Charles Dickens loved pubs, and in this video we'll be exploring the history behind 10 of his favourite London taverns- all of which are still open today.
Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:28 The Red Lion, Parliament Street SW1
06:58 The Grapes, Narrow Street E14
09:41 The George & Vulture, Castle Court EC3
12:50 Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Fleet Street EC4
14:15 The Trafalgar Tavern, Park Row SE10
16:15 The Boot, Cromer Street WC1
18:53 The Lamb Tavern, Lamb's Conduit Street WC1
21:49 The George, Borough High Street SE1
26:08 The Spaniards Inn, Spaniards Road NW3
27:19 George IV, Portugal Street WC2
29:55 Outro
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Links for this video:
More on Ye Old Cheshire Cheese:
https://youtu.be/MYDp-O31Cpk
More on the Spaniards Inn:
https://youtu.be/Cu0rTCR7o-Y
The Spaniards Inn in 'Dracula':
https://youtu.be/WPOoy-16xF4
Save Our Simpsons Tavern
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-our-simpsons-tavern
Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital Charity
https://www.gosh.org/
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Pub links:
The Red Lion
https://www.redlionwestminster.co.uk
The Grapes
https://www.thegrapes.co.uk
George & Vulture
https://george-and-vulture.co.uk
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
https://ye-olde-cheshire-cheese.co.uk/
The Trafalgar Tavern
https://www.trafalgartavern.co.uk
The Boot
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063870960707
The Lamb Tavern
https://www.thelamblondon.com
The George
https://www.greeneking.co.uk/
The Spaniards Inn
https://www.thespaniardshampstead.co.uk
George IV
https://info.lse.ac.uk/staff/services/catering/outlets/george-iv-pub
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Credits:
Images:
Burlington Telephone Exchange: NJ, Creative Commons, via Wikipedia
Charles Dickens Cheshire Cheese Seat: Cheshire Cheese Facebook Page.
William Lamb bust: Alternativecarpark, Creative Commons, via Wikipedia.
Great Ormond Street, 19th Century: hharp.org
Locomotive: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lselibrary/4416711153
Division Bell image: Richard Pope (Creative Commons)
Charles Dickens Reading: victorianweb.org
Sound Effects: (All Creative Commons, freesound.org)
River sound effect: reneepoisson
Countryside sound: HerbertBoland
Drunk argument: SoundsExciting
Bottle Smash: mars_98
Market: Soundkrampf
Music:
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Up on the Housetop (E’s Jammy Jams)
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Waltz of the Flowers (Tchaikovsky)
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Cuckoo’s Nest (Nat Keefe & Hot Buttered Rum)
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English Country Garden (Aaron Kenny)
Fine Dining (TrackTribe)
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