Alex Pink’s East End Pubs, Then & Now

It is my pleasure to publish this second collaboration with Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archive in which Spitalfields Life Contributing Photographer Alex Pink selected photographs of pubs from the collection, and then set out with his camera to discover which ones were still serving.

The Golden Heart, Spitalfields 1953

The Golden Heart, Spitalfields 2013

The Artful Dodger, Royal Mint St 1989

The Artful Dodger, Royal Mint St 2013

The Star & Garter, Whitechapel 1982

The Star & Garter, Whitechapel 2013

The Wentworth Arms, Mile End 1966

The Wentworth Arms, Mile End 2013

The Prince Alfred, Limehouse 1978

The Prince Alfred, Limehouse 2013

The Star of the East, Limehouse 1981

The Star of the East, Limehouse 2013

The British Oak, Poplar 1981

The British Oak, Poplar 2013

The Aberfeldy, Canary Wharf 1941

The Aberfeldy, Canary Wharf 2013

Galloway Arms, Limehouse 1981

Galloway Arms, Limehouse 2013

The New Globe, Mile End 1954

The New Globe, Mile End 2013

The Prospect of Whitby, Wapping c.1900

The Prospect of Whitby, Wapping 2013

The Experienced Fowler, Limehouse 1931

The Experienced Fowler, Limehouse 2013

The Jubilee, Limehouse 1978

The White Swan, Limehouse 2013

The Ship, Cable St 1981

The Ship, Cable St 2013

The City Pride, Isle of Dogs 1990

The City Pride, Isle of Dogs 2013

Archive images courtesy Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives

New photographs copyright © Alex Pink

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