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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
15th October 1959 Born today: Sarah Magaret Fergusson, [Fergie], London England, Duchess of York
15th October 1940 London's Waterloo Station bombed by Germans
15th October 1940 Heavy German air raid on London, 400 killed
The Fitzroy Tavern
Famous literary pub with locals Dylan Thomas and George Orwell
Location: 16 Charlotte Strreet, W1T 2NA
Description: 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 stumping up anecdotes for the price of a drink.
This famous literary pub gave its name to the Fitzrovia area.
Tagged in this Tour: Tommy Cooper's London
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