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The Viaduct Tavern

Jan 8

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London, City of London. Established in 1865 and named after the Holborn Viaduct, it was formerly a gin palace and opium den. Located across from the site of the former Newgate prison and now the Old Bailey (it is said there were prison cells in the cellar). Patrons would have included legal teams and families of those accused, including the Kray brothers, Ruth Ellis, Captain Kidd, William Defoe, and Oscar Wilde. In one of the panels on the walls there is a gash from the bayonet of a drunken WWII soldier. Another of London's maby haunted pubs, Fred the Ghost is the resident apparition. Although a Fuller's pub, Black Sheep (North Yorkshire) Snowflake Ale was on tap - a refreshing beer made with Williamette and Cascade hops.



Jan 8

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