The latest book by Paul Talling — the man behind Derelict London — is an epic pub crawl of London's drinking establishments which have bitten the dust. But within this sad story, there's a more positive narrative; the pubs that've risen from the dead, and in many cases, are now in finer fettle than they've ever been before.
Here, Paul takes us to 10 such resurrected boozers.
1. Clayton Arms (now the Prince of Peckham), Peckham
The Clayton Arms has a history tracing back to at least 1867. A tragic incident occurred at the pub in 1948 when a patron, Mrs. Annie Newson, mistook the door to the wine cellar for the ladies' restroom. She fell down the stairs and later died in the hospital.
During the 2011 riots, the pub was ransacked by a group of 50 youths, leaving it in a severely damaged state. This decline ultimately led to its closure in 2013.
