George Orwell

Plaque

(lost) George Orwell - The Wheatsheaf

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Inscription

George Orwell, author, 1903 - 1950, drank here!
Wheatsheaf Heritage

Site: George Orwell and Dylan Thomas (2 memorials)

W1, Rathbone Place, 25, The Wheatsheaf Public House

The pair of them drank individually at several pubs in the area. Whether they quaffed here together at the same time is not known for sure, but the conversation would have been fascinating.

2026: Andrew Ruppenstein from the informed us that these plaques have gone so we've marked them both as lost.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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George Orwell was born in Bengal as Eric Arthur Blair, his father was a Briti...

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Wheatsheaf pub

Public house popular with London's Bohemian set in the 1930s, as were all the...

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Dylan Thomas - The Wheatsheaf

Dylan Thomas, poet, 1914 - 1953, drank here! Wheatsheaf Heritage

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