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Fitzroy Tavern - a lively pub :)

Once one of the great literary pubs of London, the framed photos on the walls depict the pub's past and show several of its former denizens - in fact the great Tommy Cooper was one of several famous people who once counted the Fitzroy as their local; they include: Albert Pierrepoint (the hangman), George Orwell, Michael Bentine, George Bernard Shaw, Richard Attenborough, Walter Sickert and Coco The Clown.

Dylan Thomas in The Fitzroy tavern. It was here that a drunken Dylan Thomas would give away poetry written on beer mats to any pretty woman who asked.

Magician Aleister Crowley created The Kubla Khan No 2 cocktail here: gin, vermouth and laudanum!

Welsh writer artist and model Nina Hamnett was also a regular in her later years stumping up anecdotes for the price of a drink.

This famous literary pub gave its name to the Fitzrovia area.
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May 18 2008 21:02 GMT otilia
WONDERFUL¡¡¡¡
May 19 2008 06:34 GMT Squirrel PRO
Beautiful entrance.............................
May 19 2008 12:58 GMT sarina
Where is this pub, Foggy? Lovely history, as usual!
May 19 2008 13:46 GMT Foggydew
sarina - 16 Charlotte Street, London, W1T 2NA
May 20 2008 17:53 GMT jonAt
Did you go in for a pint? History should be tasted!
May 20 2008 17:59 GMT Tom33 PRO
A great history - and still alive.
May 20 2008 18:24 GMT Foggydew
I will be going in shortly - plenty of old ghosts to meet there :)
May 21 2008 08:37 GMT annaschnitfink
Great fencework and great info on the pub and its illustrous visitors!!!
Jun 07 2008 17:12 GMT Oksana
great historical detail Foggydew, thank you for sharing!
Jul 15 2008 21:18 GMT AnthonyMillerPearShaped
Not just ghosts. Remember there is the Pear Shaped Comedy Club every Wednesday at 8.30pm (doors 8pm). More history can be found here http://www.pearshapedcomedy.com/Fitzroy.htm