Pogues Sites in London

[RICHB]

When I say that there were more eclectic influences in the earliest days, and that the Velvet Underground, Country and Rockabilly were strong aspects of what the band did, I say so because I was there. Me and 30 to 50 other people, in the Bull & Gate, the 100 Club, the Sir George Robey, the Diorama, the Pindar of Wakefield and Dingwalls.

The above was from Phils response earlier in the thread. Does anyone if any of the above boozes are still going. Planing a trip to london early next year

The Pindar is now called The Water Rats and is still there. I don't know about the Robey and The B & G but I can think of no reason why these traditional British pubs should no longer be there. Dingwalls was still there when The Radiators played it 5 years ago and the 100 Club still trucks along, surviving numerous rumours of its demise over the years. Diorama is probably still there as a building, though its use as a rock venue was short lived. It was, incidentally, the Diorama to which I took Elvis Costello to see the band in 83/84.

Thanks for that. I'll add them to the list of Sweeney pubs such as the Warrington Hotel I will be visiting. Oh and were taking in the Boogaloo bar (or Filthys or whatever its called now)

[philipchevron]

When I say that there were more eclectic influences in the earliest days, and that the Velvet Underground, Country and Rockabilly were strong aspects of what the band did, I say so because I was there. Me and 30 to 50 other people, in the Bull & Gate, the 100 Club, the Sir George Robey, the Diorama, the Pindar of Wakefield and Dingwalls.

The above was from Phils response earlier in the thread. Does anyone if any of the above boozes are still going. Planing a trip to london early next year

The Pindar is now called The Water Rats and is still there. I don't know about the Robey and The B & G but I can think of no reason why these traditional British pubs should no longer be there. Dingwalls was still there when The Radiators played it 5 years ago and the 100 Club still trucks along, surviving numerous rumours of its demise over the years. Diorama is probably still there as a building, though its use as a rock venue was short lived. It was, incidentally, the Diorama to which I took Elvis Costello to see the band in 83/84.

Thanks for that. I'll add them to the list of Sweeney pubs such as the Warrington Hotel I will be visiting. Oh and were taking in the Boogaloo bar (or Filthys or whatever its called now)

The Warrington was my local when I lived in Maida Vale from 1978 to 1982. Wonderful pub, great clientele, fantastic atmosphere. It was a shadow of its former self when I last visited about 4 years ago. Back in the day, they used to keep Lillie Langtry's empty magnum of champagne over the fireplace!

[RICHB]

When I say that there were more eclectic influences in the earliest days, and that the Velvet Underground, Country and Rockabilly were strong aspects of what the band did, I say so because I was there. Me and 30 to 50 other people, in the Bull & Gate, the 100 Club, the Sir George Robey, the Diorama, the Pindar of Wakefield and Dingwalls.

The above was from Phils response earlier in the thread. Does anyone if any of the above boozes are still going. Planing a trip to london early next year

The Pindar is now called The Water Rats and is still there. I don't know about the Robey and The B & G but I can think of no reason why these traditional British pubs should no longer be there. Dingwalls was still there when The Radiators played it 5 years ago and the 100 Club still trucks along, surviving numerous rumours of its demise over the years. Diorama is probably still there as a building, though its use as a rock venue was short lived. It was, incidentally, the Diorama to which I took Elvis Costello to see the band in 83/84.

Thanks for that. I'll add them to the list of Sweeney pubs such as the Warrington Hotel I will be visiting. Oh and were taking in the Boogaloo bar (or Filthys or whatever its called now)

The Warrington was my local when I lived in Maida Vale from 1978 to 1982. Wonderful pub, great clientele, fantastic atmosphere. It was a shadow of its former self when I last visited about 4 years ago. Back in the day, they used to keep Lillie Langtry's empty magnum of champagne over the fireplace!

And of course the classic Sweeney episode 'Night Out' filmed there too ha ha

[Smoz]

When I say that there were more eclectic influences in the earliest days, and that the Velvet Underground, Country and Rockabilly were strong aspects of what the band did, I say so because I was there. Me and 30 to 50 other people, in the Bull & Gate, the 100 Club, the Sir George Robey, the Diorama, the Pindar of Wakefield and Dingwalls.

The above was from Phils response earlier in the thread. Does anyone if any of the above boozes are still going. Planing a trip to london early next year

Bull & Gate still going, certainly was about three months ago when I was last in there, still putting on gigs, also good as a pre-gig pub if you are going to the Forum, old style north London boozer with a lovely interior.

100 Club, under threat of closure (again), has a fantastic heritage and has been putting on gigs since the 1940s. If it is still going when you visit see if there are any gigs on that take your fancy, if so worth a visit, not usually much for the under forties though. I quite like the place but only go there a couple of times a year. Saw Shane with the Nips there a couple of years ago.

Sir George Robey, closed about ten years ago, was a wonderfully grimey music venue, spent many evenings in there

Diorama, no idea, not familiar with this one

the Pindar of Wakefield, not been there in many years but as Philip mentioned, still going as the Water Rats, last time I was in there was seeing Peter Perret of the Only Ones, not a bad venue.

Dingwalls, still going.

[strummercalling]

I thought some of you may be interested in photos I took of various Pogues and punk landmarks on my own "customized" tour of London that I went on recently.
I mainly looked for places that are mentioned constantly in connection with the Pogues but are rarely seen in photographs.

This turned into an exhaustive Pogues Tour of London, including the following (among a lot of others):

Burton Street
Rock On Records
The Water Rats/ Pindar of Wakefield
Devonshire Arms
Pentonville Rd
The Marathon
The Good Mixer
The Roundhouse
The ICA
Stiff Records
The Boogaloo
Kirsty MacColl bench

Hope you enjoy these photos.. It was great to finally see these places in person.

Hi everyone,

I'm the original poster of this photo tour, and I've recently had some inquiries about it since the links no longer work. I've put it back up (with a few extras) on a new site:
http://darkstreetsoflondon.tumblr.com/

The info hasn't been updated since 2008, so some of the pub names may have changed. I appreciate all your kind comments about the original post, and I hope this helps anyone who's still interested in checking out these landmarks!