Presented on Nov 14th 2022 to members of Campaign for Real Ale (https://londonpubsgroup.camra.org.uk/) in the White Hart in Stoke Newington

1. Stoke Newington’s Lost Pubs
Amir Dotan
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3. Number of Pubs in Stoke Newington (In the former Borough)

4. The Victorian Building Boom

5. The Victorian Building Boom - A Public House in Every Street Corner
1846 1894

6. The Victorian Building Boom
Stoke Newington Population Growth

7. Lost Pubs: The North and South Divide
Boundaries of the former Borough of Stoke Newington (1900-65)
The Northern Division of
the Borough
Population in 1902:
18,219
The Southern Division of
the Borough
Population in 1902:
33,450

8. The Decline of Pubs in Stoke Newington

9. CLOSING TIME
Who’s killing the British pub?
By Christopher Snowdon
Institute of
Economic A airs
“The UK has lost 21,000 pubs
since 1980. Half of these closures
have taken place since 2006.”
(2014)
https://www.iea.org.uk/sites/default/
fi
les/publications/
fi
les/Brie
fi
ng_Closing%20time_web.pdf
48 Pages

10. Why Pubs Close (2014)
• Long-Term Cultural Changes - Decline in
alcohol consumption, Trend towards more
drinking at home, Change in the working
class’ leisure activities and a shift from the
pub to the home and other venues
• Shrinking of the working class and the
decline of heavy industry
• O
ff
-Licence/Supermarket pricing
• Property development - It used to be easier
to turn a pub into a dwelling or shop
• Changing tastes - The rise of lager and wine
where a pub adds less value and the decline
of traditional ale and stout
• Taxation, regulation and recent decline in
disposable incomes
• The smoking ban and the alcohol duty
• Changing attitudes towards lunchtime
drinking and drink-driving
CLOSING TIME
Who’s killing the British pub?
By Christopher Snowdon
Institute of
Economic A airs

11. 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Lordship Park Tavren
Free Trader
The Falcon
Freeholders Arms
The Stack Rock
Freemasons Tavern
The Captain Cook
The Prince Albert
The Woodman
The Atlas
The Howard Arms
The Nevill Arms
The Earl of Warwick
The Manor House Tavern
The Albion
Ebor Arms
The Allen Arms
The Victoria
Hornsey Wood Tavern
The Pegasus
The Arundel Arms
The Prince of Wales
The Happy Man
Stoke Newington’s 23 Lost Pubs

12. 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Lordship Park Tavren
Free Trader
The Falcon
Freeholders Arms
The Stack Rock
Freemasons Tavern
The Captain Cook
The Prince Albert
The Woodman
The Atlas
The Howard Arms
The Nevill Arms
The Earl of Warwick
The Manor House Tavern
The Albion
Ebor Arms
The Allen Arms
The Victoria
Hornsey Wood Tavern
The Pegasus
The Arundel Arms
The Prince of Wales
The Happy Man
In this talk I’ll cover 8 pubs

13. The Prince Albert
The Nevill Arms
The Albion
The Manor House
The Pegasus
The Atlas
The Howard Arms
The Woodman

14. My free self-guided walk: Stoke Newington’s Lost Pubs (6.5km)
https://stokenewingtonhistory.com/stoke-newingtons-lost-pubs-walk

15. Photo by Chris Dorley-Brown
The Howard Arms, 21 Howard Road (1860s-1984)

17. Howard Road as it is today

18. There were four pubs in Howard Road in 1952 (Five originally)
Howard Arms
Captain Cook
Ebor Arms
Freemasons Tavern
Freeholders Arms

19. 1868 - Pubs in Albert Town housing development

20. Photo by Neil Martinson

23. Photo by Roy Barrows
The Public Bar in the 1970s

24. Photo by Roy Barrows
The Public Bar in the 1970s

25. The Public Bar in the 1970s

26. Surviving pub section signage in Stoke Newington
The Three Crowns

27. The Three Crowns - 1927 plan

28. The Saloon Bar in the Three Crowns

29. The Saloon Bar in the Three Crowns

30. Surviving pub section signage in Stoke Newington
The Rose and Crown

31. The Rose and Crown - 1931 plan

32. Surviving pub section signage in Stoke Newington
The Shakespeare

33. The Saloon Bar, The Shakespeare

34. Pub partitions in the Jolly Butchers, Stoke Newington High St, 1977

35. Pub partitions in the Jolly Butchers, Stoke Newington High St, 1977

36. Pub partitions in the Jolly Butchers, Stoke Newington High St, 1977

37. The Public Bar in the 1970s
Photo by Roy Barrows

38. The Public Bar in the 1970s
Photo by Roy Barrows

39. Photo by Roy Barrows
The Public Bar in the 1970s

40. Photo by Roy Barrows
The Public Bar in the 1970s

41. The Prince Albert, 33 Victorian Road (1850s-1970s)

42. The Prince Albert, 33 Victorian Road

44. Victorian Road, 1973

47. Photos by Tony Hall

48. Photos by Tony Hall

49. Photos by Tony Hall

50. Photos by Tony Hall

51. Photos by Tony Hall

52. Photos by Tony Hall

53. “We went in both Public and Saloon. Mostly Saloon but
if my dad wanted to play cards he went in the Public Bar
as cards not allowed in the Saloon. One of my uncles
mainly used the Public Bar, he was a dart player. Happy
days.”
Linda Docherty

54. Linda Docherty
“Women allowed in both bars in the Albert but workmen
were expected to use the Public Bar, no scru
ff
y boots or
overalls in the Saloon. My dad’s friend George was a bus
driver, he was allowed in the Saloon because he had a
uniform haha. Can you imagine that today?”

55. Photo by Tony Hall

56. Photos by Tony Hall

57. Photos by Tony Hall

58. Photos by Tony Hall

59. The Nevill, 31 Nevill Road (1870s-1993)

60. 1894

61. 1915
In fact the
fi
rst bomb hit 16 Alkham Road

62. 1921

63. 1921 - The publican is Laura Eliza Kirby (1856-1929)

64. 1964

65. 1964 - Curtains providing privacy were very common in pubs

66. 1970s

67. “We went there in the 70s but when a new guy Bill and
his wife took over he changed it. It was a good old Irish
pub but he changed it to a younger audience with
strippers.
I remember when we still went there he brought in a DJ.
The Disco was good but a few months later he he had
Go-Go dancers on with the DJ then one night one
stripped..half the pub walked out.” (Lyn Rennick)

68. 1988

69. 2020

70. The Pegasus, 109 Green Lanes (1840s-2004)

72. 1853 - Pegasus Tea Gardens

73. 1859

74. 1868 - Pegasus Public House

75. Terry Day & Tommy Harris Trio in the Pegasus in 1968
Watch Terry Day & Tommy Harris Trio in the Pegasus: https://youtu.be/HU3u9ssgAj0

77. 1977

78. 1978 Tennis Shoes gig in the Pegasus
Listen to the Tennis Shoes perform Medium Wave: https://youtu.be/_xt9LvmY7kg

80. c. 1985 - Renamed Chas & Dave’s after its new owners

81. 1989 The New Pegasus

82. 1994 Auction Catalogue

83. 2020 - Pekunluler Turkish Cultural Association
Extension

84. 2021 - A planning application to redevelop the site was rejected
https://planningapps.hackney.gov.uk/planning/index.html?fa=getApplication&id=69178
“The existing building is identi
fi
ed as a heritage asset by the Council. The signi
fi
cance of the building sits
partly with its appearance as a Victorian brick building with some decorative features and partly with its
historic use as a pub.”

85. The Manor House Tavern, 316 Green Lanes (1931-c.2000)

86. The old Manor House Tavern in 1865 (Built c.1820)

87. 1894

88. Photo by Frederick Arthur Wirth

89. Photo by Frederick Arthur Wirth
Royal visit on 25th October 1843

94. The Manor House Tavern function room in 1936

95. What do all these musical acts have in common?

96. They all played in the function room in the Manor House Tavern

97. Photo by Peter Marshall
The Manor House in 1985

98. The Woodman, 190 Boleyn Road (1860s-1990s)

100. 1894

101. 1952

102. Photos by Berris Conolly

103. Photos by Berris Conolly

107. The Atlas, 25 Winston Road (1870s-1980s)

109. 1894

112. 2008

114. The Atlas patrons on an outing in 1954
Photos courtesy of Jean Nunn

115. The Albion, 2 Clissold Road

116. 1868

117. 1904

118. 1940

119. 1965

120. 1988

121. 1990

123. 1997

124. Today

125. Today

127. Thank you