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
Read moreTag: where’s my boozer gone
The Geezers are working to highlight the demise of the East End Public House. Share your stories and pictures of what the local pubs meant to you at www.facebook.com/groups/wheresmyboozergone
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
Read morePopular 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
Read moreIsle 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
Read moreLost pubs on Bromley High Street, and a changing world
Photo above of The Old Palace © Victoria and Albert Museum, London In 1890 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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