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In this episode, our third in Soho, we explore pubs on the west edge: Leicester Arms, Glassblower, The Queens Head, The Crown, The Lyric and The St. James

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Google map with pubs covered in previous episodes pinned, courtesy of Andy Meddick:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/4/edit?mid=12c-WKa3XiT1qTLydK8psZocUR7Y_Wes&usp=sharing

Or TinyURL: https://tinyurl.com/bduca5dv

The following resources are referenced or quoted frequently in these episodes:

• Ted Bruning -- Historic Pubs of London (ISBN 978-0658005022) and London By Pub (ISBN 978-0658005022)
• Wikipedia
• https://londonspubswherehistoryreallyhappened.wordpress.com/ by Ann Laffeaty
• Pubwiki.co.uk

Additionally, the following resource(s) were used / quoted in this episode:

Leicester Arms & The Glass Blower

https://www.closedpubs.co.uk/london/wc2_coventgarden_leicester.html

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=570689.0

https://camra.org.uk/pubs/glassblower-london-128981

https://whatpub.com/pubs/WLD/16080/leicester-arms-london

The Crown and The Queens Head

https://alondoninheritance.com/londonpubs/soho-pubs-part-1/#:~:text=There%20is%20some%20interesting%20history,18th%20century%2C%20the%20Hickford%20Rooms.

https://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Queen%27s_Head,_W1D_7HN

Pubnames.co.uk & pubsgalore.co.uk

The Lyric and The St James

https://whatpub.com/pubs/WLD/16487/lyric-london

https://pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=3653&O=P

https://londonist.com/pubs/pubs/pubs/the-lyric

https://www.pubsmiths.co.uk/st-james-tavern-piccadilly

James Potts & Sam Cullen, What’s in a London Pub Name? (ISBN 9781854144713)

Intro Music: Vivaldi - Spring Allegro by John Harrison w/ the Wichita State University Chamber Orch.

Photo: Ewan Munro

Website: https://historiclondonpubcast.com/

E-mail: hosteric@historiclondonpubcast.com