The Surprise Review: A Pub Named After a Warship, Probably
The Surprise Review: A Pub Named After a Warship, Probably | HMS Surprise carried a king in disguise to safety. Or the name means something else entirely. Chelsea is not telling.
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Chelsea Potter Review: The Pub That Watched the Sixties Happen
Chelsea Potter Review: The Pub That Watched the Sixties Happen | On the King’s Road, in the heart of where the Swinging Sixties actually swung, sits a pub named after pottery
Brompton Cross Review: Named After a Junction
Brompton Cross Review: Named After a Junction | Brompton Cross is where three streets meet. There is no cross. There is a very famous building shaped like a ship.
Coopers Arms Review: Named After the People Who Made the Barrels
Coopers Arms Review: Named After the People Who Made the Barrels | A cooper made the casks that held the beer. Without coopers there were no pubs. Almost nobody remembers the trade.
Bunch of Grapes Review: Named After the Most Obvious Thing
Bunch of Grapes Review: Named After the Most Obvious Thing | There is a bunch of grapes on the sign because grapes mean wine, and this is one of the oldest pub names in England