{"id":6503,"date":"2026-07-25T10:19:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T10:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=6503"},"modified":"2026-07-28T16:21:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T16:21:32","slug":"book-review-londons-dead-pubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2026\/07\/25\/book-review-londons-dead-pubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Book review &#8211; London\u2019s Dead Pubs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are a number of books about closed pubs in London, along with various websites.&nbsp; This one, despite the sad subject, is probably the most interesting and amusing that I have come across.&nbsp; Split into five sections, Central, East, North, South &amp; South East and West &amp; South West, it contains details of 202 pubs.&nbsp; Most are labelled \u2018dead pub\u2019 but others are encouragingly described as \u2018back from the dead\u2019 where there have been recent developments.&nbsp; For each pub there is a description of what the pub used to be like and, where appropriate, what stands in its place now.&nbsp; There are also over 500 excellent photos.&nbsp; Very usefully, the author makes suggestions as to where you can now get a drink nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"427\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-27.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-27.png 427w, https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-27-256x300.png 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The author, Paul Telling, runs the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.derelictlondon.com\/\"><em>Derelict London <\/em>website<\/a>, which is worth looking at in its own right, and he has gathered the information over twenty years as an organiser of guided walking tours on a number of subjects.\u00a0 Mr Telling has written several other books, including two detailing London\u2019s lost music venues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Published in June, the book has 206 pages and is in a handy 15 cm X 18 cm format.&nbsp; It is published by Damaged Goods Books.&nbsp; The cover price is \u00a314.99.&nbsp; ISBN-13: 978-1-9162327-4-7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a number of books about closed pubs in London, along with various websites.&nbsp; This one, despite the sad subject, is probably the most interesting and amusing that I&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6507,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6503"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6510,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6503\/revisions\/6510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}