An attractive cobblestone stripped away on Street London‘S East EndA pub proudly is a sign that reads “the oldest rivaraside pub in. London” across the Themes The river, a pub with a different name makes the same bold claim.
The informal title of the oldest revision pub in the city has long been disputed, with both Meflover And this Possibility Whitbi Latting claims for title.
Both contenders can be found with a cool stretch of the Tems, traditionally serving the city’s crowded souvenir shops and tourist destinations British Recipes – Stake and Elle Pie to sticky toffee pudding – with one side History,
Meflover Pilgrim is named after the mefloor ship, which established the sail from the site in 1620, so that it can start its journey AmericaAlthough it only got its name in 1957, it is said that some of the root wood of the ship has been included in its structure.
Today, the pubgire who can prove to be a direct descent from one of the meflower travelers can sign its “descendant book”.
Avoiding skyscrapers
Every night, tourists get out of the black cab on the doors of two pubs, trading modern skyscrapers in the capital for the storey roads of the eastern end of London, which row with strange terraced houses and red brick warehouses.
In both pubs, they enter places where old paintings hang on the dark panel walls and other souvenirs of their history leave the contemporary world behind.
“In fact, there is a feeling that you can step back on time and drink beer with sailors or pirates or anyone from anyone the devil The novel actually, “Emily Godwin said,” A London who has gone for both. He spoke with friends while drowning a pint of a leg. ” Possibility Recently on summer evening.
Possibility claims a pooter bar – the longest of its kind in Britain – where the notorious “Hanging Judge Jefferies” is said to have seen many hangings in the nearby “execution dock”. Initially, the pub was known as Devils Tavern due to engagement with thieves and smugglers. Outside a hanging nose reminds of the serious history of the pub.
It “seems like such a pocket of history in London,” said Godwin. “London’s East and East End looks very new and trendy, and the possibility seems to have changed barely.”
Challenging time for pub industry
British pubs have always been at the center of social life, locals come together on a pint, even in the time of war and economic difficulty. But the last five years have been challenging for the industry because the pub was opposed Kovid-19 epidemic and rising costs.
This year the estimated 378 locations are set to close England, WalesAnd ScotlandAs British Beer and Pub Association,
“When a pub closes, it excludes people from a job, deprives communities with its heart and soul and hurts the local economy,” said BBPA chief Emma McClarkin.
Pubs across the country have been forced to find new ways to attract customers.
History There is a major draw for Pabars, in which a traditional British pub is coming to the high in the London bucket list of tourists, which enhances the bets of prospect and meflower competition.
A “love filled rivalry”
Sambhav claims that it was established in 1520, with its original Flagstone escaping from the arson attack in 1666 – the same year as the great fire of London. The pub was outside the city border at that time and was not affected by the conflict affecting the medieval city.
In the Prospect, Assistant Manager Justin Billington said that some people date the pub for their complete reconstruction in 1774 after the 1666 fire.
But he does not see it in this way, given that it operates continuously. The next day after the fire, the workers rolled a barrel of beer, which survived the flames and the locals shown with their tanks, to drink the ships, and enjoyed a drink on the spot.
There were many reconstructions in the later history of the pub, but no one left the salt water behind and transferred the foundation of the Tems, Billington explained. No, that is, until 1774, when a merchant’s retired captain named “The Propect” rebuilt it using the ship.
“This reconstruction was held and continues for dear life,” he said.
If the pub was actually installed in 1774, it would make the mefloor – established in the 16th century – old.
But there is no difficult feeling among the pubs because Billington described his competition as a “love -filled rivalry”.
“We compete to be the oldest against each other, and serve the best food and drinks,” he said.
The oldest pub discovery in London
But the question is: Either the pub will definitely claim the title?
Unlike the title of “the oldest pub in England” organized by the porch house in the stove-on-the-wold, called the date in the 10th century, there is no official certification for the oldest pub in London.
Guinness World Records stated that it has not formally honored the title due to complications created by many names change, transfer and reconstruction.
“There are many old pubs that can claim to be the oldest, but this election can be fought because it can be argued that they were not always in ‘London’,” English Historian and writer Jacob Field said.
“Many pubs have changed the names over time, making it difficult to claim that they are the oldest.”
