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No.49
- October 2001 | Contex
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KNOWLEDGE London
Brain Teaser No 40
James Boswell
said: "There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which
so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn." Quite
right too! Can you identify the following London pubs?
- This used
to be The Northumberland Arms and is now the home of a Festival
of Britain tableau commemorating a fictional character.
- This pub claims
to have a secret tunnel connecting it to St James’s Palace.
- A bust of
Charles Dickens adorns the exterior of this Westminster pub.
- This was once
the grand ballroom of the Great Eastern Hotel, built in 1901.
- This pub claims
to be at the exact centre of the City of London.
The
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