The sad, shameful demise of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry

The sad, shameful demise of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry https://t.co/YIeKthPLdo

— Spitalfields Life (@thegentleauthor) May 14, 2021

From "The Yard" to "Tiffty's Tavern"

A signwriter changing the name of this pub in North Greenford from "The Yard" to "Tiffty's Tavern" 

The font and colours suggest "an Irish pub." There are Irish pubs all over the world, and if the Irish state had marketing rights, it could probably live on the proceeds. But like the Murphy's, we're not bitter. My California/Filipino air steward friend says wherever they stopover, she always looks for the Irish pub. From Kuala Lumpur to Montevideo, from Cape Town to Anchorage, Alaska [You just made that bit up, didn't you? Ed.], you'll see the Gaelic font and assorted bicycles, mirror adverts etc and find a cold pint of the Dublin ambrosia awaits you, though it might have been brewed in Nigeria. So wherever you may be, "Sláinte Mhaith!"

The result. Tiffty's Tavern

Harry Lemon

More info: What Pub - Tiffty's Tavern

Day of the Flying Leaves (Selected Poems) by Stephen Moran

Cover image: Bridleway, Harrow on the Hill by the author

“Like everyone, I go around imagining things, trying to identify what I see and hear and conserving memories. My poems are thoughts portrayed in words, in the belief that sometimes a word is worth a thousand pictures.” (Stephen Moran)

Day of the Flying Leaves (Selected Poems) by Stephen Moran, Amazon KDP, 2021

Scenes from launderettes

Fulham Palace Road

Greenford Road

Photos taken in previous years

Ladbroke Grove Launderette

Corner of Ladbroke Grove and Treverton Street, W10