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LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 27 Apr 2024 19:24

I was reading about Dirty Dick's it's rather a tragic Story :-0 :-(

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 27 Apr 2024 19:25

Evening Belle <3 <3

It made me chuckle as well MG…was thinking you would need to wear your hard hat to protect against falling debris :-D :-D

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 27 Apr 2024 19:26

Got no further than the photo Belle…do you have a link :-)

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 27 Apr 2024 19:28

It's thought that Charles Dickens based Miss Haversham on it

https://seeyouin.london/2023/the-story-behind-dirty-dicks/



:-) :-) :-)

MotownGal

MotownGal Report 27 Apr 2024 19:31

Did you ever put a photo up on the wall Belle? :-)

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 27 Apr 2024 19:31

Interesting Belle….but sad :-(

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 27 Apr 2024 19:32

I don't think I ever went in there Maddie, I think I might have remembered ;-) :-D

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 27 Apr 2024 19:33

Isn't it just, Ann :-(

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 27 Apr 2024 19:34

So many of the places in The City have so much history attached to them :-D

MotownGal

MotownGal Report 27 Apr 2024 19:34

I remember seeing a mummified cat in a case, in there. :-0

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 27 Apr 2024 19:35

It surprising that it wasn't cleaned until 1980 :-0

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 27 Apr 2024 19:35

Just read your earlier mail MG….a claim to fame :-D :-D

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 27 Apr 2024 19:36

I know….H&S must have visited :-D :-D

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 27 Apr 2024 19:36

There's a picture of mummified animals attached to the ceiling :-0

MotownGal

MotownGal Report 27 Apr 2024 19:36

It certainly wasnt like that when I went in there. And that was in the 1970's. :-0 :-0

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 27 Apr 2024 19:37

Do you think someone complained :-D :-D Took them long enough :-D :-D

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 27 Apr 2024 19:37

Oh don’t Belle :-0 :-0

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 27 Apr 2024 19:37

They probably wanted to start selling Toasties Belle :-D :-D :-D

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 27 Apr 2024 19:38

Perhaps someone got a feather duster out as they knew you were coming Maddie ;-) :-D :-D

MotownGal

MotownGal Report 27 Apr 2024 19:39

I dont think any of the City pubs sold grub to be honest. Mostly office types, like me, nipping in for a VAT. :-D :-D