I on London » Colombo Street https://ionlondon.freetzi.com Tramping around Town Sun, 05 Aug 2012 21:11:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 Shake-spear’s Local https://ionlondon.freetzi.com/shakespear-local https://ionlondon.freetzi.com/shakespear-local#comments Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:18:48 +0000 http://ionlondon.freetzi.com/?p=1 Continue reading →]]> Just of the back of Blackfriars road between Colombo Street and Paris Gardens you’ll find this great old South London pub.

The Rose and Crown is actually mentioned by Shakespeare in Henry VIII and the building dates back to the 16th century.

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When SE1 was taking a pounding during WW2 the pub survived whilst all the other buildings around it were flattened. What a pub!

When you consider some of the crappy architecture this overlooks you wonder if the corrupt and greedy Southwark will do what the Nazi’s couldn’t.

 

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