It is my pleasure to publish this 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
The Artful Dodger, Royal Mint St 1989
The Artful Dodger, Royal Mint
The Star & Garter, Whitechapel 1982
The Star & Garter, Whitechapel
The Wentworth Arms, Mile End 1966
The Wentworth Arms, Mile End
The Prince Alfred, Limehouse 1978
The Prince Alfred, Limehouse
The Star of the East, Limehouse 1981
The Star of the East, Limehouse
The British Oak, Poplar 1981
The British Oak, Poplar
Galloway Arms, Limehouse 1981
Galloway Arms, Limehouse
The New Globe, Mile End 1954
The New Globe, Mile End
The Prospect of Whitby, Wapping c.1900
The Prospect of Whitby, Wapping
The Experienced Fowler, Limehouse 1931
The Experienced Fowler, Limehouse
The Jubilee, Limehouse 1978
The White Swan, Limehouse
The Ship, Cable St 1981
The Ship, Cable St
The City Pride, Isle of Dogs 1990
The City Pride, Isle of Dogs
The Vine Tavern, Whitechapel 1903
The Vine Tavern, Whitechapel
The White Hart, Whitechapel 1960
The White Hart, Whitechapel
The Dover Castle, Shadwell 1992
The Dover Castle, Shadwell
The Londoner, Limehouse 1974
The Londoner, Limehouse
The Kings Arms, Cable St 1994
The Kings Arms, Cable St
The Grapes, Limehouse 1975
The Grapes, Limehouse
Duke of Norfolk, Globe Rd 1985
Duke of Norfolk, Globe Rd
The Artichoke, Whitechapel 1990
The Artichoke, Whitechapel
The Old Blue Anchor, Whitechapel 1973
The Old Blue Anchor, Whitechapel
Bromley Arms, Bow 1981
Bromley Arms, Bow
The Morgan Arms, Bow 1961
The Morgan Arms, Bow
The Dickens Inn, St Katharine Docks, 1975
The Dickens Inn, St Katharine Docks
The Alma, Spitalfields 1989
The Alma, Spitalfields
Prospect of Whitby, Wapping nineteen-eighties
Prospect of Whitby, Wapping
The Black Horse,Leman St nineteen-eighties
The Black Horse, Leman St
The Dean Swift, nineteen-eighties
The Dean Swift
Archive images courtesy Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives
New photographs copyright © Alex Pink
Visit Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives for opening times, collections & events.
You may also like to take a look at