Tales from the Two Puddings : Stratford, London's Olympic City, in the 1960's

‘In 1962, exactly fifty years before the Olympic Games rolled into Stratford, East London, the Johnson family took over the Two Puddings, the most notorious pub in the area. Due to a combination of its cream-tiled walls and the volume of blood spilt, it was also known locally as the ‘Butcher’s Shop’. Within a few short years, it had become one of London’s busiest and most fashionable pubs, its hugely popular music nights acting as a magnet for a large and colourful cast of disparate characters who would regularly descend upon the premises, including renowned actors, writers, singers, musicians, champion boxers, infamous gangsters, television personalities, and World Cup-winning footballers. By the time the Puddings closed its doors for the last time, nearly four decades later, landlord Eddie Johnson was the longest serving licensee in London. Tales from the Two Puddings is a poignant, at times hilarious, look back upon a lost world of East End eccentrics, local villainy, vindictive policemen, punch ups, and practical jokes, all now lying buried beneath the concrete blocks and sterile shopping centres of the ‘new’ Stratford.Author: Johnson, Eddie,author,Johnson, Matt,editor Contributors: Johnson, Eddie,author,Johnson, Matt,editor Binding: paperback Publication Date: Release Date: Languages: English,Published,English,Original Language,Englis Published/Release Date: 18 May 2012 Format: Paperback / softback Publisher/Studio/Brand: FIFTY FIRST STATE PRESS Author/Director/Artist: Eddie Johnson Dimension (cm): 203x127x18 mm Package Dimension (cm): 21x200x127 mm Item Weight (g): 354 Package Weight (g): 362