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The pub takes its name from the ballad and legend The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green.It stands at the junction of the Whitechapel Road (part of the route from the Aldgate to Colchester later known as the Great Essex Road) and Cambridge Heath Road, and is reputed to be on the site of the beggar's activities.
Blind Beggar and his Dog is a bronze statue of 1958, by the sculptor Elisabeth Frink, based on the famous ballad The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green. It stands in the enclosed garden of Tate House, a residential development for the elderly on the Cranbrook Estate in the London district of Bethnal Green. It is a Grade II* listed structure.
The Salmon and Ball is a public house at 502 Bethnal Green Road, Bethnal Green, located next to Bethnal Green tube station. It is a Grade II listed building, dating back to the mid-19th century. [ 1 ]
It gave its name to an English pub, The Blind Beggar, in 1894. In 1900, the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green adopted a scene from the ballad to be depicted in their official arms. A depiction of the blind beggar has been depicted on the head of the beadle's staff since 1690.
Bethnal Green is an area in London, England, and is located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.It is in east London and part of the East End.The area emerged from the small settlement which developed around the Green, [2] much of which survives today as Bethnal Green Gardens, beside Cambridge Heath Road.
The offices of the Charrington Brewery in Mile End Road. Charrington Brewery was founded in Bethnal Green, London, in the early 18th century by Robert Westfield.In 1766, John Charrington joined the company, which then traded as Westfield, Moss & Charrington from the Anchor Brewery in Stepney.
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The old Carpenters Arms pub, now re-opened, is also located on Cheshire Street. The notorious Kray twins bought the pub for their mother, who used to hold court in it at weekends. According to the last proprietors of the pub, the Krays installed a bespoke bar surface during the time they owned the pub [ citation needed ] - the surface employed ...