https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/09/27/the-gentle-authors-dead-pubs-crawl-x/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 27 Sep 2017 22:36:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/09/27/the-gentle-authors-dead-pubs-crawl-x/#comment-1170726 Wed, 27 Sep 2017 22:36:46 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=160503#comment-1170726 My dad used to collect pub’s cocktail sticks of which many pubs had with their own customised versions – from street lamps to swinging pub signs. Sadly he died prematurely in 1966 when I was still a teenager. My mum asked if there was anything I wanted to keep as a memento, and I immediately said “his cocktail sticks”. I still treasure them, and over the subsequent years, added vastly to the collection. I always had to choose a drink that had a cherry on a stick in it, in order to obtain a new one, usually a ‘snowball’ or babycham! Sadly, these cocktail sticks disappeared over time, but I added some interesting ones to the collection, including one from a visit to the Post Office Tower’s revolving restaurant, which of course came in the design of the PO Tower!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/09/27/the-gentle-authors-dead-pubs-crawl-x/#comment-1170631 Wed, 27 Sep 2017 05:22:47 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=160503#comment-1170631 Thanks for such great memories GA. I remember the vast majority of those pubs when they were alive and well. As a person who lived in and around Bethnal Green and Brick Lane for decades it was a delight to see and recall them. The older generation of my family used to drink in many of these watering holes and I was no stranger myself.
It’s sad to see so many now gone but encouraging that one or two have started up again. I don’t suppose they will charge the 1970’s prices that I remember?

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