24/08/26 - A Hackney Pub Crawl

On a Monday? Madness....My second walk from the Joolz Rather Splendid London Pub Walks. The YouTube video for an overview on the area, where he gets rather too excited about coal holes and stink pipes.Attempting a pub crawl on a Monday is a challenge. My advance ticket means I need to be at Euston for the cancelled 3.26pm. The first handful of the pubs don't open until 3 or 4pm. So part of this crawl is virtual. Use you imagination. I did.Pub on the Park - next to Victoria Park.Kenton Arms - gorgeous.The Gun, less gorgeousAnd the Chesham ArmsSaved time from boozing provides more time for investigation. Of a personal kind. I worked for Great Universal Stores - which also contained Burberry before it was requisitioned by the underclass. I found myself at Chatham Place, the former head office. Where as a teenager database programmer I used to (attempt to) eat watermelon in the Director's restaurant.A factory outlet now.... and flatsFor a full appreciation of Umit and Sons, watch the…