Comments on: The Gentle Author’s Wapping Pub Crawl

By: Bill Duxbury

Bill Duxbury — Sun, 03 Dec 2017 14:25:59 +0000

When I lived in Wapping in 1947 I used to stand outside the Prospect of Whitby pub with a few mates and when a posh car drew up we would run to the car and the first one to reach it would offer to keep an eye on it. The usual fee was 5 shillings so that was a bit of pocket money for a 12 year old. I never told my parents as my father would have taken the money to get himself a drink.

By: Nigel Sadler

Nigel Sadler — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 20:07:10 +0000

Nice article. Very fortunate I still get to trek this area as Town of Ramsgate, The Grapes, Prospect and Turner’s Old Star are on my Cask Marque patch. Started wandering round here back in the 80s during my commodity trading years. Owned by Sir Ian McKellen I still enjoy seeing Gandalph’s staff behind the bar of The Grapes each time I visit.

By: Phi Cunningham

Phi Cunningham — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 20:31:56 +0000

GA Enjoyed these very much and didn’t even have a drink!

By: Martyn Cornell

Martyn Cornell — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 14:17:34 +0000

I see the Caxton, formerly the Artichoke, on the corner of The Highway and Artichoke Hill, has now closed and become a Domino’s pizza outlet, presmably after News International departed Fortress Wapping. The pints I sank in there during a break in my shift …

By: Jim McDermott

Jim McDermott — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 05:28:53 +0000

GA – I meant to mention this yesterday. It’s probably just a typo, but you wrote that Hugh Willoughby sailed in 1533; it was 1553 of course, and poor Hugh obit’d the following year, somewhere where nuclear subs now rust.

By: Connie Unangst

Connie Unangst — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 00:25:13 +0000

Great article. Lots of good history. And I loved the black cat!!

By: Bailey Jones

Bailey Jones — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 23:02:53 +0000

A most excellent walk with refreshments. Nothing like a quiet afternoon in the Grapes before the crowds arrive.

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 11:18:07 +0000

Great post. The area has changed beyond recognition since I first drank in these pubs when working on the river in the 60s. One excellent, unpretentious boozer is the White Swan and Cuckoo in Wapping Lane.

By: Greg Tingey

Greg Tingey — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 08:33:10 +0000

I haven’t been in “The Prospect” for several years, but it’s good to see that it has acquired proper pub “management” – namely the CAT. Superb.

Good to see that The Grapes is still going.
The one I miss was the Wheatsheaf, very close to the outlet from Limehouse Basin – now apparently called “The Narrow” euw.

By: Janet M

Janet M — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 00:54:12 +0000

Lovely photos, especially of the cat.