East End Pubs

A new book about East London boozers has got me all nostalgic. I'm wellin' up!

Ever since I was allowed into pubs I’ve always wanted to be a local. The closest I’ve come was at a pub in Bethnal Green called The Hare. One day I came in with my younger brother and he ordered two pints of Greene King IPA and the barmaid, Maceili, corrected him and said ‘he drinks Landlord.’ A proud moment. After our first daughter was born, we’d take…