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He then enlarged the pub to a capacity of 1,000 and built the 500 capacity Underworld venue beneath the pub. Marler went on in 1994 to buy the BBC Television Theatre from the BBC and refurbish and launch the site as The Shepherd's Bush Empire, continuing with the business model of selling drinks to customers whilst being professionally entertained.
The Laurie Arms is a pub at 238 Shepherd's Bush Road, Hammersmith, London. It was next door to the Hammersmith Palais, a long running dance hall and music venue from 1919, which hosted The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, David Bowie and the Sex Pistols, but was demolished in 2013. [1] It has been a pub since at least 1881. [2]
The Hampshire is a pub at 227 King Street, Hammersmith, London. The Hampshire, formerly The Hampshire Hog was first licensed in the 17th century as The Hogs, a name based on that of the members of the Royal Hampshire Regiment. The current building was owned by Sich's Chiswick Brewery, and they rebuilt it in 1883. [1]
The pub appears in the 1930 A. P. Herbert novel The Water Gipsies, loosely disguised as the fictitious The Pigeons. [3] The front bar of the pub is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the smallest public bar in the United Kingdom. The pub featured in 1963 promotional film Song of London which showed its name sign at the rear that, at the ...
Shepherd's Bush is a major transport interchange in west London. Five London Underground stations serve the area, including: Shepherd's Bush – at the eastern apex of Shepherd's Bush Green, near the Westfield shopping centre; Shepherd's Bush Market – to the north-west of the Green, on Uxbridge Road
Rutland Arms, Hammersmith. The Rutland Arms is a public house at 15 Lower Mall, Hammersmith, London, England.It was also called the Rutland Hotel. [1]The Rutland Arms opened around 1849 and was rebuilt in the 1870s.
The Shepherd's Bush Empire was built in 1903 for impresario Oswald Stoll, designed by theatre architect Frank Matcham. [3] Ashly's Circus performed at Shepherd's Bush Empire and presented to George Strong a trophy for riding The Bucking Mule "Sloper' on 8 September 1905.
The Princess Victoria is a public house and former gin palace on the Uxbridge Road, Shepherd's Bush, London W12.First opened in 1829, it closed in June 2017 when its parent company, Affinity Bars and Restaurants, became insolvent, but re-opened in November 2017 under new operators Three Cheers Pub Company.