Nag’s Head: A Pub Named for the Working Horse
Nag’s Head: A Pub Named for the Working Horse | A Camberwell local carrying one of the oldest and most common of all pub names, drawn from the age of the horse
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George Canning: A Pub Named for a Prime Minister
George Canning: A Pub Named for a Prime Minister | A Camberwell landmark named for the statesman who was Foreign Secretary, wit, duellist, and Prime Minister for just 119 days before dying in office
Prince Albert: A Pub for Victoria’s Consort
Prince Albert: A Pub for Victoria’s Consort | A Camberwell-fringe local named for the prince who gave Britain the Great Exhibition, the Albert Hall and the modern Christmas tree
The Joiners Arms: A Pub for the Woodworking Trade
The Joiners Arms: A Pub for the Woodworking Trade | A Camberwell local named for the skilled craftsmen who join wood without a nail, in the honourable tradition of the trade pub
The Angel Oak: Two Classic Pub Signs in One
The Angel Oak: Two Classic Pub Signs in One | A Camberwell local whose name marries two of the oldest emblems in the English pub tradition – the angel and the oak
The Hermits Cave: A Camberwell Institution That Never Retreats
The Hermits Cave: A Camberwell Institution That Never Retreats | A beloved, unpretentious Camberwell Church Street boozer whose name promises solitude and whose reality delivers the opposite
The Phoenix, Peckham: A Pub Named to Rise Again
The Phoenix, Peckham: A Pub Named to Rise Again | The most optimistic name in the trade, worn by a big Camberwell-fringe local that keeps the faith through every cycle of the neighbourhood