Comments on: The Gentle Author’s Dead Pubs Crawl

By: Stephen Withers

Stephen Withers — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 19:10:52 +0000

My great grandfather Phineas William W. was born upstairs in 1843 when The Jolly Butchers in Brick Lane was ‘ The Turk’s Head’. His father, also Phineas was at that time licencee, having taken over from his mother Jane (nee Rous) the previous year. They had met as staff at The Golden Lion in Britannia Street. The family moved to The Horn of Plenty in Globe Road, where they stayed for generations.

By: Dorothy P

Dorothy P — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 14:25:45 +0000

My grandfather, Harvey Piper, was born in The Three Swedish Crowns in what used to be Old Gravel Lane. It is now an Indian takeaway. The Three Swedish Crowns was one of several pubs managed by Gt.Grandfather James Piper. Among them were The Chapman Arms, The Jolly Tanners in Bermondsey, and The Fox and Goose in Brick Hill Lane, Upper Thames Street. Great-Granddad died in 1897 next door to The Three Swedish Crowns, then managed by his brother, George Harvey Piper.

By: nick fallowfield-cooper

nick fallowfield-cooper — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 10:37:09 +0000

Did you know the Crown used to have an angling club within its walls called the ‘good Intent’.
I’m putting a piece up on my blog tomorrow that should interest you 5/2/15
Regards
Nick

By: tony sugg

tony sugg — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 12:55:54 +0000

its so sad to see all those character filled pubs gone forever and a way of life which made the London people who they were.

By: Jackie Davitt

Jackie Davitt — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 20:24:22 +0000

Hello

My Mum was the licence of the Crown and Shuttle and we had many happy years there before trade just dropped off in the evenings .

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sun, 03 Nov 2013 15:22:48 +0000

Beautiful and evocative, as ever, Gentle Author. You may be interested to know that The Dolphin recently appeared in Elementary, the contemporary US take on Sherlock Holmes: they had 221b as being one of the flats upstairs. Only a mile or two out!

By: Bintylicious

Bintylicious — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 11:36:06 +0000

Some lovely, atmospheric pictures here!

My Granddad used to work for a brewery and worked at The Wheatsheaf in Stoney St, Borough Market. I have a post card that was sent to him from one of his older brothers who had gone off to the Trenches in WW1.

I am glad that it has been restored and is now open again and I went there with one of my cousins to have lunch there and raise a pint to our wonderful Granddad!

By: Hamstall Ridware

Hamstall Ridware — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 07:27:34 +0000

Any pics of The Three Brewers in Brick Lane? It was an Internet cafe last time I visited, but that was 10 years ago or so. It used to be opposite Truman’s brewery and the directors used to take friends there to sample the beer. Loved that pub…

By: David Whittaker

David Whittaker — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 20:27:45 +0000

Thank’s …that’s real time travel..

By: James McGregor

James McGregor — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 11:58:17 +0000

I dont remember the Laurel Tree does anyone know the number in the Lane? It looks a bit like the Dukes Motto or the Monkey House as known by the locals