local!

I've just started reading the new Tracy Chevalier novel, Burning Bright, which is about some children who befriend William Blake (hence the name). I knew that William Blake had lived in Lambeth right around the corner from my office as there is blue plaque and a William Blake housing estate. But the book is quite amusing in that it talks about all the local pubs that are still there over 200 years later! The Red Lion (now called The Walrus), the Horse & Groom (now called the Horse) and the Artichoke (now called the Artichoke and Camel) are all pubs we frequent. Me and William Blake!