Laurie Arms

The Laurie Arms, 2009

The Laurie Arms is a pub at 238 Shepherd's Bush Road, Hammersmith, London. It was next door to the Hammersmith Palais, a long running dance hall and music venue from 1919, which hosted The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, David Bowie and the Sex Pistols, but was demolished in 2013.[1]

It has been a pub since at least 1881.[2] It reopened in February 2015 as a branch of the Draft House pub chain, with the interior featuring original gig posters and photos from the Hammersmith Palais.[1][3] The refurbishment has retained the ten foot tall stained-glass windows at the front.[1]

Notable visitors have included The Pogues and Elvis Costello.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hammersmith's Local Community Web Site". Hammersmithtoday.co.uk. 51.490405 -0.232193. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  2. ↑ "Laurie Arms, 238 Shepherds Bush Road, W6". Pubshistory.com. 2015-05-30. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  3. ↑ Cumber, Robert (2015-02-26). "Take first look inside pub transformed into shrine to Hammersmith Palais". Get West London. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  4. ↑ Carol Clerk (4 November 2009). Kiss My Arse: The Story of the Pogues. Omnibus Press. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-85712-019-9. Retrieved 19 February 2016.


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