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There's lots of this stuff mentioned in CAMRA magazine. In the 1850s Oxford St used to have something like 38 pubs on it. Now just the one. Can you imagine Oxford Street with that many pubs on it? :)
hippy-
Maybe not for long:
Posted on 5:06 pm, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 by Reporter in Business, Environment
The last remaining boozer on Oxford Street could close its doors as a public house after Westminster Council decided last month to permit a change of use.http://news.fitzrovia.org.uk/2014/10/01/is-last-pub-on-oxford-street-to-close/
spindrift
My old local's under threat:
https://www.change.org/p/waltham-forest-council-we-believe-that-waltham-forest-council-should-help-save-the-heathcote-in-leytonstone-by-issuing-an-article-4-direction-on-the-pub?recruiter=160522609&utm_campaign=mailto_link&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_petition
However, Waltham Forest Council can help stop The Heathcote being demolished, turned into a supermarket or betting shop by using an Article 4 Direction now. This can ensure that only elected Councillors can decide on any change to the use of the building.
https://www.change.org/p/waltham-forest-council-we-believe-that-waltham-forest-council-should-help-save-the-heathcote-in-leytonstone-by-issuing-an-article-4-direction-on-the-pub?recruiter=160522609&utm_campaign=mailto_link&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_petition
Please sign if you can be arsed. Little pockets of land all over Leytonstone have been bought and exploited by developers putting up rabbit hutches at stupid prices, too many pubs are being lost.