April 2019 Weekly Weight Training sessions at gym in Bethnal Green for men over 55. Tues 16th April: The Geezers go to the City to visit the Museum of London. Bow Bowls 4 Sessions Mondays
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Tag: where’s my boozer gone
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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Geezers New Book
On Tuesday 14th May 2019 fourteen of The Geezers made a trip to the Town Hall Hotel, Bethnal Green, to investigate using it for launch of the forthcoming book: Where’s My Boozer Gone? They were
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Popular Spitalfields Pub to Close
The Water Poet at 11 Folgate Street will be closing on 29th March. Having read this in Time Out, I thought I’d drop in today. The building hadn’t been used as a pub for some
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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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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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Author Kate Thompson Visits the Geezers
The Geezers recently received a visit to their Tuesday session from the author Kate Thompson . She was well impressed and gave a glowing report on her Facebook page. Kate is a journalist, author and
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