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In many places, especially in villages, a pub can be the focal point of the community. The writings of Samuel Pepys describe the pub as the heart of England. London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom. [5] Between 2001 and 2016, London lost 25% of its pubs (1,220 pubs). [6]
The former Intrepid Fox premises in Wardour Street. The Intrepid Fox was a pub at 97–99 Wardour Street, Soho, London, established in 1784 by the publican Samuel House, who named it after the prominent British Whig statesman Charles James Fox. [1] The pub was located on the corner of Wardour Street and Peter Street.
Wardour Street, looking north from outside St Anne's Church. Wardour Street (/ ˈ w ɔːr d ɔːr /) is a street in Soho, City of Westminster, London.It is a one-way street that runs north from Leicester Square, through Chinatown, across Shaftesbury Avenue to Oxford Street.
The Westminster Arms is a public house in the City of Westminster, London, England. It is located on Storey's Gate, about 0.2 miles (0.32 km) west of the Palace of Westminster and near Westminster Abbey. [1] It is one of six local pubs containing a division bell, [2] used to alert members of parliament that a vote will soon be taken in ...
The Shim Sham Club was a short-lived jazz and swing club located at 37 Wardour Street in Soho, London, United Kingdom.Established in March 1935 by the Black American singer Ike Hatch and the Jewish businessman Jack Isow.
[4] [5] He was succeeded by his son Gaston Berlemont, who was born in the pub in 1914, and worked there until his retirement in 1989. [1] [6] [7] After the fall of France during the Second World War, General Charles de Gaulle escaped to London where he formed the Free French Forces. His speech rallying the French people, "À tous les Français ...
The London Blues and Barrelhouse Club ran between 1957 and 1961 at the Round House public house at the junction of Wardour Street and Brewer Street in Soho, London. Established by Cyril Davies and Alexis Korner , it hosted many visiting American blues performers and was an important catalyst in developing British blues music , R&B , and ...
The road at the side of the pub through the arch is named Manette Street, after Dr Manette, one of the characters from A Tale of Two Cities, who is described in the book as living near Soho Square. More recently, the pub has been favoured by many figures from the London literary scene, including Martin Amis, Ian Hamilton, Julian Barnes and Ian ...