Don Tomlin update Don Tomlin’s funeral is scheduled for Friday 1st May 2020. Currently it looks like no one will be able to attend due to COVID-19. His family are thinking about holding an event
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Tag: pubs
The New Globe pub, Lady Lane Market, QM Jazz
The New Globe MEOTRA have been investigating what is happening to The New Globe, which people tell me is listed. Tower Hamlets council say that building work has been going on without the relevant planning
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37 Pubs Saved in Tower Hamlets
Last week, Tower Hamlets Council’s Cabinet agreed that 37 of the borough’s most historically and culturally significant venues will be given ‘locally listed’ status. The pubs were listed for the following criteria: Local character and
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Was this the last pub in Bromley by Bow?
Photo above – vanished without trace – The Blue Anchor. Philip Mernick, Chairman of East London History Society, kindly sent us the article below. It also appears in their Summer 2019 Newsletter. You can download
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Carol Singing in the Eleanor
Carol Singing in the Eleanor New Video Added. On their return from the Xmas lunch last week a diehard group of Geezers headed off to the Eleanor Arms on Old Ford Road for a few
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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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New threats to the George Tavern in Stepney
The George at 373 Commercial Rd, London E1, is a pub and thriving music venue. Here’s a list of September’s events. As the name suggests, it was built during the reign of of King George IV, but
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The Calendar Boys of Bow
More publicity for the Geezers and their Where’s My Boozer Gone? campaign in East London Lines. Click here to read it. East London London Lines is the online digital news platform written
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