Southwark Borough Pubs - Press Gangs, PMs & Perseverance.

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In this third episode exploring Southwark we look at 4 pubs with easy access from Borough Tube Station: Kings Arms, Lord Clyde, Gladstone Arms & Royal Oak. Coaching Inns, 17th-century Philanthropists, a joke about Charles II and Nell Gwynne, Navy Press Gangs, loan collateral, prisons, churches, demolition rallies, and the value of community.

This episode has it all!

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Google map with pubs covered in previous episodes pinned, courtesy of Andy Meddick:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/edit?mid=12c-
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Or TinyURL: https://tinyurl.com/37nxr9k6

The following resources are referenced or quoted frequently in these episodes:

• Ted Bruning  -- Historic Pubs of London (ISBN 978-0658005022) and London By Pub (ISBN 978-0658005022)
• Wikipedia
• https://londonspubswherehistoryreallyhappened.wordpress.com/  by Ann Laffeaty 
• https://www.pubology.co.uk/index.html (incl Camra WhatPub & PubWiki)

Additionally, the  following resource(s) were used / quoted in this episode:

King’s Arms & Lord Clyde

Dictionary of Pub Names, Wordsworth Ref Series, ISBN 1840222662

H. Friedrichs & J. Warland– Local Legends - the Hidden Pub of London ISBN 978-3791389738

https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/24257/

https://www.londonpubexplorer.com/central-classics/the-lord-clyde

https://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/2484

Gladstone Arms & Royal Oak

https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/24234/

https://deserter.co.uk/2016/08/is-the-glad-all-over/

https://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/9135

https://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/9084

https://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8547

https://www.harveys.org.uk/harveys-story

Intro Music:  Vivaldi - Spring Allegro by John Harrison w/ the Wichita State University Chamber Orch.

Photo:  Reading Tom

Website: https://historiclondonpubcast.com/

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