Ordnance Arms, Canning Town, E16

Always found this a rather scary place full of dubious characters, but only went in again as it appeared to be strangely deserted for a lunchtime. Indeed, the only other people in the place were two local authority licensing officers having a chat with the landlady. I also noted that most of the pumps on both sides of the 'U'-shaped bar had plastic cash bags over the handles and that most of the optics holders were empty. Three handpumps - none operational - so it was a quick pint of John Smiths and I was off...