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Pubs Galore >> Crawls >> What the Dickens?

Title: What the Dickens?
Creator: BobOs .

Description:
A Tour of Public Ale Houses known to Charles Dickens and Other Olden Innes of Olde London Towne (Using Shank's Pony, the occasional Hansom Cab and making occasional use of that most modern of marvels, the public underground railway system).

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The Grapes (1)
	Charles Dickens (known to him as The Bunch of Grapes) knew The Grapes well and, as a child, he was made to stand on a table and sing to the customers. As an adult, he immortalised it as The Six Jolly Fellowship Porters pub in Our Mutual Friend.
	The Grapes has 34 pictures The Grapes has 18 recommendations The Grapes has an average rating of 8.0
Prospect of Whitby (2)
	Regular visitors to this riverside pub were Charles Dickens, Samuel Pepys, Judge Jeffries, Turner and Whistler; also the artist Gustave Dore sketched his London low life from here.
	Prospect of Whitby has 58 pictures Prospect of Whitby has 15 recommendations Prospect of Whitby has an average rating of 7.5
The George (3)
	Shakespeare knew it, and Dickens memorialized it in Little Dorrit.
	The George has 35 pictures The George has 22 recommendations The George has an average rating of 6.0
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese (4)
	Charles Dickens, known to use the establishment frequently, referred to it in A Tale of Two Cities.
	Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese has 35 pictures Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese has 24 recommendations Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese has an average rating of 7.5
Ye Olde Mitre (5)
	Technically the tavern is still part of Cambridgeshire.
	Ye Olde Mitre has 41 pictures Ye Olde Mitre has 26 recommendations Ye Olde Mitre has an average rating of 9.0
The Jerusalem Tavern (6)
	The present building dates from 1720 - although not as a pub, 2009 Town Pub of the Year.
	The Jerusalem Tavern has 42 pictures The Jerusalem Tavern has 25 recommendations The Jerusalem Tavern has an average rating of 7.5
The Lamb (7)
	Grade II listed Victorian pub still has the etched glass snob screens in place above the bar. The Lamb was probably built around 1729.
	The Lamb has 35 pictures The Lamb has 19 recommendations The Lamb has an average rating of 8.0