As you can see from the graphic above, beer duty is 4.8p a pint in Germany, but 54.2p a pint in the UK. The Long Live the Local campaign say that £1 in every £3
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Tag: Closed pubs
Transport Strategy Survey, Police Firearms Event, Pubs to be Listed
Tower Hamlets Transport Strategy Tower Hamlets Council are to be congratulated for sharing with residents a 48 page pdf full of data called Travel in Tower Hamlets. This needs reading very critically. Page 5 is
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The Aberfeldy pub comes to life again as The Tommy Flowers
Above the mural of Tommy Flowers by street artist Jimmy C. A number of the Geezers went along to the opening of The Tommy Flowers pub on Thursday 3rd May 2018. It’s at 50 Aberfeldy Street, Poplar, London,
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Pubs closing, sport for women and girls’, 1960s photos, Lutfur surprise
The Times reports that since the business rate changes two pubs a day have closed in the UK. You can read the article here. Pauline Stewart, Tower Hamlets Sports Development Officer, reports that the Council
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Highlights from 2017 on the Our Bow website
Reports from the Geezers website: In January 2017 author, Kate Thompson, came to talk to the the Geezers about her local books, Secrets of the Sewing Bee and the Secrets of the Singer Girls. Kate
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Isle of Dogs pubs plus wrapping the presents
At last Tuesday’s regular meeting of of the Geezers in Bow, Malcolm Barr-Hamilton, our Borough Archivist, came along to talk about pubs! Malcolm kindly brought along a laptop and projector to show us a huge number
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Lost pubs on Bromley High Street, and a changing world
Photo above of The Old Palace © Victoria and Albert Museum, London In 1900 C.R. Ashbee moved his Guild of Handicraft to opposite Mile End Station. Apart from creating exquisite silverware, he was also engaged
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George Tavern wins Battle against Developers
Stepney’s legendary George Tavern in the Commercial Road has won a nine-year legal battle to stop luxury flats being built next door. Landlady Pauline Forster said she was “relieved and happy” after she won a
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