https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/08/21/a-pub-crawl-from-smithfield-to-holborn/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Mon, 21 Aug 2023 14:45:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/08/21/a-pub-crawl-from-smithfield-to-holborn/#comment-1519137 Mon, 21 Aug 2023 14:45:49 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196619#comment-1519137 Ah those first two especially…While in London just three weeks ago they were my haunts. And now for my next trip I know I will follow your crawl to the others. I also much enjoyed your City walk three weeks ago. Thank you for keeping old London alive.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/08/21/a-pub-crawl-from-smithfield-to-holborn/#comment-1519113 Mon, 21 Aug 2023 10:50:51 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196619#comment-1519113 What a splendid post of gorgeous old boozers! Many memories flooded back of times we have visited all of these hostelrys. I think a re visit is on the cards x

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/08/21/a-pub-crawl-from-smithfield-to-holborn/#comment-1519107 Mon, 21 Aug 2023 09:58:34 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196619#comment-1519107 Oddly enough the rather spectacular looking Viaduct tavern is the only one of this bunch to have eluded me. I shall have to remedy that with all speed.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/08/21/a-pub-crawl-from-smithfield-to-holborn/#comment-1519102 Mon, 21 Aug 2023 09:15:22 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196619#comment-1519102 They look decidedly empty. Just what time was the crawl?

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/08/21/a-pub-crawl-from-smithfield-to-holborn/#comment-1519094 Mon, 21 Aug 2023 07:37:08 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196619#comment-1519094 Oddly enough – the “Hand & Shears” is the only one I have not drunk in at one time or another ….

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/08/21/a-pub-crawl-from-smithfield-to-holborn/#comment-1519093 Mon, 21 Aug 2023 07:36:57 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196619#comment-1519093 Wonderful….a further few to add to my list for a future visit. I remember as a student visiting a pub in Smithfield for an early morning pint, before heading over to Stratford Poly for lectures, and sharing the place with market workers in blood stained white coats….possibly the Hand & Shears. A tradition of early opening now on the wane it seems.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/08/21/a-pub-crawl-from-smithfield-to-holborn/#comment-1519081 Mon, 21 Aug 2023 05:13:13 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196619#comment-1519081 Presumably once you fall off the wagon there’s all the more reason to celebrate.

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