London, The George Inn c.1900
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L130280
Photo ref:
L130280
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A rare picture of the George Inn, showing the now lost north and east galleries. The building on the right still operates as a pub, with tables in the old yard now partly surrounded by modern buildings. Charles Dickens features the George in his novel 'Little Dorrit'.
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My grandparent lived in the Guiness Trust Flats No 57 in Kennington Park Road London. My
father Albert James Pritchard lived there until he married in 1939, My grandparents moved to a smaller flat in the same building until their deaths in 1969.We moved to New Malden Surrey,
I remember we used to drive to London every couple of weeks to see them, my Mothers
family lived in Hayle Street. I ...see more
The George Inn in Southwark was one of the favourite watering holes and eating houses for the young men of the accounts department of Borax Consolidated Ltd. in Victoria. In those days the serving wenches were all dressed in Dickensian costume and we would order a steak and kidney pudding. I don't mean individual puddings but a large one set in the middle of the table which were of scrubbed pine. It was terrific food and the ...see more
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