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==History== |
==History== |
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First listed in 1871 as 73 Hare Street, (now [[Cheshire Street]]), The Carpenters Arms stands on the corner of [[Cheshire Street]] and [[St Matthew's Row]]. The pub was at one time the most notorious pub in London – owned by the gangster twins, Reggie and [[Ronnie Kray]] who bought it in 1967 for their mother Violet. Their family home was just a hundred yard away at 178 Vallance Road, and the twins went to Wood Close School in Brick Lane and as youngsters frequented the Repton Boys’ Boxing Club (London’s oldest boxing gym, established in 1884 and still in existence) midway between the pub and their home. The Kray's former school, William Davis Primary school, is situated next door to the pub. |
First listed in 1871 as 73 Hare Street, (now [[Cheshire Street]]), The Carpenters Arms stands on the corner of [[Cheshire Street]] and [[St Matthew's Row]]. The pub was at one time the most notorious pub in London – owned by the gangster twins, Reggie and [[Ronnie Kray]] who bought it in 1967 for their mother Violet. Their family home was just a hundred yard away at 178 Vallance Road, and the twins went to Wood Close School in Brick Lane and as youngsters frequented the Repton Boys’ Boxing Club (London’s oldest boxing gym, established in 1884 and still in existence) midway between the pub and their home. The Kray's former school, William Davis Primary school, is situated next door to the pub. |
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This was their meeting place in which they hung their boxing gloves over the Carpenters’ crest behind the bar and according to the last proprietors of the pub, the Krays installed a bespoke bar surface during the time they owned the pub - the surface employed was allegedly a coffin lid. The Krays allegedly decorated the place in a faux Regency style with striped wallpaper to match their West End nightclub, and there is a chip in the paint on one of the cast iron roof pillars revealing the burgundy colour scheme of that period. Reggie Kray's funeral procession went along Cheshire Street on the 11th October 2000. |
This was their meeting place in which they hung their boxing gloves over the Carpenters’ crest behind the bar and according to the last proprietors of the pub, the Krays installed a bespoke bar surface during the time they owned the pub - the surface employed was allegedly a coffin lid. The Krays allegedly decorated the place in a faux Regency style with striped wallpaper to match their West End nightclub, and there is a chip in the paint on one of the cast iron roof pillars revealing the burgundy colour scheme of that period. Reggie Kray's funeral procession went along Cheshire Street on the 11th October 2000. |
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==Present day== |
==Present day== |
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Revision as of 19:45, 1 September 2017
The Carpenters’ Arms is a Victorian public house at 73 Cheshire Street in Bethnal Green, East London, England. A few feet from Brick Lane, it is notable as the pub that was bought by the Kray twins, for their mother Voilet Kray in 1967. Many family parties and business meetings were held here by the twins, and was the place where Reggie Kray had a drink on the 29th October 1967, to settle his nerves before going to murder Jack McVitie.
History
First listed in 1871 as 73 Hare Street, (now Cheshire Street), The Carpenters Arms stands on the corner of Cheshire Street and St Matthew's Row. The pub was at one time the most notorious pub in London – owned by the gangster twins, Reggie and Ronnie Kray who bought it in 1967 for their mother Violet. Their family home was just a hundred yard away at 178 Vallance Road, and the twins went to Wood Close School in Brick Lane and as youngsters frequented the Repton Boys’ Boxing Club (London’s oldest boxing gym, established in 1884 and still in existence) midway between the pub and their home. The Kray's former school, William Davis Primary school, is situated next door to the pub.
This was their meeting place in which they hung their boxing gloves over the Carpenters’ crest behind the bar and according to the last proprietors of the pub, the Krays installed a bespoke bar surface during the time they owned the pub - the surface employed was allegedly a coffin lid. The Krays allegedly decorated the place in a faux Regency style with striped wallpaper to match their West End nightclub, and there is a chip in the paint on one of the cast iron roof pillars revealing the burgundy colour scheme of that period. Reggie Kray's funeral procession went along Cheshire Street on the 11th October 2000.
Present day
The pub closed in February 2006
Closed in 2006, but reopening in 2009, nowadays, the Carpenters’ is a welcoming place with a fashionable clientele and an impressive range of over fifty different ales from all over the world. Current landlords Eric and Nigel have renovated the interior and there is always a large display of fresh flowers on the bar, and a large painted portrait of the Krays on the wall. Various weapons such as hammers, bats and knives are displayed in a glass cabinet in the back room.