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London after dark. Gaslight flickers. Etched glass gleams. The city’s Gin Palaces weren’t just pubs — they were trinkets of booze and style.

In this episode, Guide, Eric Blair, tails two of the flashiest suspects: The Salisbury in Covent Garden and The Argyll Arms off Oxford Street. Expect velvet chairs, scandal in the shadows, and a guest list of poets, actors, and troublemakers.

Step inside, adjust your dress in that etched glass mirror, order a pint, sit, sip, soak in the splendor...

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Google map with pubs covered in previous episodes pinned, courtesy of Andy Meddick:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/4/edit?mid=12c-WKa3XiT1qTLydK8psZocUR7Y_Wes&usp=sharing

Or TinyURL: https://tinyurl.com/bduca5dv

The following resources are quoted frequently in these episodes:

• Ted Bruning  -- Historic Pubs of London (ISBN 978-0658005022) and London By Pub (ISBN 978-0658005022)
• Wikipedia
• https://londonspubswherehistoryreallyhappened.wordpress.com/  by Ann Laffeaty

Additionally, the following resource(s) were quoted in this episode:

• Andy Owens - The Salisbury - A Legendary London Pub, glintoflight.com
• Camra -Pub Heritage - Historic Pub Interiors, pubheritage.camra.org.uk

Intro music:

Vivaldi - Spring Allegro by John Harrison with the Wichita State University Chamber

Photo: OZinOH

Website: https://historiclondonpubcast.com/

E-mail: [email protected]