Hungerford
1930s
Interwar Piccadilly
Visual timeline
Pubs, bars and nightlife across the years — openings, closures, name changes, and selected historical photographs from the catalogue.
21 recorded venues· 20 decades
Decade 1 of 20 · Coaching-inn Britain
about 2dEstimated
Straight line for 1755 between 1750 at 1¾d (backcast, not a dated observation; half of London porter at 3½d a quart in 1779, 1780, 1786 and 1791) and 1801 at 2¼d (dated observation; half of porter at 4½d a quart). Both ends are taken from Pattinson, 29 December 2022: http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2022/12/war-tax-and-technology.html. Shown in old pence, 240 to the pound. Before the Imperial Weights and Measures Act 1824, the pint was not one national measure. This figure halves a London porter quart. It is not a recorded imperial pint. Not a measured UK average and not a price at a pub here. Rounded to the nearest penny.
Pattinson, 29 December 2022Catalogue notes for this decade
Decade 2 of 20 · Coaching-inn Britain
about 2dEstimated
Straight line for 1785 between 1750 at 1¾d (backcast, not a dated observation; half of London porter at 3½d a quart in 1779, 1780, 1786 and 1791) and 1801 at 2¼d (dated observation; half of porter at 4½d a quart). Both ends are taken from Pattinson, 29 December 2022: http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2022/12/war-tax-and-technology.html. Shown in old pence, 240 to the pound. Before the Imperial Weights and Measures Act 1824, the pint was not one national measure. This figure halves a London porter quart. It is not a recorded imperial pint. Not a measured UK average and not a price at a pub here. Rounded to the nearest penny.
Pattinson, 29 December 2022Catalogue notes for this decade
Decade 3 of 20 · Coaching-inn Britain
about 2dEstimated
Straight line for 1805 between 1802 at 2d (dated observation; half of porter at 4d a quart) and 1806 at 2½d (dated observation; half of porter at 5d a quart). Both ends are taken from Pattinson, 29 December 2022: http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2022/12/war-tax-and-technology.html. Shown in old pence, 240 to the pound. Before the Imperial Weights and Measures Act 1824, the pint was not one national measure. This figure halves a London porter quart. It is not a recorded imperial pint. Not a measured UK average and not a price at a pub here. Rounded to the nearest penny.
Pattinson, 29 December 2022Catalogue notes for this decade
Decade 4 of 20 · Coaching-inn Britain
about 2dEstimated
Straight line for 1815 between 1806 at 2½d (dated observation; half of porter at 5d a quart) and 1816 at 2¼d (dated observation; half of porter at 4½d a quart). Both ends are taken from Pattinson, 29 December 2022: http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2022/12/war-tax-and-technology.html. Shown in old pence, 240 to the pound. Before the Imperial Weights and Measures Act 1824, the pint was not one national measure. This figure halves a London porter quart. It is not a recorded imperial pint. Not a measured UK average and not a price at a pub here. Rounded to the nearest penny.
Pattinson, 29 December 2022Catalogue notes for this decade
Decade 5 of 20 · Coaching-inn Britain
about 2dEstimated
Straight line for 1825 between 1816 at 2¼d (dated observation; half of porter at 4½d a quart) and 1850 at 2d (representative year, not a dated observation; half of the four-ale at 4d a quart). 1816: Pattinson, 29 December 2022 http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2022/12/war-tax-and-technology.html. 1850: Cornell, Brewery History 123, pp. 47 and 51 https://www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/123/Beer.pdf. Shown in old pence, 240 to the pound. Before the Imperial Weights and Measures Act 1824, the pint was not one national measure. This figure halves a London porter quart. It is not a recorded imperial pint. Not a measured UK average and not a price at a pub here. Rounded to the nearest penny.
Pattinson, 29 December 2022Catalogue notes for this decade
The Plume of Feathers is first recorded in 1823.
High Street
Decade 6 of 20 · Coaching-inn Britain
about 2dEstimated
Straight line for 1835 between 1816 at 2¼d (dated observation; half of porter at 4½d a quart) and 1850 at 2d (representative year, not a dated observation; half of the four-ale at 4d a quart). 1816: Pattinson, 29 December 2022 http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2022/12/war-tax-and-technology.html. 1850: Cornell, Brewery History 123, pp. 47 and 51 https://www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/123/Beer.pdf. Shown in old pence, 240 to the pound. Before the Imperial Weights and Measures Act 1824, the pint was not one national measure. This figure halves a London porter quart. It is not a recorded imperial pint. Not a measured UK average and not a price at a pub here. Rounded to the nearest penny.
Pattinson, 29 December 2022Catalogue notes for this decade
Decade 7 of 20 · Coaching-inn Britain
about 2dEstimated
Straight line for 1845 between 1816 at 2¼d (dated observation; half of porter at 4½d a quart) and 1850 at 2d (representative year, not a dated observation; half of the four-ale at 4d a quart). 1816: Pattinson, 29 December 2022 http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2022/12/war-tax-and-technology.html. 1850: Cornell, Brewery History 123, pp. 47 and 51 https://www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/123/Beer.pdf. Shown in old pence, 240 to the pound. Before the Imperial Weights and Measures Act 1824, the pint was not one national measure. This figure halves a London porter quart. It is not a recorded imperial pint. Not a measured UK average and not a price at a pub here. Rounded to the nearest penny.
Pattinson, 29 December 2022Catalogue notes for this decade
Decade 8 of 20 · Victorian London
about 2dEstimated
Straight line for 1855 between 1850 at 2d (representative year, not a dated observation; half of the four-ale at 4d a quart) and 1938 at 5d (representative year, not a dated observation; Bolton mild at 5d a pint). 1850: Cornell, Brewery History 123, pp. 47 and 51 https://www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/123/Beer.pdf. 1938: Mass Observation (1943), pp. 30–31 http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2011/05/beer-in-worktown.html. Shown in old pence, 240 to the pound. Not used as an anchor: Boak & Bailey (25 July 2018, https://boakandbailey.com/2018/07/beers-of-the-20th-century-pub-part-1-1900-1959-the-rise-of-mild/) say ordinary mild cost 7d by 1917, but the Times passage they quote (20 July 1917) does not state a price. Not a measured UK average and not a price at a pub here. Rounded to the nearest penny.
Cornell, Brewery History 123, pp. 47 and 511 closed
The Salisbury Arms is first recorded around 1850.
High Street
The Railway Tavern is first recorded in 1851.
Station Road
Decade 9 of 20 · Victorian London
about 3dEstimated
Straight line for 1865 between 1850 at 2d (representative year, not a dated observation; half of the four-ale at 4d a quart) and 1938 at 5d (representative year, not a dated observation; Bolton mild at 5d a pint). 1850: Cornell, Brewery History 123, pp. 47 and 51 https://www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/123/Beer.pdf. 1938: Mass Observation (1943), pp. 30–31 http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2011/05/beer-in-worktown.html. Shown in old pence, 240 to the pound. Not used as an anchor: Boak & Bailey (25 July 2018, https://boakandbailey.com/2018/07/beers-of-the-20th-century-pub-part-1-1900-1959-the-rise-of-mild/) say ordinary mild cost 7d by 1917, but the Times passage they quote (20 July 1917) does not state a price. Not a measured UK average and not a price at a pub here. Rounded to the nearest penny.
Cornell, Brewery History 123, pp. 47 and 511 closed
Decade 10 of 20 · Victorian London
about 3dEstimated
Straight line for 1875 between 1850 at 2d (representative year, not a dated observation; half of the four-ale at 4d a quart) and 1938 at 5d (representative year, not a dated observation; Bolton mild at 5d a pint). 1850: Cornell, Brewery History 123, pp. 47 and 51 https://www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/123/Beer.pdf. 1938: Mass Observation (1943), pp. 30–31 http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2011/05/beer-in-worktown.html. Shown in old pence, 240 to the pound. Not used as an anchor: Boak & Bailey (25 July 2018, https://boakandbailey.com/2018/07/beers-of-the-20th-century-pub-part-1-1900-1959-the-rise-of-mild/) say ordinary mild cost 7d by 1917, but the Times passage they quote (20 July 1917) does not state a price. Not a measured UK average and not a price at a pub here. Rounded to the nearest penny.
Cornell, Brewery History 123, pp. 47 and 511 closed
Decade 11 of 20 · Interwar Piccadilly
about 5dEstimated
Straight line for 1925 between 1850 at 2d (representative year, not a dated observation; half of the four-ale at 4d a quart) and 1938 at 5d (representative year, not a dated observation; Bolton mild at 5d a pint). 1850: Cornell, Brewery History 123, pp. 47 and 51 https://www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/123/Beer.pdf. 1938: Mass Observation (1943), pp. 30–31 http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2011/05/beer-in-worktown.html. Shown in old pence, 240 to the pound. Not used as an anchor: Boak & Bailey (25 July 2018, https://boakandbailey.com/2018/07/beers-of-the-20th-century-pub-part-1-1900-1959-the-rise-of-mild/) say ordinary mild cost 7d by 1917, but the Times passage they quote (20 July 1917) does not state a price. Not a measured UK average and not a price at a pub here. Rounded to the nearest penny.
Cornell, Brewery History 123, pp. 47 and 512 closed
Decade 12 of 20 · Interwar Piccadilly
about 5dEstimated
Straight line for 1935 between 1850 at 2d (representative year, not a dated observation; half of the four-ale at 4d a quart) and 1938 at 5d (representative year, not a dated observation; Bolton mild at 5d a pint). 1850: Cornell, Brewery History 123, pp. 47 and 51 https://www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/123/Beer.pdf. 1938: Mass Observation (1943), pp. 30–31 http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2011/05/beer-in-worktown.html. Shown in old pence, 240 to the pound. Not used as an anchor: Boak & Bailey (25 July 2018, https://boakandbailey.com/2018/07/beers-of-the-20th-century-pub-part-1-1900-1959-the-rise-of-mild/) say ordinary mild cost 7d by 1917, but the Times passage they quote (20 July 1917) does not state a price. Not a measured UK average and not a price at a pub here. Rounded to the nearest penny.
Cornell, Brewery History 123, pp. 47 and 511 closed
Decade 13 of 20 · Second World War · London Blitz
about 10dEstimated
Straight line for 1945 between 1938 at 5d (representative year, not a dated observation; Bolton mild at 5d a pint) and 1973 at 13p (measured UK average for draught bitter, 13p, from the BBPA Statistical Handbook 2003, p. 44, and 2017, p. 45; the end of this line, not a lager price and not a 1971 price). 1938: Mass Observation (1943), pp. 30–31 http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2011/05/beer-in-worktown.html. 1973: BBPA handbook, via Pattinson, 1 January 2018 http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2018/01/average-uk-draught-beer-prices-1973-2017.html. Shown in old pence, 240 to the pound. On this same line, 1970 and earlier stay in old pence and 1971 onward is new pence. Recollections of about 9d, 1s 10d and about 13p are not anchors on this line. Not a measured UK average and not a price at a pub here. Rounded to the nearest penny.
Mass Observation (1943), pp. 30–311 closed
Decade 14 of 20 · Post-war skies
about 1s 6dEstimated
Straight line for 1955 between 1938 at 5d (representative year, not a dated observation; Bolton mild at 5d a pint) and 1973 at 13p (measured UK average for draught bitter, 13p, from the BBPA Statistical Handbook 2003, p. 44, and 2017, p. 45; the end of this line, not a lager price and not a 1971 price). 1938: Mass Observation (1943), pp. 30–31 http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2011/05/beer-in-worktown.html. 1973: BBPA handbook, via Pattinson, 1 January 2018 http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2018/01/average-uk-draught-beer-prices-1973-2017.html. Shown in old pence, 240 to the pound. On this same line, 1970 and earlier stay in old pence and 1971 onward is new pence. Recollections of about 9d, 1s 10d and about 13p are not anchors on this line. Not a measured UK average and not a price at a pub here. Rounded to the nearest penny.
Mass Observation (1943), pp. 30–311 closed
Decade 15 of 20 · Nightlife glow
1975 · 23pUK average
UK average for a pint of draught lager, from the lager column transcribed by Ron Pattinson (1 January 2018) from the BBPA Statistical Handbook 2003, p. 44, and 2017, p. 45. Not a price at a pub here. ONS series CZMS is used from 1987. Moving from this handbook column onto CZMS is not itself counted as a price change. The 1973 bitter column (13p) is a different drink and is used only as the end of the earlier estimate line.
BBPA handbook, via Pattinson, 1 January 2018Catalogue notes for this decade
Decade 16 of 20 · Late-century nightlife
1985 · 80pUK average
UK average for a pint of draught lager, from the lager column transcribed by Ron Pattinson (1 January 2018) from the BBPA Statistical Handbook 2003, p. 44, and 2017, p. 45. Not a price at a pub here. ONS series CZMS is used from 1987. Moving from this handbook column onto CZMS is not itself counted as a price change. The 1973 bitter column (13p) is a different drink and is used only as the end of the earlier estimate line.
BBPA handbook, via Pattinson, 1 January 2018Catalogue notes for this decade
Decade 17 of 20 · Bar culture
1995 · £1.66UK average
UK average for a pint of draught lager, not a price at a local pub. 1973–1986: BBPA Statistical Handbook, as transcribed by Ron Pattinson (1 January 2018) from the 2003 handbook p. 44 and the 2017 handbook p. 45. From 1987: ONS series CZMS, snapshot verified 13 October 2026 (release 16 September 2026). CZMS is used wherever it exists. Switching onto CZMS is not itself counted as a price change. 2020 and 2021 have no annual row.
Office for National StatisticsCatalogue notes for this decade
Decade 18 of 20 · Contemporary pubs
2005 · £2.41UK average
UK average for a pint of draught lager, not a price at a local pub. 1973–1986: BBPA Statistical Handbook, as transcribed by Ron Pattinson (1 January 2018) from the 2003 handbook p. 44 and the 2017 handbook p. 45. From 1987: ONS series CZMS, snapshot verified 13 October 2026 (release 16 September 2026). CZMS is used wherever it exists. Switching onto CZMS is not itself counted as a price change. 2020 and 2021 have no annual row.
Office for National Statistics2 closed
Decade 19 of 20 · Contemporary pubs
2015 · £3.45UK average
UK average for a pint of draught lager, not a price at a local pub. 1973–1986: BBPA Statistical Handbook, as transcribed by Ron Pattinson (1 January 2018) from the 2003 handbook p. 44 and the 2017 handbook p. 45. From 1987: ONS series CZMS, snapshot verified 13 October 2026 (release 16 September 2026). CZMS is used wherever it exists. Switching onto CZMS is not itself counted as a price change. 2020 and 2021 have no annual row.
Office for National Statistics2 closed
Decade 20 of 20 · Contemporary pubs
2024 · £4.77UK average
UK average for a pint of draught lager, not a price at a local pub. 1973–1986: BBPA Statistical Handbook, as transcribed by Ron Pattinson (1 January 2018) from the 2003 handbook p. 44 and the 2017 handbook p. 45. From 1987: ONS series CZMS, snapshot verified 13 October 2026 (release 16 September 2026). CZMS is used wherever it exists. Switching onto CZMS is not itself counted as a price change. 2020 and 2021 have no annual row.
Office for National StatisticsCatalogue notes for this decade