Located close to Trafalgar Square – so handy to pop out for a quick beer if you’re busy protesting – The Harp at 47 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, WC2N 4HS …
London boozer bags ‘Best Pub in Britain’ prize from CAMRA Read More
Captured here all bricked up and awaiting its fate is The Globe public house, 107 Tollington Rd, N7 7JH.
Another lost London dodgy boozer: The Globe, Tollington Rd, N7 Read More
Captured here in its last death throes in May 2005 is Cundy’s Tavern in Silvertown, reputed to be one of East London’s dodgiest boozers.
Lost dodgy London boozers: Cundy’s Tavern, Silvertown Read More
If you like your pubs untouched by the hand of progress, gimmicks, poncy gastro-types and braying yuppies, then take a trip to the Elm Park Tavern, 76 Elm Park, Brixton, …
Elm Park Tavern – a proper old school Brixton boozer Read More
Rather cruelly dismissed as a “late building of no interest,” in the Survey of London: volume 21 (1949), the Bromley Arms used to be at 84 Cleveland Street (corner of …
The Bromley Arms, Cleveland St NW1 and the case of the bad shilling Read More
You’ve got to give him points for effort here. A unicycling, guitar playing busker wearing rabbit ears sings it out loud outside KFC in central Brixton.
Brixton photos: a unicycling busker, street architecture and coffee Read More
I’m feeling a bit nostalgic today, so here’s some photos from an urban75 drink at the Duke of Edinburgh boozer in Brixton, back on the 24th May, 2002. Look at …
Brixton Duke of Edinburgh: urban75 drink, May 2002 Read More
It’s another lovely sunny day in Brixton, so here’s a few snaps from my walk around town. Above: Mime lesson – or is that ‘lessen’? – advertised in Brixton Market.
Brixton street snaps, late April Read More
I’ve already compiled a depressingly long list of closed pubs in Brixton, but I came across another two on Streatham High Road. The 1882 Bedford Park pub was housed in …
Two lost pubs of Streatham Read More
Situated on the corner of Coldharbour Lane and Hinton Rd, Loughborough Junction near Brixton, the Green Man was once a fine – if rather run-down – community boozer.
Green Man pub, Loughborough Junction Read More
There was an ace night at the Grosvenor, Brixton last night, with some great bands, much drinking and a table football battle to end the night. It’s a great old …
Brixton Grosvenor: Hoedown Saloon Read More
After documenting the depressing roll call of closed Brixton pubs, I decided to collate some useful information together and provide a short guide to Saving Your Local Pub. There’s some …
Save your local pub! Read More
On Friday we headed south and up hills for an Offline gig back at the Alma, a friendly old school boozer on Church Road. We had the No Frills Band …
Offline returns to Crystal Palace! Read More
Woot! It was great to see urban75 being listed in Time Out’s “Top 50 London Websites,” especially as were number one in the ‘communities’ section. Nice! Elsewhere on the site, …
Time Out Top 50 Site! Read More
I’ve just finished a photo feature on this quiet little street in the centre of London. Rumoured to be named after Jonas Hanway – the man who introduced the umbrella …
Hanway Street, London W1 Read More
I took a little wander today around some hitherto unwandered parts of Brixton – here’s some snaps from my stroll: I’d been here before, but not when this bizarre ship-meet-mushroom …
A trip around Brixton and Stockwell Read More
Another lost Brixton pub Was out and about on my bike this afternoon, snapping a few pics around my ‘hood and came across this glorious old pub in Flaxman Road. …
Another lost Brixton pub Read More