PUBS THAT HAVE APPEARED ON THE SMALL & LARGE SCREEN

.For this page, I am going to let the pubs photos, & clips from movies, & T.V. showcase the pubs, that I have selected to make you aware of their existence. I will have to apologise,as some of the clips I will show you, do have swearing, & violence in them, probably too much swearing & violence in them if I have to be honest.

The pub that you can see in the slides above,has stared in the motion picture, "Legend", starring the actor Tom Hardy, who plays both characters of the infamous Kray twins, East End gangsters whose gang,"The Firm', plagued London during the 1960's. A fight takes place inside the pub with gangsters hired by the Kray twins, arch rivals, "The Richardsons", after one of the twins orders himself a drink. It does get a bit messy I have to admit.

The pub you can see in the slides above, show a lovely Trumans pub, which as you may not already know, I have a love for, so when I watching the television show Save Me, I wanted to know immediately, where the pub that the main characters use to meet & enjoy a pint, or spirit was situated. The pub is more or less adjacent to Londons Regents Canal. The television drama Save Me is about a character named,"Nelly" Rowe, whose life is changed when Jody, his estranged daughter he fathered, mysteriously disappears at the age of 13. He is at first questioned by the police for her going missing. Lennie James who plays Nelly makes it his quest to find his daughter. I won't go too much into detail, but I throughly enjoyed this drama series, which will probably have a season 3.

I hope you are not starting to think I like violence, but it seems to me that a lot of violence, is portrayed as that which occurs in pubs. I must say that all the times I have been inside visiting a pub, I have hardly ever witnessed any violence taking place. The Black Prince pub that is on view in the slides above, can be found in the Black Prince Road Lambeth. I have visited the pub a couple of times, one time on the evening of the Champions League final between Liverpool & Tottenham Hotspur. The pub has a major role in the Hollywood movie,"The Kingsman", a big fight scene takes place, when Colin Firth, who plays a secret service character tries to recruit, Gary"Eggsy", Unwin, played by Taron Egerton, into his organisation to find the killer of,"Eggsy", father. In order for the thugs that are bullying,"Eggsy", don't escape, & for interrupting his pint of Guinness, Colin Firth locks the door to the pub, to teach the thugs a lesson in manners.

No, I haven't got a sore throat, but if you watch a movie then all of a sudden say,"I know where that pub is", you want to find out a little more information. Unfortunately, this pub at the moment isn't open due to the coronavirus pandemic, it is also renowned for being a live music venue. One afternoon whilst deciding which movie to watch whilst on my extended Staycation, I found this light-hearted movie called,"Fishermans Friend". The movie is of about a group of Fisherman who fish out of Port Isaac in Cornwall. On their downtime, apart from when they are not manning the local lifeboat station, & out fishing, they formed a group, that like to sing traditional sea shanties. 

Whilst on a boys weekend away, to celebrate a work colleagues stag party, a group of London record producers come across the fisherman whilst performing, overlooking the quay. One of the group who was impressed by their performance gets hoodwinked into signing the fisherman to make an album. To cut a long story short the group become quite famous, even winning awards for their style of folk music.

Having studied Clerkenwell & Islington whilst studying to become a tour guide, I passed this pub on a number of occasions. The pub has strong connections with a 12th Century nunnery that originally stood on the site. I have actually enjoyed a couple of pints in this pub. To my surprise the pub is like the tardis, as on entering the inside is a vast relaxing space. The pub features at the beginning of the T.V. series,"Gangs of London", where various London gangs meet to pay homage at the  wake of a boss of a London Gang who was murdered, with the funeral taking place at St.James  church which is just a stones throw away from the pub.

I have also been here a couple of times. The pub inside is quite large, so there is plenty of room to manoeuvre, with a really good vibe. Outside you can see it still has its original fascia, of the Jolly Farmers which I love. The pub however, runs under a different guise. Zeitgeist, runs as a pub that serves German style beers & food, which every now & then I like to dabble in. The pub in the movie known as the,"Drowning Trout", excels in the scene, when Vinnie Jones makes fools out of three would be killers, pointing guns at him. Fortunately for Vinnie Jones's character, he notices that the guns, the would be killers are carrying are actually replicas. Vinnie Jones aware of this fact, & knowing that his weapon is a Desert Eagle .50 teases the would be killers with a fantastic commentary where he makes them aware that their position is futile. Priceless.