Pubs in the London Borough of Camden

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Assembly House, Kentish Town

The Assembly House is a Grade II listed public house at 292–294 Kentish Town Road, Kentish Town, London.

It was built in 1898 by Thorpe and Furniss.

Coordinates: 51°33′3.4″N 0°8′25.4″W / 51.550944°N 0.140389°W / 51.550944; -0.140389

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The Black Cap

The Black Cap was a gay pub in Camden Town, London known for its drag cabaret, and popular from the mid-1960s until it closed in April 2015.

The pub was initially called the Mother Black Cap after a local legend concerning a witch, and had that name, according to licensing records, as early as 1751.

In the winter of 1965/66 the pub become predominantly known for a homosexual clientele, and in the later 20th century it became known for its drag queen cabaret, and promoted itself as the "Palladium of drag". Drag acts under the 'Baton' of Tony Page, who became the first Resident Compére from 1969 until 1976 and Resident Duo Frankie Rae and David Thallon, Hinge and Bracket started their careers at the pub.

A notable regular performer at The Black Cap was Rex Jameson's drag persona, Mrs Shufflewick. A performance was recorded there in 1972. Rex Jameson was a variety artist who hit the big time in the 1950s and 1960s, and went on to attract audiences in the 1970s. The character Mrs Shufflewick was celebrated by artists such as Danny La Rue, Roy Hudd, Bob Monkhouse, Barry Cryer and Barry Humphries. Mrs Shufflewick appeared weekly for Sunday lunch during the 1970s. A Hammond organ played by Frankie Rae and drum kit played by David Thallon took pride of place on a tiny stage upon which Mrs Shufflewick performed two shows, usually with fellow-artiste Mark Fleming. Sunday crowds were large and included Charles Hawtrey, Barry Humphries and Barry Cryer.

Jameson died in 1983 and in memorial, the upstairs bar was called The Shufflewick Bar. Jojo Martin said of Rex Jameson, "Rex Jameson was a genius at his craft, I think the book written about him, ('The Amazing Mrs Shufflewick'), is a very apt title, he was amazing, looking at the photograph on the dust jacket, it is no wonder many thought Rex really was Mrs Shufflewick, rather than a female impersonation act, he should never be forgotten and should always be remembered with the other greats, such as Arthur Lucan (Old Mother Riley) and George Logan and Patrick Fyffe Hinge and Bracket".

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Black Lion, Kilburn

The Black Lion is a Grade II* listed public house at 274 Kilburn High Road, Kilburn, London.

It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.

It was built in about 1898 by the architect R. A. Lewcock (1846–1932), with the interior carved panels by Frederick T Callcott.

Coordinates: 51°32′38″N 0°12′00″W / 51.543796°N 0.199868°W / 51.543796; -0.199868

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The Boot, Cromer Street

Cromer Street is a road in King's Cross in central London, England. It starts in the west at Judd Street, then goes east, ending at Gray's Inn Road. It gave access from Gray's Inn Road to Greenland Place and a bowling green.

Cromer Street was formerly called Lucas Street and was renamed in 1818. In the earlier 1840s, it was described as being occupied by a class of poor 'small tradesmen and artisan lodgers' in densely crowded lodgings. On it is Church of the Holy Cross, which was built by Joseph Peacock and dedicated in 1888.

105 houses were built in the street in the early 19th century, but it has largely been rebuilt and consists of over 1,000 council and housing properties, mostly pre-1919 railway tenements of fine architectural qualities on the north side, and on the south a "striking sequence of nine 6-storey slabs of flats of 1949–1951 by Hening & Chitty... They were singled out by Pevsner in 1952 as some of the first good post-war flats" The area has suffered deprivation and crime and in 1996, was the subject of a £46 million regeneration project.

The nearest tube stations are King's Cross St. Pancras, Russell Square, and Euston.

The street contains two pubs: The Lucas Arms at the east end, on the junction with Gray's Inn Road, and The Boot at the west end, near the junction with Judd Street. The Boot Tavern was the headquarters of the Gordon rioters and later was mentioned in Charles Dickens' book, Barnaby Rudge; it was rebuilt in 1801. The Lucas Arms has been used for meetings of political organisations.

Coordinates: 51°31′40″N 0°07′19″W / 51.52778°N 0.12194°W / 51.52778; -0.12194

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Bull %26 Gate

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Camden Head

The Camden Head, London

The Camden Head is one of the oldest pubs in Camden, London, England having been established in 1787. It is also a former music venue and hosts comedy events.

The Camden Head on Camden High Street is a public house and live venue which first opened towards the end of the 19th century, and has undergone several name changes: it was briefly known as "Liberties" for a period of a few years, before changing back to its former name, Camden Head, which is listed as a registered public house as far back as 1869 - run by then-publican George Soole.

Nowadays, it is known for its local pub atmosphere and comedy venue, which has seen comedians such as Alan Carr, Stephen Merchant and Bob Mortimer perform. It is not to be confused with The Camden Head in Islington, which is situated on Camden Passage.

The Camden Head's architecture has changed little since its establishment in the 19th century, and testament to that exists in the form of a photo, dated 1903, which shows the building's appearance and similarity to that of the modern-day building. A copy of this photo can be found hanging in The Camden Head pub itself, and is archived at the Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre Catalogue

The Camden Head was an official venue of the yearly festival Camden Crawl. It is a regular venue in the annual Camden Fringe where, in 2011, Richard Tyrone Jones performed.

Synthpop band Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, originally from Camden, shot their video for Dance The Way I Feel upstairs in the Camden Head.

In September 2014, the pub relaunched its upstairs venue as Camden Comedy Club.

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Cittie of Yorke

Cittie of Yorke

The Cittie of Yorke is a grade II listed public house on London's High Holborn, and is listed in CAMRA's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. The pub is owned and operated by Samuel Smith's Old Brewery.

Although the current building is a rebuilding of the 1920s, the buildings on this site have been pubs since 1430. Some features include the Henekey's long bar located in the grand, hall-like back room, a late-Georgian or Regency era triangular metal stove, and Victorian-style cubicles.

The Welsh poet Dylan Thomas penned an impromptu ode to the pub when it was called Henneky's Long Bar. Fred Jarvis, a former general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, found the previously unknown poem in 2014 while going through papers belonging to his late parents-in-law who knew Thomas. The top of the poem reads "This little song was written in Henneky's Long Bar High Holborn by Dylan Thomas in 1951." Orion Publishing Group plans to include the song in a new edition of collected Thomas poems in October 2014.

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Dublin Castle, Camden

Dublin Castle, Camden

The Dublin Castle is a pub and live music venue in Camden Town, London. It was built for Irish navvies working on railways in London, but gained prominence as a venue in the late 1970s after the band Madness established a live reputation there. Subsequently, it was an important venue in the early stages of several bands' careers and contributed to the Britpop musical genre. Amy Winehouse was a regular visitor to the pub.

The pub was built to serve workmen on the nearby railway, as part of a newly constructed group of buildings. It catered for Irish immigrants to London, in order to segregate them away from other nationalities and avoid racial-related assaults. Music was originally restricted to occasional traditional Irish sessions. The emergence of other venues around Camden Town, including the Roundhouse, Dingwalls and the Electric Ballroom brought an increased interest in live music to the area, including the Dublin Castle. The pub can now accommodate an audience up to 200 people.

Madness first attempted to secure a gig at the venue in late 1978, when they were still known as the Camden Invaders. They first performed at the venue on 16 January 1979. According to singer Suggs, the group had to pretend they were a jazz band to get a booking. Landlord Alo Conlon invited the group back for a residency at the venue, and helped to establish their reputation.

Conlon hand picked bands to play in the pub that he thought would attract an audience, and word of mouth spread so that A&R scouts would visit the pub to see what up and coming acts were available. The pub was an important venue for Britpop acts in the 1990s, as it was often the first major London gig for bands that later found commercial success, including Blur.Amy Winehouse performed regularly at the venue and occasionally helped to serve drinks to customers.

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Answer 9

The Duke of Hamilton

The Duke of Hamilton was one of the oldest pubs in London, situated in Hampstead. It was a popular meeting place for actors Peter O'Toole, Oliver Reed and Richard Burton. Reed would be seen for long periods at the pub on a daily basis.

In 2011, the pub was awarded "Londoner of the Day" by London 24 magazine. The Not For Tourists Guide to London 2014 cited it as being "as good a pub you're likely to find anywhere".

The pub is currently owned by former stockbroker who in an interview claims to be boy band manager Steve Coxshall. He has said "I share with the community to love the traditional values of a proper English pub".

The pub closed in July 2017, and was expected to open in September 2017 as the "Hampstead Lounge & Jazz Club".

Coordinates: 51°33′32″N 0°10′39″W / 51.558793°N 0.177554°W / 51.558793; -0.177554

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The Flask, Highgate

The Flask is a Grade II listed public house at 74–76 Highgate West Hill, Highgate, London. According to the 1936 Survey of London, a pub known as The Flask has stood on this spot since "at least as early as 1663". The present buildings probably date from the early 18th century, and were partially rebuilt in about 1767 by William Carpenter. A Manorial court met there in the eighteenth century. The Flask is currently owned and operated by the London-based Fuller's Brewery.

The pub is believed to have been named after the flasks of Hampstead mineral water that could be purchased here when Hampstead was popular for its wells in the 18th century, and The Flask, Flask Walk, Hampstead, is another pub nearby. Like all good pubs, The Flask has its own legends which may or may not be true. It is said that the highwayman Dick Turpin hid from the law in the stables there, that the artist William Hogarth drank at the bar and even that Karl Marx was a customer. For good measure, the pub is also said by some to have a female ghost.

The pub was used in a Christmas 1995 television commercial for Carlsberg Lager, the 60-second film "Last Orders" opens at The Flask and shows two men drinking and laughing as the minutes fly by to closing time. As they emerge from the pub, they literally stop in their tracks as they realise there has been a major snowfall. The commercial’s soundtrack also stops for a second as the camera surveys the whitened scene. The subtitle asks ‘The best closing time in the world?’ before both of the men agree that it is as they hare off into the snow like excited children.

English Heritage note that in the original building (the unexpanded pub), the lower bars, named the "Snug" and "Committee Room" respectively contain 1930s fireplaces and matchboard panelling, and that between these two areas lies a central bar, which is enclosed by sliding sashes with glazing bars, and are "perhaps a mixture of late C18 and 1930s work". Behind this lies a circa 1700 dog-leg stairway "with turned balusters on a closed string".

The Flask is one of those that still participates in the old ritual of "The Swearing on the Horns" which involves visitors swearing to drink only strong beer, eat only white bread and not brown, and not to kiss the maid if they could kiss the mistress, unless they preferred the maid or could kiss both. Having so sworn they must kiss a pair of horns, or a pretty girl if they saw one, and were then free of Highgate. The ritual is said to have been the source of the expression that a man was "Sworn at Highgate", meaning that he was a man of the world. Lord Byron took the oath, though not necessarily at The Flask, and devoted a verse of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage to it. The Flask was one of the pubs that used a pair of ram's horns, but other pubs in Highgate used either stag's or bullock's horns.

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