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<big>'''World Turned Upside Down''', ''145 Old Kent Road, Bermondsey, London SE1''</big> | <big>'''World Turned Upside Down''', ''145 Old Kent Road, Bermondsey, London SE1''</big> | ||
This 1930s pub was designed by A W Blomfield. | This 1930s pub was designed for [[Watney, Combe, Reid & Co. Ltd]] by A W Blomfield. In 2008, original fascia incised lettering on the ground floor frontage: 'WATNEY'S ALES ... THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN ... REID'S STOUT'. By 2012, the building had been extended upwards as a block of flats, and although the original pub ground floor stone fascia was retained, the right-hand Reid's sign was obscured by a modern Domino's Pizza sign. The Watney sign on the left is still visible. | ||
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File:LondonSE1WTUD1_SRH_Apr08.jpg|SRH, 2008 | |||
File:LondonSE1WTUD2_SRH_Apr08.jpg|SRH, 2008 | |||
File:LondonSE1WTUD_Google_July2009.jpg|Image from Google Maps: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en, July 2009 | |||
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Latest revision as of 16:24, 16 January 2019
World Turned Upside Down, 145 Old Kent Road, Bermondsey, London SE1
This 1930s pub was designed for Watney, Combe, Reid & Co. Ltd by A W Blomfield. In 2008, original fascia incised lettering on the ground floor frontage: 'WATNEY'S ALES ... THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN ... REID'S STOUT'. By 2012, the building had been extended upwards as a block of flats, and although the original pub ground floor stone fascia was retained, the right-hand Reid's sign was obscured by a modern Domino's Pizza sign. The Watney sign on the left is still visible.
Image from Google Maps: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en, July 2009