tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059825326353558046.post4271905430532433656..comments2024-03-28T11:13:52.692+00:00Comments on THE HORNSEY ROAD: The Eaglet & the Zeppelindellamirandolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14408597887346997944noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059825326353558046.post-26847784424786010452019-05-06T11:31:39.756+01:002019-05-06T11:31:39.756+01:00My Great Grandfather was at the pub when this happ...My Great Grandfather was at the pub when this happened. The family lived on Hornsea Road. He was a French polisher and had been invalided out of the army after getting injured. His name was William John Forester Keating. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02439184217633487392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059825326353558046.post-76904953744694642582012-01-05T18:07:55.123+00:002012-01-05T18:07:55.123+00:00Thank you anyway. Now as I walk past the Eaglet I ...Thank you anyway. Now as I walk past the Eaglet I can think that it's not the pub in DTTMOT and life becomes a little less boring.dellamirandolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14408597887346997944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059825326353558046.post-45200913544337879352012-01-04T20:08:16.686+00:002012-01-04T20:08:16.686+00:00In fact, Anthony Powell's fictional pub is the...In fact, Anthony Powell's fictional pub is the Mortimer, placed near Gerrard St in Soho, and was said to have been destroyed in the Second World War. But I stand by the reminiscence all the same.mswnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059825326353558046.post-22936521124520135352012-01-03T20:24:41.838+00:002012-01-03T20:24:41.838+00:00The bomb-damaged pub reminds me of the opening sce...The bomb-damaged pub reminds me of the opening scene of (I think) <i>Casanova's Chinese Restaurant</i>, where the narrator walks past just such a place. The odds are pretty low that it's the same one, I guess.mswnoreply@blogger.com