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Originally Posted by jaysay
That's sad to see those pubs closed Mancie, when I work for Shopfitters, on the South London run we always used to do the Old Kent Road crawl, especially the Thomas A Beckett, the boxers pub in those days, I remember rightly there was a Gym over the pub where the likes of Henry Cooper used to train once of a day, certainly the walls were plastered with boxing photos and memorabilia
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you are correct Jaysay.. the Beckett did have a training gym for boxers..Henry Cooper trained there as did most world famous boxers who had fights in London.. these days it's a fireplace showroom.
the Dun Cow is a doctors surgery.. the Green Man is a chinese, and the Henry Cooper is an ASDA.