Comments on: Jeffrey Johnson’s London Pubs

By: Marcia Howard

Marcia Howard — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 21:02:38 +0000

Many a sad sight captured here with all those boarded up pubs, but what an AMAZING collection of photographs. Sorry I can’t help identify some of the unknown ones.

By: Phil maxwell

Phil maxwell — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 14:57:53 +0000

Marvellous.

By: Sheila O'Connell

Sheila O'Connell — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 00:47:22 +0000

You can see the German Gymnasium beyond the Old Bell Tavern, St Pancras. Amazing change in such a short time.

By: Claire

Claire — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 16:17:11 +0000

How very sad that most of these appear derelict and closed. For what reason have all these pubs been unable to carry on as thriving businesses? I am in Montreal so I do not know what the background is to this trend; where do people now go to spend a few hours with their buddies?

By: Kevin adams

Kevin adams — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 15:28:25 +0000

Great pictures

I lived in Dericote Street and can remember the building derelict like this for years . It was then converted into flats and just before completion a big fire destroyed it. Work began again and is now residential.

The building was never a pub from the beginning

It was used in a tv show or film starring David Mcallum when it was changed to look like a tube station.

By: Mary

Mary — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 15:10:58 +0000

What a wonderful record, but very sad to see that even back in the 1970s and 80s there seemed to be mass demolition. I wonder if the landlords managed to save The Bull’s Head – it looked a very old pub.

By: Helen Breen

Helen Breen — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 12:49:30 +0000

Greetings from Boston,

GA, Jeffery Johnson was a man of few words, but he obviously mourned the passing of these institutions from the streets of London. So sad …

By: Dave R

Dave R — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 10:55:06 +0000

Superb. Remember many of these from the late 70s and 80s – particularly nostalgia-inducing to see the Queen’s head on Black Friars Lane (sic) as it ran into Ludgate Broadway, and the Green Man on that keenly missed city street, Bucklersbury. Thanks for a glimpse back to the days of the Double Diamond.

By: Jill Wilson

Jill Wilson — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 09:42:06 +0000

These photos have a very similar feel to Doreen’s paintings!

By: Jonathan Madden

Jonathan Madden — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 09:02:36 +0000

These are incredible, some pubs I know most I don’t, the Hoop and Grapes is still there of course. I have been painting and documenting some of the more recent dead pubs, mainly in the East End over the last couple of years, they can be viewed on my Instagram page @madden.london, I would like to get some decent copies of the original photos if it’s all possible. Thanks for a great post.