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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
14th December 1990 Louis Jordan's revue Five Guys Named Moe, premieres in London
14th December 1946 Born today: Jane Birkin, London England, actress (Mrs Don Juan, Dark Places, Dust)
14th December 1901 1st table tennis tournament is held (London Royal Aquarium)
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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