Tales from the Two Puddings by Eddie Johnson
Brand: FIFTY FIRST STATE PRESS
Product Description
In 1962 exactly fifty years before the Olympic Games rolled into Stratford East London the Johnson family took over the Two Puddings the most notorious pub in the area. Due to a combination of its creamtiled walls and the volume of blood spilt it was also known locally as the Butchers Shop. Within a few short years it had become one of Londons busiest and most fashionable pubs its hugely popular music nights acting as a magnet for a large and colourful cast of disparate characters who would regularly descend upon the premises including renowned actors writers singers musicians champion boxers infamous gangsters television personalities and World Cupwinning footballers. By the time the Puddings closed its doors for the last time nearly four decades later landlord Eddie Johnson was the longest serving licensee in London. Tales from the Two Puddings is a poignant at times hilarious look back upon a lost world of East End eccentrics local villainy vindictive policemen punch ups and practical jokes all now lying buried beneath the concrete blocks and sterile shopping centres of the new Stratford. show more
Condition : New
Author : Eddie Johnson
Weight : 474
Publisher : FIFTY FIRST STATE PRESS
Language : English
EAN : 9780957209008
ISBN10 : 0957209002
Format : Paperback Softback
Date of Publication : 20120401
Place of Publication : United Kingdom
Pagination : 320 Pages Black amp White Illustrations Black amp White Illustrations
Dimensions : 203 X 131 X 20