drinking in the Gangster pubs of London!
I walk around London and drink in the Gangster pubs. I get in the famous Kray twins pubs they used to drink and do all their dodgy deals at! I get also get into the Blind Begger where Ronnie Kray shot George Cornell!
Join Me on this historic drinking walk of London's most notorious pubs!
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@martinvegas1327
22 күн бұрын
Charlie drank in the three crowns in old street they're all from Hoxton👍
@TheMississauga333
22 күн бұрын
great vids, just found you, when you go to the pubs, can you show what beers are on tap? that would be cool, take care. larry from canada
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
@@TheMississauga333 gonna do that more mate yeh 👍
@TheMississauga333
22 күн бұрын
Ya that be great. You're so lucky to have pubs like that. I'm in the country in canada and we have nothing. I miss my London porter
@loularton
22 күн бұрын
Great. But they have changed so much over the years.
You brought back some memories for me. Used to drink in the Begger at weekends back in the 80s and drink lunchtimes in the Bkackfriars in the 90s...great stuff.
Another brilliant video, one of my favourite channels
The Blind Beggar became famous after the 1966 shooting of Cornell, but there is another pub called the White Hart across the road almost unknown. There are actually two White Hart pubs in Whitechapel.
Nothing wrong with the Blind Beggar. Great pub and brilliant people.
@leebutler1965
22 күн бұрын
Yea it looked good to me
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
Just abit odd. Probs because of the history when you're having a swift one
@petertheboomscott2104
22 күн бұрын
First time I went to Blind Beggar it blew my mind. Thought it was going to be rough. Gourmet burgers and food. Bier garden with koya carp and Ibiza music. Well chilled.
@CrazySparkie63
21 күн бұрын
I used to have a few pints every now and again with a older mate in the Blind Beggar unto 25 years ago when my mate died, unfortunately ain't been back again as I moved area , but may do someday!
@philpants44
21 күн бұрын
Certainly been modernised. I was kinda disappointed tbh, with the history you'd have thought they'd have kept it in it's old theme. Bit characterless now tbh. @@petertheboomscott2104
Me uncle took me in the blind beggar when I was 22yrs old in 1988, he told me the history of the pub, I'm 58yrs now , happy memories of my 2yrs working in London on the whitleys restoration job in Bayswater, so many stories to tell, all true too 👍
@berryboo5390
18 күн бұрын
Whitley’s has been knocked down now
@paulrogers7725
18 күн бұрын
@berryboo5390 I very much doubt that seeing as it's a grade 11 listed building in London, restored again, extended or converted maybe but definitely not knocked down..
It's criminal the price of a pint in London😂😂
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
Deffo mate! Can't afford a proper sesh
@loularton
22 күн бұрын
love it mate
@cliffecliffe8358
21 күн бұрын
Come to Australia lol
@dazzstorm1
21 күн бұрын
Try living ere bruv , earn more, no worries.
@craigmelbourne598
21 күн бұрын
Melbourne boy here beer prices are crazy now @@cliffecliffe8358
new to the channel seen a few all great to watch thanks love vlogs like this
Great video fella! Always a grand watch
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
Cheers pal. Got a longer one planned as people keep saying they're too short.
watched a good few of your videos i subbed straight away but this 1 was by far the best for me :) such interesting history surrounding the krays thanks bud
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
Ahhh cheers pal. Really appreciate it. Got a longer London one coming soon 👍🍺
@wayneeboiii122
22 күн бұрын
@@honestplaces super Al look forward to that.....think you have already done Blackpool but there's some right dives here you could go for a pint in😂😂 also we have the cheapest pint around £1.80 for a fosters or john Smith's in the ardwick I no your a Guinness guy tho haha
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
@@wayneeboiii122 deffo gonna go back there, plenty more dingy pubs to get in!
@wayneeboiii122
22 күн бұрын
@@honestplaces look forward to the video can I suggest a pub haha the lifeboat on Foxhall road 😁
Cracking vid Danny some great insight, also watched yourself & Wendell around these pubs, 2 great tubers in 1 hit, top work fella👊
Great video as always mate, always a good watch...thank you x
@honestplaces
2 күн бұрын
Cheers pal 👍
I don't mind paying a bit extra if I'm getting quality but otherwise its just a rip, its not just pints in London but things in general.
Love your videos ... big fan from Toronto!!
Nice and hoppy, banging!! Cheers fella, let's have some longer ones, a nice live Friday night drink along in the sunshine!
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
🤣 cheers mate. Got a longer London one soon, some right joints 👍🍺
Nice blood red ceiling in there mate and I think you had a lucky escape there mate with the pub that was shut by the looks of it!
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
🤣🤣 really wanted to see inside that one
Great vlog .....really intresting stuff!
this is awesome.the pubs are true to what u see and working class great channel
I work right near that last pub in Blackfriars. I knew you would be raging at the prices😂. Had a couple in there once myself but the silly price of Guinness put me off. Love your videos. Keep it up mate!
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
Yeh prices mate, spent so much, need to lay low for abit 🤣 cheers pal, appreciate it 👍
@CS09256
22 күн бұрын
The Cockpit round the corner is a much better pub
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
@@CS09256 was so many on google maps, my credit card couldn't hack them all 🤣
@philt6440
20 күн бұрын
I had an alcohol free pint close to there and was £6! Wish I still drank alcohol at those prices 😂
Great vid...keep em coming..
Great video. Well done for coming down to London!
Recently subscribed love your content brother keep it up 👍🏻
That's krayzy! Sorry I had to 🙈🤣🤣 Enjoyed the vid, you've gained a new sub! 👍
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
🤣🤣 top comment so far. Cheers pal. Appreciate it 👍
Good chat, thanks & best wishes from Western Scotland.
Interesting tour , thank you , keep up the good work 👏
Really interesting video bud enjoyed it cheers 🍺
Great filming. . Subscribed
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
Cheers pal. Appreciate it 👍
Thanks for sharing 👍 interesting, would like to visit these pubs. Subscribed 😊
@paula4950
22 күн бұрын
From Glasgow 🏴
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
Cheers pal. Get yourself down there.
Cracking little vid mate. 👌
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
Cheers pal 👍
Excellent channel mate.
2nd ,keep up the good work, great channel 👏
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
🤣 👍 cheers pal. Appreciate it
Nice content fella, I wonder what the twins would of thought about their old stamping ground today if they were around to see it
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
The pub they owned i think they would be happy....nice old classy joint 👍🍺
@AaronPlaysGH
17 күн бұрын
I'll ask Jay cartwright, his dad plays poker with Danny Dyer and the Kray twins' they're hold up in his warehouse
@honestplaces
17 күн бұрын
@@AaronPlaysGH 🤣
I like this vid.Good vid and good walkabout..
Great video man, nice one. 🫶
Day before George Cornell was shot the Krays came into the Tailors my mum worked for and cancelled the suit they were making for him, even paid up the bill for what with had already been done.
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
Already set in stone. Thanks for the history pal 👍
@garethjones9605
22 күн бұрын
I really doubt that; the killing of Cornell was opportunistic after he was spottted drinking on "their manor". It was not planned.
@philpants44
21 күн бұрын
That's interesting. I always thought it was a random thing cos he was in their area. Not much point otherwise as the Richards were locked up anyway.
@michaelwood3099
18 күн бұрын
@@darrenfry4695 Try reading what I wrote, Cornell had ordered the suit which has been partly made, the Krays cancelled the order the day before and paid up the difference so the tailors wouldn't be out of pocket, the Krays were regular customers and both our families were very close. It was also done prior to the shooting to enforce the message to the community. Whether you choose to believe it or not is down to you, although personally I would refrain making comments on things you have no knowledge about.
Great to see the legendary pubs still open, even some from my more recent memories are now long shut down and gone :(
Good pub tour mate, you need to do some more estate pubs 👍
Great vlogs ✌️🍻❤️
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
Cheers pal. Appreciate it 👍
Awesome video. If your over that way again I recommend wapping East London. Was a slum until not long ago has a decent number of pubs long the Thames aswell. The town of ramsgate, captain kidd and the prospect of Whitby. All worth visiting. Also Turners old star is there where they filmed the fight scene in Legend. The mad thing is they obviously dressed the pub up for the film and now it actually looks rougher in real life 😅
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
Rougher in real life 🤣🤣 cheers pal. I did tower hamlets. But as you say there are alot of dodgy areas
Been enjoying these videos man. .you can shoot at 50 fps if you want to avoid that flicker from the lights (its to do with the electricity supply syncing at 60hz, Im assuming you shot at 60)
Im going into London for a bit of street photography tomorrow I'm only half hour away on the train, I'll be having a beer in the Blackfriars and a few other pubs, great video mate.
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
Get it done mate 👍 cheers pal
One of the joys about travelling all over the country is trying the local beers that you'd otherwise never encounter. Sticking to Guinness is so boring and unimaginative. Its an ok beer for sure but there are so many much better beers. All that's required is a bit of inquisitiveness.
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
True mate, deffo venture to different beers abroad. Did have a tasty lime lager this time round, nice change
@heiltd1286
22 күн бұрын
@@honestplaces It applies here too. English beer is amazing ( so are Scottish and Welsh beers of course). Our beer is something we should celebrate with pride as part of our culture. Anywhere you go ( unless the place is a proper shit hole) will have some great local breweries doing banging beers.
Great vlog. Have a great day.
The blind beggar didn’t look half as ropey as my local walkabout did when I went in yesterday! Great content 👍
Brilliant buddy..cheers
Great video bro 👍
Cool video big man👍
Good video. Very nice picture quality. 👍
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
Cheers pal
Love the vids mate! What do you do for work?
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
Window cleaner 🤣 cheers pal
I can't believe that the first pub you venture in has Boon Kriek; which is a lambic from Belgium! I've been drinking their beers since 2006 or so! Wow
Great video
Great video mate
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
Cheers pal. Appreciate it 👍
Amazing video 🍻
Is the marquis of queen’s still open at the start of valence road
great video man
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
Cheers pal
Used to live across the corner from Carpenters Arms, what a great pub!
The 2nd Carpenter Arms is a great boozer.Been in there on a couple of an occasions.Down from Glasgow and 3 blokes at the bar.Arsenal,Spurs fans and maybe a Chelsea fan.The owner was Tony and made me and my mate so welcome.Went back the following year and the same guys at the bar and remembered us right away with Tony still there.Hope they’re well.
Great stuff, even Wendell makes an appearance! Could have been worse with the prices to be fair would expect anything in London.
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
He has a cheeky vid coming out soon!
its odd seeing you in my neck of the woods, another great video mate and for the others in chat cheapest pint i can find is £4.20 for a Guinness in an irish pit of a hole pub up in Wembley
Love how you started in Highgate
Nice vid mate, can get a guinness round here in Wembley Park for just over 4 quid, which isn't too bad for London...
Love your content
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
Cheers pal
Did you notice the thick chains hanging down from the centre of every table in the blind begger? That's for the tourists to chain their bags to. Otherwise the locals keep robbing the bags. Now that is a rough pub! 😂. I was in last week.
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
No.....🤣 yeh it very odd in there, bizzare feel about it
@stevemcgowen
22 күн бұрын
My partner won't go on a shopping holiday to London anymore because she calls it stab city and is worried about her purse getting taken.
@adriantroalic9298
22 күн бұрын
@@honestplaces he's having you dipshit 🙄🤦♂ see? Northerners will believe anything
@garethjones9605
22 күн бұрын
@@stevemcgowen unless you are a-teenage boy in a sink-estate gang environment, there is virtually no chance of being stabbed in London.
@yellard6785
22 күн бұрын
Most locals around the area are honest but of course a tourist 'hot-spot' attracts low lifes..
Brilliant video.
@honestplaces
7 күн бұрын
Cheers pal
Been in the Blackfriar, excellent real ale pub.
Fantastic pubs love a drink in them regular
That's got to be the most low key youtube colab ever! Really weird as I've just subscribed to you and Wendall in the last month or so!
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
Full video together was the day after 👍
@terryostype9099
22 күн бұрын
Cool, I'll keep an eye out for it.
Nice bit of character in both ❤
Hang on, was that Wendall with you in the Beggar? Did you take him on a pub crawl? That last one mate, my old man gave me a rule of thumb, never go in a pub with a flat roof and steel shutters. I've done a few and really should have listened to my dad! :D
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
Yeh it was mate, did a dodgy pub video with him the next day 👍 yeh flat roof pubs mate, always an eye opener!
@SussexMatt
22 күн бұрын
@@honestplaces Great stuff, was hoping you'd start some collabs. 👍
@sofakingdrunk66
21 күн бұрын
Nice nostalgic look at the respectable gangsters of yesteryear..
Can someone explain to me what the the elastic band and sponge on the camera at 6:57 is for? I’ve seen a few KZreadrs with this odd set up?
@darrenmuso2621
16 күн бұрын
Acts as a (sound)filter over er the mic...for unwanted noise
@scotchy88
15 күн бұрын
@@darrenmuso2621 thanks mate!
Did you ever make a video about that hotel in Manchester? Saw your video on the boozers and the city centre but couldn’t find the hotel one…
New to your channel and loving it ❤from Manchester
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
Manchester is my home town! 👍
@alspurs1990
21 күн бұрын
@@honestplaces city of or greater?
Proper Gangsters, great phrase 😄
Great old pubs in London!!
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
You know it
Was the Carpenters pub used in the Kray film with Tom Hardy?
I worked at a pub in New Malden in the late 90s and the manager said it was a Krays pub. It did have tiny secret doors and hallways upstairs. I believe it’s been torn down.
Went down to watch Bolton play at West Ham's Upton Park around 20 years ago. We called in at the Blind Beggar after the game. Not much has changed. from what I can see. We found the place a bit dark but it was almost empty so it wasn't an intimidating place. Average London pub with a dodgy past, nothing to worry about.
Wow 5.70 a pint mate. Love the videos
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
Crazy init. Cheers pal
@philpants44
21 күн бұрын
Id call that cheap for London tbh.
Loving the content. Great to see real Britain. ❤
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
Cheers. Appreciate it
@TheGamesEmporium
22 күн бұрын
@@honestplaces Not a problem. 🙂
I expected to see Dobo around the bar in the Blind Beggar, or a few old timer ex Royal Green Jackets. Yes it is rough and most definitely needs some work done to the infrastructure.
I half expected Zeppelins manager Peter Grant coming back from the dead and tackling our main man telling him to keep his lips sealed!!!
the Carpenters Arms is was an excellent pub and was heavy West ham presence on game days it was always packed ... loads of caharacters
There are some belters right around the corner, if you ever return I’d be happy to show you them, old, rough but great.
Hey man I love your videos and I'm thinking about it now lol. I must be lonely or a sad bastard. You do the stuff I do, I'm from Bradford but live in Norwich to escape from the...... rain lol. Apparently the Prince of Wales Road in norwich was one of the worst streets in Europe for violence at one time, come down ill get you a few Guineesss, deffo a typo there somewhere. Its a lovely city, put us on the map. Also do your videos cover your costs? Thats burning me lol Increase the peace, see you in Norwich. Lewis
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
Sounds inviting that mate! Love a rough street followed by dodgy boozers. Yeh it covers it mate....and afee beers
@trigger.t132
20 күн бұрын
No where in Norwich was ever voted as the worst place in Europe u absolute muppet😂
Looks like you had fun with your Leo Sayer, not surprised that a pint of Guinness there costs way more than a deepsea diver though.
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
Deepsea diver 🤣
"surprised there's still not blood on the floor to be honest" LOL
Thnks for a bit of history that really was the founder of gang culture in London
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
True
Was wendall there by chance or are u lot doing a collab?
Visited London back from Japan last year, and can't believe how much it's changed. London feels like a completely different country. It's rare to hear an English accent in London nowadays, let alone a London accent.
@MSMSMSMSSM
20 күн бұрын
London is the best city in the world. Unless you are xenophobic or a racist.
@WaitAMinute1989
20 күн бұрын
I was born and raised in London, till the age of 11. We moved to Canada, I went back after 40 years and can honestly say nobody downtown London spoke English.
@MSMSMSMSSM
20 күн бұрын
@@WaitAMinute1989 Well, thats a lie. I live in London. I don't speak any other languages. Am I just imagining that people speak English here? Yes, its one of the most multicultural cities on the planet. Yes, you hear other languages. That doesn't mean that no one speaks English. Muppet.
@Staffo1982Staffo
20 күн бұрын
@@WaitAMinute1989talking nonsense the pair of ya
@trigger.t132
20 күн бұрын
As some1 born and raised in London I’m sick of hearing these lies from miserable undercover racists like you😂😂😂 majority of London speak English u lot jus come here n always get robbed
Have you done the Rippers pubs ?
Those prices are nuts. Here in Prague at Irish pubs in the heart of tourist central, where only English stag tourists go to get ripped off and because no one else will have them, a pint of Guinness is around 4.5 quid.
Was in the Blackfriar last weekend. One of the better pints of Timothy Taylor's Landlord that I've had.
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
Aint had that in years. Proper pint
Going to be honest now mate I’ve watched a few of your episodes and been on the fence about subbing but seen you team up with wendel guy and thought I’m enjoying your content why ever not. Only thing I’d say try drinking cask real ale if it’s ever available😁😋
@honestplaces
17 күн бұрын
Ahahah cheers pal. I'm gonna venturd out more and explore more beers 👍
What was the pub when in the film Ronnie says "I came here for a shootout"?
@honestplaces
16 күн бұрын
Who knows 🤣
Another pub the twins would meet up in wasn't in London but still north of the Thames, that was The Fountain New Malden, now sadly demolished !
The Krays used the Grave Maurice on Whitechapel Road a lot, although I think it's closed down now. I used to drive past it in the 1980s to watch boxing at York Hall.
What area of London did you do for the next one?
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
Tower hamlets 👍
@Eddie.thompson91
22 күн бұрын
@@honestplaces Mornington Crescent in Camden has a proper council estate boozer. The escape bar. Give it a google. Flat roof the lot
@Harry_84
22 күн бұрын
@@Eddie.thompson91unique interior but proper pub👌🏻
Try going to brixton, croydon or peckham . Find a estate pub down there.
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
Did tower hamlets pal. Do wanna go peckham next time
@moroniciconic
22 күн бұрын
@@honestplaces rather you than me. Not at night either.
I used to drink regularly with my mates from Bethnal Green. The Blind Beggar Pub and the Old Dover Castle Pub just off Bethnal Green high street. Proper pubs still with dodgy geezers 😮 drinking there 😮😮. The black friar drank in there loadsa time when based in the city working 😂😂😂
i allways stop in The Blackfriar when i pop into london before i get the train home i like the pub
@honestplaces
22 күн бұрын
Yeh it is a nice spot that. Good location