Dave's video for their "Rabbit" song was  filmed here.</div> <bR> <div> John writes:<I> In the late 1960’s I used to go there to watch the boxers train. I used to go with Jimmy Anderson, who became </I></div> <div> <I>a British Champion. Like me, Jimmy came from Enfield and I used to accompany him in his small car to training. Because</I></div> <div> <I>of my work I could not go every night, but I always enjoyed the atmosphere. The landlord at the Royal Oak was Morrie </I></div> <div> <I>Vickers, who doubled as a boxing manager himself. However, the major stable of boxers which trained there was that of </I></div> <div> <I>Terry Lawless, who managed Jimmy Anderson and a number of boxers who became champions."</I></div> <bR> <div>  It has been rebuilt whilst keeping the original front and renewed pub signage - upstairs has been made into flats.</div> <div>  Downstairs looks as if its being opened as an estate agents</div> <div> <A HREF="id158.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="21d0b7aa0.jpg" border=0 width="183" height="170" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>  <IMG SRC="2bd9afac0.jpg" border=0 width="175" height="172" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div>   <A HREF="id376.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="cce39f50.jpg" border=0 width="313" height="245" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> <A HREF="id376.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="21d45af40.jpg" border=0 width="346" height="244" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Arial" ><B>Royal Victoria Dock  E16 </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>    </B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>one of this website's most popular pubs!</B></I></FONT></div> <div> Closed in 1990.</div> <div> Derelict London reader Helen Pearce writes: <I>"</I><I><B>The Tidal Basin Tavern</B></I><I> featured in the last section of the cult film '</I><I><B>The Leather Boys</B></I><I>'.</I></div> <div> <I>This early 60s film combined a 'realistic picture of working class life' with rockers on bikes doing a ton and dodging around the </I></div> <div> <I>famous north London ACE cafe, with a gay not-very-sub text. The scenes in the Tidal Basin Tavern feature the main character's </I></div> <div> <I>dilemma whether to run away to sea with his gay mate or stay (perhaps go back to his wife). He reluctantly decides  to stay </I></div> <div> <I>possibly prompted by bitchy comments from some stereotypical 'queens' in the bar there, somewhat offensive in my opinion."</I> </div> <bR> <div> The cast included Colin Campbell, Dudley Sutton and Rita Tushingham The Tidal Basin Tavern   was also once the venue for a  </div> <div> Siouxie  & The Banshees gig in 1977</div> <div> <A HREF="id376.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="cb57c8d0.jpg" border=0 width="124" height="141" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <I>Rob Syers writes</I>:<I> "I had been a friend of the landlady maybe a year before it closed, it had a reputation as a bikers pub and it was but</I></div> <div> <I>they were some of the friendliest people you could meet. I believe it was shut due to severe structural problems, cracks an inch or two </I></div> <div> <I>wide were in most of the external walls, I believe it was subsidence. They served Fullers Ales and they were always in excellent condition."</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Mark Gillman writes:</I><I> " </I><I>I drank in the </I><I><B>Tidal Basin Tavern.</B></I><I> It would have been in 1978. I went with a mate of mine to see a group called </I></div> <div> <I>Wayne County and the Electic Chairs. Wayne had a sex change operation and renamed the group Jayne County etc. Even then </I></div> <div> <I>it was a bit primitive, about a month later someone stuck a shot gun through the door and shot dead a guy in the boozer. Even when</I></div> <div> <I> i was there you could tell the place had a bit of form. Na Wot I Meen. I now live in Australia the pubs are more civillised but give me </I></div> <div> <I>a traditional English Pub any day."</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Trevor Gordon writes</I>:<I> "It’s not music that evokes my memories, but sexual terror! I arrived in London (well, Ilford) aged 18 in 1978 to</I></div> <div> <I> escape my (then) homophobic hometown of Northampton. As a naïve and un-streetwise teenager, the local Brook Street Bureau got </I></div> <div> <I>me a job at an ancient steel company in Canning Town (right on Silvertown Way – now demolished). “Canning Town – is it nice?” I </I></div> <div> <I>asked the bureau girl. Whilst bopping my nights away in the various gay establishments of North/East London (and gigging – I was</I></div> <div> <I> a weekend punk) I remained totally closeted with the serious geezers with whom I worked. A couple of times a week, I would be </I></div> <div> <I>dragged to the</I><I><B> Tidal Basin</B></I><I> at lunchtime (“Topless Go-Go Girls” it said on the frosted glass window. Talk about understatement!), </I></div> <div> <I>where I would have to feign interest in the various girls utilising Guiness bottles in various ingenious methods. They obviously </I></div> <div> <I>sussed me, as it was always I they picked on when moving amongst the audience, and my beer that was molested in some way. </I></div> <div> <I>Talk about a trauma!"</I></div> <bR> <div> Mark Pope writes:<I> </I><I>"my dad pat pope use to manage the tidal basin tavern,it must have been the late 1970s,i was </I></div> <div> <I>about 15 or 16,i would ask if i could clear the glasses and tidy up,but it was to watch the strippers,when they started</I></div> <div> <I> i was told to go out the back,but i would always have a butchers at what they were doing,what they would do with an </I></div> <div> <I>empty bottle was unreal especially for a 16 year old !,my dad never new i think,the pub was always full of dockers </I></div> <div> <I>and lorry drivers as i remember but only when the girls were doing there bit.happy days, its such a shame its now in </I></div> <div> <I>such a state of disrepair."</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2a2414700.jpg" border=0 width="276" height="368" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2a2615720.jpg" border=0 width="277" height="370" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Bethnal Green E2 - The Carpenters Arms</B></div> <div> Once owned by the Krays. From the Daily Telegraph: <I>"When they bought The Carpenters Arms, </I></div> <div> <I>in 1967, they were less concerned about the menu than its layout: with its narrow bar and one</I></div> <div> <I>doorway to the road, no one could get in unobserved, so it made for the perfect headquarters.The</I></div> <div> <I>only time Reggie Kray got involved in the catering side of the business was when he took a carving </I></div> <div> <I>knife from the kitchen to stab Jack "The Hat" McVitie in the face, body and chest, before impaling him</I></div> <div> <I>through the throat to the floor."</I></div> <bR> <div> Apparently the alleyway down the side is Nicholas Lyndhurst's vortex in Goodnight Sweetheart.</div> <div>  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" >Update - pub re-opened and serves good food (according to Time Out magazine in Feb 08 - a meal for 2 with wine £70!!)</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2c1dfabc0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Dalston E8 - Railway Tavern</B></div> <div> Now a bookies. Dalston Junction Station opposite closed in 1981</div> <div> The station was used in the 1959 film "Look Back in Anger" staring <B>Richard Burton</B>. A launch party for</div> <div> the film was held in the station buffet.Perhaps they nipped over the road to here for a swift half....<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >..</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2c3efbbc0.jpg" border=0 width="251" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Bromley By Bow E3 - Tenterden Arms Public House</B></div> <div> Large plush one bar pub run by the same family for over 60 years until the 1970's.Frequented  by quite</div> <div> a few un-desireables apparently in its latter days until closing in 2007. This unusual name for a pub </div> <div> probably is anmed after the Kent town of Tenterden. The town grew from the 14th century around the </div> <div> wool industry and later wood from nearby forests was used to construct ships.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2c4029da0.jpg" border=0 width="297" height="218" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Wapping E1 - St Patricks Social Club</B></div> <div> As Wapping has become home to upwardly mobile people living in warehouse conversations and property prices</div> <div> going through the roof I regarded this as one of the last bastions of old Wapping. A place where locals could still </div> <div> buy a cheap pint & attend occasional charity discos in a place that probably hadnt changed much since the 60's. </div> <div> I remember even seeing old men with check caps in there in 2005 and the bar surrounded by faded old pics of </div> <div> Wapping FC, social trips to Southend and a signed pic of Norman Wisdom who used to attend there back in the day.</div> <bR> <div> Nearby St Patrick’s Church,<B> </B>is the site of the Good Friday service in the film The Long Good Friday, where Harold</div> <div> Shand’s mum narrowly escapes being blown up, triggering the rest of the chain of events (the church interior was used).</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2afe26dd0.jpg" border=0 width="294" height="221" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Pontoon Dock E16 (Graving Dock Tavern)</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2bb1d8200.jpg" border=0 width="216" height="288" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Blackwall E14 (Brunswick Arms)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2bb3da230.jpg" border=0 width="218" height="291" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Bow E3 (Blondin Street) - pub name unknown</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2bb52eea0.jpg" border=0 width="302" height="234" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Mile End E3 (Prince of Wales)</B></div> <div> Lisa writes: <I>"we all used to go in on a friday and saturday night in 98/99 before we went to Benjys across the road,</I></div> <div> <I>a place where no matter what you can always be guarenteed to bump into people you knew or lived near </I></div> <div> <I>you, what times they were and fun the best years from what i can remember ,after that everyone moved away"</I></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!). 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This was a reciprocal agreement. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id542.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="cbc17e40.jpg" border=0 width="279" height="228" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A><I> </I><A HREF="id543.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="cbec2e20.jpg" border=0 width="194" height="226" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A><I> </I></div> <div> <B>Brick Lane E1 - The Seven Stars</B></div> <div> It went from a strip pub to a cafe-bar but the last pub remaining  in Brick Lane now lies empty.</div> <div> The pic taken through the window shows the remains of someone's meal - note the chandelier.</div> <bR> <div> In a derelict boathouse on the island of Jura, the trustees of the K Foundation, Jimmy Cauty and Bill</div> <div> Drummond, burned the assets of the foundation -  £1 million in £50 notes. The money had been earned </div> <div> from their previous project, their enormously successful venture in pop music,the <B>KLF. </B>The burning of the</div> <div>  £1 million was filmed and  was due to be shown  in a car-park in Brick Lane, Dec 95. but </div> <div> the event turned into something of a fiasco. The car-park idea was abandoned on the night, but a basement </div> <div> room was hired in the <B>Seven Stars</B> pub nearby. Around 400 people turned up for the showing, and most </div> <div> somehow managed to crowd into the small room. Bill and Jimmy hung around, but were evidently nervous,</div> <div>  and hid for most of the evening in the toilets with their minders. Some of the film was shown but the cramped </div> <div> conditions proved too much and the showing was abandoned. Some reports indicate the police called it off, </div> <div> but although the police did turn up, it is understood that they had no part in the decision.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="cc5a6520.gif" border=0 width="166" height="82" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> All that remain of the money, is one solitary brick made from the ashes. Why the did, and more specifically, </div> <div> were their actions intended as art, as a commentary on art, the end of art, money or whatever else, will not be </div> <div> discussed by the duo.</div> <bR> <div> The Seven Stars featured quite prominently in the episode "What Makes Shamy Run?" (Series 5,</div> <div> Thames TV, 1984) of Minder, starring George Cole as Arthur and Dennis Waterman as Terry McCann</div> <bR> <div>  <A HREF="id160.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Title 28"><U><IMG SRC="cb9cb0d0.jpg" border=0 width="203" height="269" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </U></A>     <A HREF="id160.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Title 28"><U><IMG SRC="cbac90b0.jpg" border=0 width="201" height="267" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>        </div> <div> <B>Shoreditch E2 </B><I><B>- </B></I><B>Flying Scud</B></div> <div> Strippers & live metal bands  pub closed in 94 after police seige involving an armed gang.</div> <div> Named after a racehorse apparently (not a missile!).Though there was also a clipper ship of this name.</div> <div> In the eighties  it had a sign outside depicting a ship. They used to have heavy metal night on Friday and</div> <div> Saturday and the strippers only appeared when the pub was close to closingdown for good, when it was </div> <div> being frequented by certain gangs. </div> <bR> <div> When someone says that they are "going to see a man about a dog" they really mean that they are </div> <div> unwilling to reveal the true nature of their business. The expression comes from the long forgotten </div> <div> 1866 play '<B>Flying Scud</B>' in which one of the characters uses the words as an excuse to get away </div> <div> from a tricky situation. This is the only thing that seems to have survived from the play.</div> <bR> <div> David Jester writes to Derelict London:"<I>My wife used to work as a barmaid here in the 80s. She says it was bizarre</I></div> <div> <I>watching all the heavy metal fans frantically playing air guitar to "Livin' On A Prayer" by Bon Jovi while all the old boys</I></div> <div> <I>looked on from the other end of the bar. But she says they were very generous with their tips and free drinks- she used</I></div> <div> <I>to make £20 a night sometimes. And she certainly wasn't a rock chick - she wore wool suits with big 80s shoulder pads"</I></div> <bR> <div> Justin Quirk writes: "<I>A cab driver a couple of years told me that despite the pub's heavily scorched appearance, it was never </I></div> <div> <I>burnt down/firebombed. Apparently a film crew were shooting something round Hackney Road that was meant to be in Belfast,</I></div> <div> <I>and deliberately burned the pub to give it authenticity. </I></div> <bR> <div> My mate Keith Woodhouse writes <I>: "I grew up in the street that The Flying Scud and Marquis Of Lansdowne were in </I></div> <div> <I>and my uncle once told me that he stabbed a bloke in the Scud in a fight just after the war"</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A HREF="id378.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="a9735e80.jpg" border=0 width="309" height="232" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>  </div> <div> <B>Stratford E15 - Log Cabin</B></div> <div> The above pub is due to be converted into a bar/restaurant with offices above & new flats on its yard to the rear to</div> <div> fund it's refurbishment as the building is Listed and considered "at risk". It's one of the very few remaining </div> <div> Coaching Inns on the route through East London to East Anglia & was once known as The Yorkshire Grey (b.1740). </div> <bR> <div> <I>                                           </I></div> <div> Found this written about the<B> Log Cabin</B> on  www.charlottecooper.net</div> <div> "The interior looked like someone's carpentry project. Hundreds of pieces of plywood scraps were</div> <div> nailed to the walls. The chairs and tables looked as though they had been roughly hewn out of</div> <div> wood. Everything was wonky, clunky, heavy. On one of the tables there was a giant egg-shaped </div> <div> stone, like a weird centrepiece. We would sit and drink and fondle the dinosaur egg absentmindedly. </div> <div> The place was rarely busy, the punters were grumps. The building has just been sold for £1.4 million. </div> <div> It's going to be knocked down, maybe the new owners will build some more luxury flats on the site,</div> <div> or another hotel." Someone has now told me that the building is listed so can't be demolished!  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >                                           <I>                                      </I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id302.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="ccf35eb0.jpg" border=0 width="309" height="235" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> </div> <div> <B>Canning Town E16 - The Rose of Denmark</B></div> <div> Once popular with dockers as it  was known to open at 6am.</div> <div> <B>Rose of Denmark</B>, built in 1867. Demolition seems inevitable as only the shell of the ground floor remains</div> <div> in a poor state.A planning application has been made to the council for "demolition of existing building and </div> <div> construction of a new 7 storey office building incorporating car parking on the ground floor"</div> <div> <I>The shell was finally demolished in January 2005:</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id302.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="21dc3aec0.jpg" border=0 width="314" height="236" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id163.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="cd232b00.jpg" border=0 width="306" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Hackney E8 (The Frampton Arms)</B></div> <div> One of London's first pubs with gay barstaff and entertainment. Also known for gangland trouble of the 60s</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id680.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="274b16d60.jpg" border=0 width="278" height="214" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Shoreditch E1 (The Conqueror)</B></div> <div> Just before they finally got closed it was well known for having lock-ins every night. Eventually this was so well known </div> <div> that it was usually busier at 1am than it was earlier in the evening and, as it's on a totally residential st, their license</div> <div> went. Was squatted for several years after that. </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> <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 WIDTH="425"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="425" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id167.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="cd430d50.jpg" border=0 width="304" height="213" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Mile End E3 (The Albion)</B></div> <div> This was a good family pub  close to the canal it was friendly place to pop into on Sunday  having good typical East </div> <div> London bar nibbles. The pubs popularity declined when a murdered person was discovered in the back yard under </div> <div> the railway viaduct</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id465.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="cd62f080.jpg" border=0 width="303" height="264" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Aldgate East  E1 (The Red Lion)</B></div> <div> This  sign is all that remains of a pub demolished next to the tube station entrance.This area was once a mass </div> <div> burial site during the Plague. </div> <bR> <div> Stella writes:</div> <div> <I>"In the late 19th c. my gt. grandma & her brother, orphans, were living in the stables belonging to the pub which I think were just</I></div> <div> <I> round the corner in Leman St. The older building on the site had an association with </I><I><B>Dick Turpin</B></I><I>."</I></div> <bR> <div> Barry Thomas writes:</div> <div> <I>"The tube station was on the corner and the pub wrapped around it with an entrance on either side. I was at college at Sir John </I></div> <div> <I>Cass School of Art  in 1979. My brother worked by St Pauls so we sometimes had lunch (ie a couple of pints and a pork pie) </I></div> <div> <I>at this pub. They had very very dodgy  </I><I><B>strippers</B></I><I> there. The large mirrors behind and above the stage gave a good all round </I></div> <div> <I>view. One girl had a burn scar in the middle of the back which we could just make out in the mirrors before she turned round.</I></div> <div> <I>Must have been the size of a rugby ball. Not in the first flush of youth."</I></div> <bR> <div> Keith Woodhouse writes: </div> <div> <I>"One story that I heard about the Red Lion in Aldgate was that it was where Dick Turpin killed an informer and started his</I></div> <div> <I>infamous ride to York."</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id466.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="cd030120.jpg" border=0 width="304" height="274" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Shadwell E1 (The Britannia)</B></div> <div> Rob Syers writes: "I was a bus driver in the mid to late 90's on the route 100. This route stopped outside the Britannia and then</div> <div> it was looking a little careworn. I remember seeing signs for boxing exhibitions but I don't know if these ever took place."</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2bb92ee30.jpg" border=0 width="302" height="227" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Plaistow E13 (Coach & Horses)</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id541.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="cd82cbc0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Shadwell E1 (Crown & Dolphin)</B></div> <div> The <I><B>Ratcliffe Highway murders</B></I> - The murder of the Marr family and James Biggs also the Williamson family by John Williams </div> <div> in  1811. John Williams was caught for his crimes, tried and found guilty. Whilst in custody awaiting execution he hung himself </div> <div> in his cell. His body was placed on a cart and paraded around the locations of his murders, as was the custom of the time </div> <div> (usually before execution). The body was then taken to a 6ft. deep grave that had been dug outside The Crown and Dolphin.</div> <div> His body was put in the grave with a stake hammered through his heart and covered with earth. It was the custom with suicides </div> <div> not to bury them in consecrated ground, but at a crossroads, so the soul had no direction to travel and to have a stake hammered</div> <div> through the heart.His skull was kept as a souvenir on the bar.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id934.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="22ef1fd00.jpg" border=0 width="287" height="208" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="id934.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="12f026ce0.jpg" border=0 width="294" height="206" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Plaistow E16  (Earl of Beaconsfield</B></div> <div> Note the glass still on the bar & beermats strewn across the floor</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id927.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="113bdac60.jpg" border=0 width="218" height="198" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A><I> </I><A HREF="id927.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="113da8c60.jpg" border=0 width="168" height="198" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="1142cfc60.jpg" border=0 width="207" height="198" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Maryland, Albert Square E15 (The Queen Vic)</B></div> <div> Rob Syers ex bus driver writes <I>"Not the fake one in that nasty soap but the proper one (Adam Woodyatt, the slimy toad known </I></div> <div> <I>as Ian Beale from aforementioned soap even hosted some tv event there) was closed in the late 90's, again when the area</I></div> <div> <I>changed, drove past it many times to and from work and at work (route 308)"</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1518.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="287a1fc50.jpg" border=0 width="287" height="197" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Hackney E8 (Careys)</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1518.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="28781fcd0.jpg" border=0 width="287" height="205" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Hackney E9 (The Dagmar Arms)</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1971.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="21e021d30.jpg" border=0 width="289" height="211" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Rose and Crown E14 (Poplar)</B></div> <div> Used to be owned by Queeny Watts, jazz singer and actress. The pub featured in 'Sparrows can't sing' with <B>Barbara </B></div> <div> <B>Windsor</B>. Now converted to flats. A piece of the original pub sign is still visible on the side of the building.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1971.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="21e22dd40.jpg" border=0 width="301" height="212" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>The White Horse E14 (Poplar)</B></div> <div> Pub has been replaced with flats, but white horse still stands outside.</div> <bR> <div> Lisa writes: <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>"a pub to be on Marathon day with old bands playing a long sumer evenings which were fun"</I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id464.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="1b511ee40.jpg" border=0 width="286" height="228" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Stepney Green E1 (The Artichoke)   </B></div> <div> Michelle Summer writes:</div> <div> <I><B>" </B></I><I>my parents used to drink in the Artichoke years ago when I was a kid. It was a really nice homely pub in the 1970's with live </I></div> <div> <I>music some nights and pub food and snacks. Customers used to take their children along at the weekend's and although </I></div> <div> <I>there was no beer garden there were tables and chairs outside and there was a real family atmosphere."</I><B>     </B></div> <bR> <div> Jim Lucy writes: </div> <div> <I> "My parents (Tom & Jean Lucy) owned the pub for sixteen years from 1972 until 1988 in what would commonly be regarded </I></div> <div> <I>as the pub's heyday. The pub was a busy family house and I am sure many people will remember it with affection. All of My </I></div> <div> <I>family now live in Berkshire, and on the rare occasions I return to Stepney I am amazed that the Artichoke is still there, I am</I></div> <div> <I>sure one day I will return and find it converted to flats."</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1969.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="21eb25dc0.jpg" border=0 width="293" height="220" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="21ef2cde0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="222" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Custom House E16 (The Barge previously The Freemasons Tavern)</B></div> <div> Now used as a hostel for immigrants according to local sources.</div> <div> This old pub will be demolished to accomodate a new station at <B>Custom House</B> -provided to serve the Royal Docks area</div> <div> and provide an interchange between Crossrail and the DLR. The new station will consist of a new high-level concourse and</div> <div> ticket office attached to an extended public walkway linking with the existing walkway between the ExCeL exhibition and </div> <div> conference centre and Victoria Dock Road. The present <B>Custom House</B> station will be demolished</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1462.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pubs"><U><B><IMG SRC="23951e280.jpg" border=0 width="286" height="296" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Barking IG11 (The Fishing Smack)</B></div> <div> Fishing smack = a  small vessel used in sea fishing. These vessels operated out of Barking Creek in the 1850's.</div> <div> Pub for sale with planning permission for 15 flats and commercial space</div> <div> September 2007 update - pub now demolished</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1970.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="21f225dc0.jpg" border=0 width="293" height="220" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="id1970.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="21f92fdb0.jpg" border=0 width="303" height="219" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id1970.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="225624f30.jpg" border=0 width="292" height="243" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> <A HREF="id1970.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="21fb32f20.jpg" border=0 width="306" height="242" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Forest Gate E7 (The Spotted Dog)</B></div> <div> 16th Century pub.  <B>Henry VIII</B> had dog kennels here and a lodge. In the pub there is a a marker indicating the </div> <div> centre of Epping Forest, which the area was many years ago.</div> <bR> <div> James Hunt writes:<I>"The is  an interesting story about an underground passage that runs under he pub to the</I></div> <div> <I>boleyn (near west ham football ground) the tunnel was built by Henry VIII but i'm not sure what it was used for. </I></div> <div> <I>The entrance is still  visible in the basement of the pub but the rest has been filled with concrete."</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id377.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="cd11c110.jpg" border=0 width="284" height="273" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Limehouse E14 (The Royal Duke)</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id164.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="1b6322f40.jpg" border=0 width="290" height="244" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Shoreditch E1 (Partners)</B></div> <div> formerly the Marquis of Lansdowne</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1967.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="220e220b0.jpg" border=0 width="290" height="267" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Barking IG11 (The Westbury Arms)</B></div> <div> Sally Harlow writes:<I> "I used to work there as a part time barmaid in the mid 80s and have some fond memories of the place. </I></div> <div> <I>There used to be a disco every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday night, Mark the DJ was a bus conductor on the number 15 </I></div> <div> <I>route by day. The pub was run by an East End-made-good Mother and Daughter (Pat and Lynn) who I was frankly terrified of. We </I></div> <div> <I>used to put roast potatoes and other seafood on the bar every Sunday lunchtime, an East End tradition that seems to be dying out."</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id936.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="239421060.jpg" border=0 width="289" height="262" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Haggerston E2 (The Prince of Wales)</B></div> <div> Apparently there is "bad luck" associated with this pub! I'm sure that someone will write in and enlighten us all on what</div> <div> atrocities occured here?</div> <bR> <div> Dave Eason writes :<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I> "As a lad 1972 ish I drank here every Friday as a starter and it was deffo ground floor. Don’t know</I></FONT></div> <div> <I>about the bad luck stories but it was a great boozer with DJ and early Stevie Wonder stuff played often."</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id678.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Panther, The Lord Napier"><U><B><IMG SRC="cda19d50.jpg" border=0 width="281" height="213" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Bethnal Green E2  (The Panther)</B></div> <div> Lisa writes:<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I> "a pub run by my uncle for years untill he moved into another pub around the corner called Ye Old Hope,</I></FONT></div> <div> <I>now demolished and turned into flats, The Panther was a pub for local people which held a good atmosphere for locals</I></div> <div> <I>to come in have a good time and enjoy that Community spirit something long gone."</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1966.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="22142edb0.jpg" border=0 width="302" height="219" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Ilford IG1 (Rose and Crown)</B></div> <div> Mark Goodwin writes: "<I>Totally shocked to hear this shut to be honest. Used to live in Ilford up to ’93 but popped back </I></div> <div> <I>occasionally. Nice place inside, very woody and traditional. Typically friendly old locals and had the traditional quiz night </I></div> <div> <I>on Thursday. We always came last apart from one exception when ‘Wilsy’s wonders’ mysteriously came top thanks to my</I></div> <div> <I>covert operation involving peeking at peoples answers when I made my way to the bar every 10 minutes. The hardcore quiz </I></div> <div> <I>night massive almost lynched us!"</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1348.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="239f2a0d0.jpg" border=0 width="298" height="269" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B> Shadwell E1  (The Old House at Home)</B></div> <div> Found this recent review:"Pubs like this in the East End will be gone in 20 years time. All the old locals will </div> <div> have died or movedaway and most young people around here do not drink for religious reasons. This one</div> <div> could survive if it is tastefully redecoratedand they introduce some more interesting beers." Unfortunately,</div> <div> the pub has not survived and is it is now a mini market It still has the name sign attached to the first floor</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1966.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="221220d80.jpg" border=0 width="288" height="216" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Ilford IG1  (The Plough)</B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="626" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 362 WIDTH="622"><div> from the local press:</div> <bR> <div> <I>"IN A SAD, but fitting coincidence, a former publican has died as the former century-old pub he ran is readied for demolition. Ron Payne grew up in The Plough, Ilford Lane, Ilford, and was the joint licensee with his mother Florence Payne from the late 1950s until 1970.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>He died on August 30 2007, three weeks short of his 90th birthday, in Queen's Hospital, Romford.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>The Plough, meanwhile, will soon be gone in readiness for a modern healthcare facility opening in December. The centre will include a GP practice, baby clinics, sexual health and family planning, counselling, eye, dental and ultra sound services, as well as out patient clinics and minor surgery units.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Mr Payne's youngest daughter Vera Noble, 47 of Romford, said in its day The Plough was the heart of the community. "A lot of Ford workers were living in the area. There were regular wedding receptions held, Rotary club meetings were held there. There was a jazz club, so lots of local society meetings and occasions were held on the premises. It was a focal point for the community," she said.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>The Plough first opened its doors in 1899. Florence Payne moved in in 1924 when Mr Payne was six years old. In 1970, Mr Payne and his wife Nan ended their association with The Plough, moving to the Victoria, Barking.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Mrs Noble said: "It seems a little bit poignant with The Plough being demolished. The place was such a big part in my father's history and his affections, that as The Plough goes, he goes." She said: "He was Victorian in a lot of ways, very old-fashioned, never approved of swearing in front of ladies."</I></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1967.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="22102f0b0.jpg" border=0 width="303" height="267" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Dagenham RM8 (Robin Hood)</B></div> <div> Phill says <I>"it used to have some great stag nights, (the stripper and comedians and a fish n chip supper type of stag nights) </I></div> <div> <I>i saw </I><I><B>mike read</B></I><I>, </I><I><B>jimmy jones</B></I><I> AND </I><I><B>jim davidson</B></I><I> (doing his first stag) all on the same bill and the price? 30 bob!!!! including </I></div> <div> <I>the fish n chip supper! it was later (in the late 70's) a venue for grab-a-granny nights or singles as the managemant called it, </I></div> <div> <I>huge place quite 'posh' for dagenham"</I></div> <div> Local rumour that it will be a Lidl supermarket</div> <div> Pub now demolished</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id314.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="224078ea0.jpg" border=0 width="376" height="234" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id314.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="2242d5e90.jpg" border=0 width="213" height="233" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Bow E3 (The Moulders Arms)</B></div> <div> Demolished April 2007</div> <div> Pictures of film stars and a history of the pub decorated the lounge bar walls. </div> <div> The Moulders was named so because of an old Iron Foundery which was directly behind </div> <div> the pub many years ago. & knocked down after the war and Flats have since been put there. </div> <div> The locals called it the Rocks and Boulder slang for the MOULDERS!</div> <bR> <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> <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 WIDTH="425"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="425" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <A HREF="id678.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Panther, The Lord Napier"><U><B><IMG SRC="263d2cd60.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="214" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Hackney Wick E9 (Lord Napier)</B></div> <div> now used as a squat - well at least until the developers for the Olympics 2012 move in.. </div> <div> Jo writes: "<I>My great great grandfather was a potman in the Lord Napier in the 1890s, and in fact his daughter, my great </I></div> <div> <I>grandmother Martha Ruston was a bar maid there before her marriage in 1901. I wish I could do a spot of time travelling</I></div> <div> <I> to take a look inside it then ... what a contrast to its latter years!"</I></div> <bR> <div> David Eason writes:<I> "Below are two poor qlty picks that my dad took from his upstairs window opposite in the 30's or 40's.</I></div> <div> <I> My Uncles brother played piano in this pub and the Lea Tavern around the corner (Big John Ward) Alos as a point of</I></div> <div> <I> intrest the Napier is opposite an old yard that was once owned by Carles Capel and Leonard who invented the word </I></div> <div> <I>"Petrol" This booza is also a stones throw from where the worlds first plastic was invented, the diode valve and Dry Cleaning."</I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="2bd518e70.jpg" border=0 width="280" height="231" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="2bd7fde70.jpg" border=0 width="253" height="231" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1108.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="John Franklin Poplar"><U><B><IMG SRC="1b5520fd0.jpg" border=0 width="288" height="253" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="id1108.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="John Franklin Poplar"><U><B><IMG SRC="287050fc0.jpg" border=0 width="336" height="252" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Poplar E14 (Sir John Franklin)</B></div> <div> Bill Martland writes:</div> <div> <I>I was working for London Docklands Development Corporation in the mid 1980s and given the London traffic when I found</I></div> <div> <I>out the Sir John Franklin had strippers on early in the evening I used to stop there on the way home most nights. The girls </I></div> <div> <I>were mainly good, the landlord was a man called Barry who fancied himself as a stand up comic but as a pub operator was </I></div> <div> <I>useless. Hardly ever was there draft beer, crisps, and change available simultaneously and the bar was always sticky ! </I></div> <div> <I>Despite his uselessness the place stayed reasonably busy but then a subsiquent landlord dropped strippers and later </I></div> <div> <I>though they were brought back it never really took off again. Horrible 50s or 60s building, I don't know what Franklin </I></div> <div> <I>{ a polar explorer} had done to deserve having a dump like that named after him ! "</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1510.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Edmonton Tudor Inn, Three Crowns N Woolw"><U><B><IMG SRC="23f12dfd0.jpg" border=0 width="301" height="253" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>North Woolwich E16 - Three Crowns</B></div> <div> Apart from a little railway museum & the ferry there is really little to see in N Woolwich. Its actually quite eerie.Colin Price</div> <div> writes <I>"I remember drinking here at an East London Camra social on a Tuesday night in the early 80's. Just before closing</I></div> <div> <I>time my mate Tony and I realised that although the Three Crowns shut at 10.30pm the pubs in Woolwich would still be open</I></div> <div> <I>to 11. so we left the pub walked down the steps to the tunnel under the river, through the tunnel and up the steps on the south</I></div> <div> <I>side and into the Rose and Crown for a couple more pints followed by a more leisurely walk back"</I></div> <bR> <div> Peter Barrett writes:<I>"Many years ago, I have lived in Australia for 35 years, I lived on the south side of the river in Woolwich, </I></div> <div> <I>there were three gay pubs we used to visit in North Woolwich, The Kent arms, the Three Crowns and another one I forget the </I></div> <div> <I>name of. We used to go mainly to look at the gays and lesbians, there were regular fights in the Three Crowns, and the Police </I></div> <div> <I>station was right opposite, saw a couple of blokes arrested there one night and then almost the whole pub, rush over to the</I></div> <div> <I>Police station and set the blokes free."</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="pubs___crooked_billet_staines_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pubs Crooked Billet Staines,Ancient Bri"><U><B><IMG SRC="26372dcf0.jpg" border=0 width="301" height="207" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="pubs___crooked_billet_staines_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pubs Crooked Billet Staines,Ancient Bri"><U><B><IMG SRC="287417cf0.jpg" border=0 width="279" height="207" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Bow E3 (Ancient Briton)</B></div> <div> <B>May 2007 - Update- Ancient Briton now demolished</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id168.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="28432eef0.jpg" border=0 width="302" height="239" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Stratford  E15  (Railway Tavern)</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id935.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="12ee2d080.jpg" border=0 width="301" height="264" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> <IMG SRC="2cdea80a0.jpg" border=0 width="168" height="266" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Canning Town E16 (Marquis of Salisbury)  </B></div> <div> built c. 1881 </div> <bR> <div> Lisa Writes: I have attached a photograph of my great gran, Kathleen, in there circa 1950s. She was of Irish parentage </div> <div> and my nan told me how the Landlord once asked my gt gran why she wasn't going hop-picking and she said she </div> <div> couldn't afford it and so the landlord paid for her to go."</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2742fab50.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="181" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Stratford E15  - The Swan  </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >(pic courtesy of Mark A Walker)</FONT></div> <div> This pub closed in Nov 2005 and is now a betting shop</div> <div> Keith Woodhouse writes: <I>"The Swan in Stratford is where I watched West Ham parade the FA cup as you get to see </I></div> <div> <I>the coach twice as it goes around the one way system, and they hit there just on opening time."</I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="281dfabc0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Clapton E5  - Kings Head</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0066CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >courtesy of Dave Rimmer</FONT></div> <div> the works pub for Latham's Timber yard which stood on the River Lea. I love the name on the roof. It has now sadly been</div> <div> demolished. The local paper hackney gazette reported just as the demolition company was about to start tearing it down </div> <div> two bedraggled squatters scampered out of the building just in the nick of time. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="271dfaca0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="202" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="271f0dca0.jpg" border=0 width="269" height="202" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Woodford IG1 - The Woodmans  </B></div> <div> Demolished Dec 2005 to make way for flats</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="264122820.jpg" border=0 width="290" height="386" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Bow E3 (Rose of Denmark)</B></div> <div> The ground floor is available to rent as a retail unit for £1500 per month according to a local property agent</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id932.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="1b6622d40.jpg" border=0 width="290" height="212" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Canning Town E16 (The Anchor) c. 1908</B></div> <div> Once a 'street corner' pub, after redevelopment of the area now stands alone ). Recently the has </div> <div> been controversy surrounding the Anchor  as a developer was putting forward to turn it into a lap</div> <div> dancing club.The council have denied his plans due to the uproar from the community in the area.</div> <div> the location of pub is directly opposite a Primary school and in close vicinity are a number of</div> <div> Secondary schools.</div> <bR> <div> James Hunt writes: <I>"There was a story about a guy that was murdered in there not long before it closed </I></div> <div> <I>down some people think that the murder was the reason for it closing.Apparently the was a couple of </I></div> <div> <I>guys that walked in the bar one afternoon, they were looking for someone. The guy the were looking </I></div> <div> <I>for was playing pool. The guy that were looking for him spotted him and walked over to him as he was</I></div> <div> <I>just about to take a shot, so the guy was bent over the table, so one of the guys that was looking for him </I></div> <div> <I>pull out a knife and stabbed him up the ass, and killed him. The bar closed not long after that."</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1265.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="pubs"><U><I><IMG SRC="28442be00.jpg" border=0 width="299" height="224" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>London Fields E8 (The Market House)</B></div> <bR> <div>  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id1266.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="284527d50.jpg" border=0 width="295" height="213" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B>Dalston E8 (disused beer garden )</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Arial" ><I><B> </B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1968.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="21fd23ee0.jpg" border=0 width="291" height="238" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Custom House E16 (New Gog)</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1348.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="222221f60.jpg" border=0 width="289" height="246" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Shadwell E1 (The Britannia) </B></div> <div> Now a Perfect Fried Chicken takeaway</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1965.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="220c21e20.jpg" border=0 width="289" height="226" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Stepney E1 (The George)</B></div> <div> music/variety pub - had a nightclub at rear called "Stepneys". When it was open I always used to think how dodgy the </div> <div> club at the side looked as I passed by on the bus!</div> <div> <I><B>Update! Now reopened!</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="671" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 261 WIDTH="292"><div> <A HREF="id284.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="225723b10.jpg" border=0 width="291" height="433" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Shadwell E1 (The Railway Arms)</B></div> <div> renowned as a pub where you could get a late beer but it never opened again after a fatal stabbing back in about 1998</div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id284.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="22262cfe0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="254" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id284.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="222b2cf40.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="244" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id284.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="28a40c830.jpg" border=0 width="268" height="387" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> <IMG SRC="28a6fabc0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Shoreditch E1 (The Crown and Shuttle)</B></div> <div> Russ writes:<I> "My mate Pete introduced me to this pub in the late 90,s or early 2000s, one of the best topless girl </I></div> <div> <I>bars around ! They used to come round with a pint glass, you put 50p in and they did a dance on the pool table </I></div> <div> <I>(laler a mini stage and pole. It was full of city types mainly - pin strip suits etc but very frendly but it only opened </I></div> <div> <I>during the day. If I remember right the manager was a Grant Mitchal lookalike but he died of a drug overdose</I></div> <div> <I>(rip mate) Had some happy times here."</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id284.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="289e0d340.jpg" border=0 width="269" height="308" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Bethnal Green E2  (The Old Cavalier)</B></div> <div> John writes:<I>"I used to drink there in the 90's. It was more usually known as Charlie's Place, after the owner, </I></div> <div> <I>who often oversaw lock-ins. The most bizarre decor, I seem to remember there being a red phone box in the</I></div> <div> <I>corner and stuffed animals and other weird bits and pieces. And a very mixed clientele too. Good fun. Closed</I></div> <div> <I>down about 2000 (don't know why) and has been a squat for ages."</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1323.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="2999fabc0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Bow E3 (Duke of York)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2f76facc0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Hackney Wick - Lea Tavern</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1323.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="299bbbfa0.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Forest Gate E7 (Eagle & Child)</B></div> <bR> <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>