Pubs of Spitalfields / London's Livepool Street Station

Exploring the historic pubs of Spitalfields - close to London's Liverpool Street station - apparently the busiest station in the UK!

As always I took a look at the architecture, the interiors, and the history of the pubs, plus a quick glimpse of the beer on offer.

Along the way lots of historical tidbits, such as the sad tale of Nathaniel Bentley - AKA Dirty Dick, pondering what happened to the dead cats, the "No person to be served twice" rule at Dirty Dick's, and that interesting this was also the case for a while at (a former incarnation of) William's Ale and Cider House round the corner. We follow a bit of the history of the Ten Bells, as it tries to keep in step with the changing number of bells at neighbouring Christ Church. At the Golden Heart we discuss Sandra Esquilant and the parallels between this pub and the Soho's Colony Room Club as a venue for artists. Finally at the Pride of Spitalfields we ponder whether this really could be a pub named after a beer...?

Links etc:

Dirty Dick's
https://whatpub.com/pubs/ELC/14799/di...
https://londonwiki.co.uk/LondonPubs/B...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Dick

William's Ale and Cider House
https://whatpub.com/pubs/ELC/13891/wi...
https://londonwiki.co.uk/LondonPubs/B...

Ten Bells
https://whatpub.com/pubs/ELC/13873/te...
https://londonwiki.co.uk/LondonPubs/S...
https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs...
https://historicengland.org.uk/listin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Bells

Golden Heart
https://whatpub.com/pubs/ELC/13874/go...
https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs...
https://historicengland.org.uk/listin...
https://londonwiki.co.uk/LondonPubs/S...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_...

Pride of Spitalfields
https://whatpub.com/pubs/ELC/13858/pr...
https://londonwiki.co.uk/LondonPubs/M...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pri...

Chapters:

0:00 Intro
0:33 Dirty Dick's
5:51 William's Ale and Cider House
9:23 Ten Bells
13:26 Golden Heart
17:54 Pride of Spitalfields
21:56 Outro