The Bricklayers Arms, 1 Edith Road, Bounds Green, 1896-1965 - A local pub for local people!

Top Haringey historian, Albert Pinching (**doffs cap **), briefly mentions this lost pub on the estate behind The Springfield Tavern, so your 'umble obsessive 'ere was delighted to have found this photograph in the Bruce Castle Archive last year.

Dated 1964, the sign in the window reads "ALL BEERS served from the WOOD" - i.e. from pwopa wooden barrels made by a traditional Cooper, not like them there new fangled metal casks. The adjacent premises belong to Corwin & Son Ltd, Engineers and Pattern Makers, who were probably no strangers to the bar next door. The pub was demolished in 1968 to make way for social housing.

Research:

Bricklayers Arms, Thomas H Farmer, 1 Edith Road, New Southgate N11 (Middlesex Public Houses in  in a 1937 Directory).

R. Markell, 1 Edith Road, Bounds Green, New Southgate N (This is a listing from the Beer Retailer section of the UK North London Post Office Directory in 1896; This is one of the earlier London Suburbs directories that lists Pubs and street addresses as London instead of the local county.)