Warping High Street a one-of-kind pub crawl

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dnkle-deep in beer and Aussie chunder at the Prospect af Whitby, where the beams were plastered with business vards and assorted natives for Hatomates in Harls Court and buses to Aftlea,

Things are a little quieter these days, although the his. tory Js riveting,

Nake the Captaln Kidd pub, close to Execution Dock » Where in 1701 the king's offi- cer-turned-pirate Captain Kidd was ianged and sus+ ° pended In an iron cage. Not fir are at Wapping Old Stairs, where you can still see the post where pirates were chained to drown in the tide, At the ‘Town of Ramsgate, a A5th century alehouse, Judge Jeffreys was caught trying to escape disguised as a sailor after the revolution of 1688, Notorious for abusing lawyers as well as his ruthless judg: "ments, as fate would have it he was recognized in the pub by a lawyer who had been through his Bloody Assizes,

The Angel, on the other side of the River Thames, has a-pedigrce as long as the bar, Samuel Pepys and Captain Cook drank here, while Whistler and Turner went to paint views of London and fighting ships. 1 ~~ Dickens used the docks and their characters in several novels, so it’s fair enough there is a newish Dickens Inn, one of several Docklands pubs

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The Corey & Barrow wine bar ln Canary Wharf is run by merchants who have been around for 200 years, According to the Syimire Meal Guide is a place lor power people watching, designer sandwiches and the obligatory time-zone clocks. [yout vist on your birthday they deduct YOur Age As A percentage of the first hottle of champagne, A woman of 88 has taken then up on the offer,

The Prospect of Whithy does fish and chips at 10 younds a pop and, when | ooked in, three upper rooms were packed with tourists on what louked like package deals, Sadly, the old bar has been cleaned up and it was all but empty (on a Sunday night!) but the river was still there, and come to think of it I don’t think I ever noticed

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If you go, one good out- ing is to explore Greenwich, the Cutty Sark and all that, have a pint at the ‘Trafalgar on the river, then take the tunnel footpath under the Thames to the Isle of Dogs. Otherwise you can do the Tower of London and then take a cab, or ride the Docklands Light Railway from ‘Tower Fill,

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THE Cat and Canary pub (above) inspired but- toned-down bankers to call their Canary Wharf development company Sylvester investments.

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