How London pub the Carlton Tavern survived the Blitz AND the bulldozer

Built more than a century ago, it’s an historic pub that survived the Blitz and even being bulldozed when campaigners identified a major planning permission error. And now the Carlton Tavern in Maida Vale, West London, is set to reopen next month – six years after the developers were sensationally told to rebuild it ‘brick … Read more

Lost Lost Families: Man abandoned at railway tavern as a baby learns he has six siblings 56 years on

A man nicknamed Oliver Twist by hospital staff after he was left by his birth mother in a corned beef box at a Railway Tavern learns he has six full siblings in Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace.  Tonight’s episode of the ITV show features Simon Jeffery, now 56, who still had a wet umbilical … Read more