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Old Fountain, The

Description: 3 Baldwin Street, London, EC1V 9NU. Tel: 020 7253 2970.

Newest Review: ... supplied by the brewer. Over time breweries bought up public houses that came onto the market. More insidiously, they also supplied loans to landlords, the loans coming tied to an obligation to take only the brewery's beers. So, "Free Houses" became "Tied Houses". Sadly, many landlords didn't have the honesty to remove the "Free House" sign from ... more

... their premises at the same time. Personally I feel that to continue to "advertise" yourself as a Free House when you are not should be considered a trading offence but sadly, for whatever reason, thos ...more

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Old Fountain, The: Three coins in The (Old) Fountain (982 words)
by - written on 27/02/02 (Very useful, 97 readings)
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The Old Fountain 3 Baldwin Street London, EC1V 9NU 020 7253 2970 I've been up and down the City Road many times but I've never been in or out of The Eagle. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against The Eagle, it's just that it's a bit far from the part of the City Road that I usually get to. As far as I know it's a quite reasonable pub. Probably trades very much on its nursery rhyme association but then you'd expect that wouldn't you? No, I usually end up at the Old Street end. That's the part of the City Road where you find the world-famous Moorfields Eye Hospital. Actually, that's not the ... Read the complete review