The Ivy, opened by Abele Giandolini, as an unlicensed Italian cafe in 1917 in a building on the same site.
Famous as a theatrical-celebrities haunt, possibly due to its late closing time of near-midnight and the banning of cameras and mobile phones. Since 2008 there has been a on the three floors above the restaurant, with a hidden entrance via an adjacent flower-shop, so exclusive it seems not to have a website, just a .
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Red Lion, Kilburn
Closed Pubs has a good picture of the current building and gives: "The Red Lion was situated at 34 Kilburn High Road. This pub was known as The Westbury at time of closure in 2012. Rebuilt in the l...
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drovers trail via Hackney
The route to Bishopsgate can still be seen clearly on a current map, wending its way fairly directly via roads and footpaths from Mare Street Narroway down to Virginia Road which, prior redevelopme...
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C. A. Robinson & Co
Scrap metal dealers in Greenwich, founded by Charles Robinson. In 1953 leased the land that became Anchor Iron & Crowley's Wharf, and moved there. The principal cargoes were scrap iron, lead i...
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Smithfield Fish Market opened
Thanks to (C) Peter Gregson for the picture.
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