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Best old sign in London?

This sign is about two metres square and now sits on the side of an otherwise very plainly decorate budget-conscious hotel on Markhouse Road, Walthamstow. It’s one of our very favourites.

This sign advertising the range of Charrington’s beers is about two metres square and now sits on the side of an otherwise very plainly decorate budget-conscious hotel on Markhouse Road, Walthamstow. It’s one of our very favourites.

Old sign reading: Charrington's celebrated bitter, Burton, mild ales, porter & IMPERIAL STOUT

9 replies on “Best old sign in London?”

The building was previously the Common Gate pub, which closed in 2002 – after a spell named ‘Couples’, but better known locally as ‘Fights’. It was re-built in 1888 and the Charrington’s sign probably dates from then or soon after.

There’s a near identical sign on the side of an old pub just off the Edgeware Road, I’ll see if I can get a picture and a pub name for you next time I’m down there.

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