The pub opened in the mid-18th century as The Mother Black Cap; a reference to a local witch. A bust of her still sits at the top of the building overlooking the street.
Pre-closure, the bust on near the roof and how the pub looks like right now
In the late 1960s the pub began to put on drags acts and so it became probably the most popular gay pub in this area.I never went inside. I always meant to. Too late now.
Remnants of the old painted sign in the alley pointing to the yard at the rear, the No.171 doorway mosaic and the handwritten note pasted in the window
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