Comments on: Taverns of Long Forgotten London https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/10/29/taverns-of-long-forgotten-london/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 01 Nov 2019 15:35:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Barb Drummond https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/10/29/taverns-of-long-forgotten-london/#comment-1318575 Fri, 01 Nov 2019 15:35:40 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=177549#comment-1318575 Fascinating selection. Never seen one called he Catherine Wheel, they’ve usually been over painted so often to have become the Cat n Wheel.

]]> By: Mark Byfield https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/10/29/taverns-of-long-forgotten-london/#comment-1318472 Thu, 31 Oct 2019 10:25:21 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=177549#comment-1318472 How interesting our pub history is!
And what a shame we are losing so many.
Fortunately we do still have lots of old historic pubs in London.
I have been trying to track down the history of one such pub The Red Lion that was located in “ The Maze” in Southwark.
The Maze was around were Guys Hospital is now and was a maze of streets running down to the river the home of ladies of the night, sailors and pubs.
My Great G, G, G Grandfather shot his farther in-law in there after a brawl.
It’s a long story but I do have the Old Bailey copy of the court case. ( his Farther in law died five hours later)
The were quit a few Red Lions but this is one I would have loved to know the history about.
Great blog I relish it every day.

Mark

]]> By: Lisa https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/10/29/taverns-of-long-forgotten-london/#comment-1318409 Wed, 30 Oct 2019 15:14:39 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=177549#comment-1318409 Are there any books that contain these pictures? I’d love to have them.

]]> By: Claire https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/10/29/taverns-of-long-forgotten-london/#comment-1318344 Tue, 29 Oct 2019 11:32:28 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=177549#comment-1318344 Thank you GA for more fascinating engravings. I like the wooden frame propping up The Gun Tavern in Pimlico, it makes me wonder if such buildings ever collapsed suddenly whilst life went on inside, I suppose they must have done.
Incredible that these scenes of London are from only 200 years ago.

]]> By: Jonathan D. Schor https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/10/29/taverns-of-long-forgotten-london/#comment-1318341 Tue, 29 Oct 2019 10:59:55 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=177549#comment-1318341 As most of what I know of early 19 century England is from Dickens, are these the placeless of cheap gin? While I am not a Prohibitionist, are these the dens of iniquity of literature?

]]> By: Jim McDermott https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/10/29/taverns-of-long-forgotten-london/#comment-1318336 Tue, 29 Oct 2019 09:49:21 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=177549#comment-1318336 Pigs may safely snuffle! Lovely rural views of what are now inner city areas.

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/10/29/taverns-of-long-forgotten-london/#comment-1318335 Tue, 29 Oct 2019 09:46:46 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=177549#comment-1318335 Greetings from Boston,

GA, those Walter Thornbury sketches of old London taverns are delightful. Hard to think of Pimlico, Camden, Chelsea, and Islington as surrounding villages.

For Steve (above) and those who love the charm of these old places, may I suggest reading about the George Inn in Borough Market, one that survives – SHAKESPEARE’S PUB: A Barstool History of London as Seen Through the Windows of Its Oldest Pub – The George Inn by Pete Brown.

]]> By: Steve Hanscomb https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/10/29/taverns-of-long-forgotten-london/#comment-1318332 Tue, 29 Oct 2019 09:20:41 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=177549#comment-1318332 Super to see these interesting old pubs and Inns. It’s always a real pleasure to sit in the first room of the George in Southwark on a quiet day – if you can find one! – and just feel the atmosphere of the old place. It’s an unbelievable survivor of the age of the coaching inns when you consider what has been lost over the years to bombing, railways and general modernity.
I think the Spaniards and Jack Straw’s Castle are the only ones still going on this list?

]]> By: Nickie Johnson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/10/29/taverns-of-long-forgotten-london/#comment-1318329 Tue, 29 Oct 2019 08:47:50 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=177549#comment-1318329 What a wonderful peep into the past. I could weep. Thank you Gentle Author.

]]> By: Victoria Cooper https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/10/29/taverns-of-long-forgotten-london/#comment-1318328 Tue, 29 Oct 2019 08:44:07 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=177549#comment-1318328 Really appreciate these pictures – how London has grown and changed. Thank you.

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