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Closed circa 2009 and demolished in circa 2010. * The Tavistock showed up in a number of TV series, e.g. The Strange Report, episode Epidemic in 1968; a BBC play, Another Flip For Dominick 1982, when the pub was the Frog & Firkin; and in the Withnail & I, where it appeared as The Mother Black Cap, a name which it later adopted. ***
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Tavistock Hotel, Tavistock Crescent Christmas Card by Mr & Mrs C P Ryan - circa 1960
Kindly provided by Alicia Uson
Tavistock Hotel, - The Strange Report, episode Epidemic in 1968
Kindly provided by Vincent O'Loughlin
Tavistock Hotel - from the BBC play, Another Flip For Dominick 1982, when the pub was the Frog & Firkin.
Kindly provided by Vincent O'Loughlin
Tavistock Hotel - from Withnail & I, where it appeared as The Mother Black Cap, a name which it later adopted.
Kindly provided by Vincent O'Loughlin
Residents at this address
1871/Thomas S Thomas/Licensed Victualler/35/Folkington,
Sussex/Census
1871/Emily Thomas/Wife/30/Croydon, Surrey/Census
1871/Emily Thomas/Daughter/9/Epsom, Surrey/Census
1871/Henry M Thomas/Son/3/Eastbourne, Sussex/Census
1871/Bertha Thomas/Daughter/2/Eastbourne, Sussex/Census
1871/Edgar S Thomas/Son/9 months/Eastbourne, Sussex/Census
1871/Kate Farquhar/Barmaid/23/Isle of Man/Census
1871/Eliza Pitcher/Waitress/20/Terington, Sussex/Census
1871/Mary Gridley/Nurse/23/Balham, Surrey/Census
1871/Kate Shepperd/Cook/20/Therfield, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Sidney H Wickenson/Potman/18/Eastbourne, Sussex/Census
1881/William Gabb/Licensed Victualler/35/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1881/Sarah E Machin/Housekeeper/32/Peckam, Surrey/Census
1881/Jas H Reeling/Barman/23/Paddington, Middlesex/Census
1881/Harry Bell/Barman/21/Siltoe, Bedford/Census
1881/Garabalde Stephenson/Potlad/16/Newcross, Hertford/Census
1881/Elizh Gateson/Housemaid/17/Haddenham, Cambridge/Census
1881/Elizh F Joyce/Cook/28/London, Middlesex/Census
1882/William Gabb/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/William Gabb/../../../Post Office Directory
Fulham Chronicle 05 June 1896 - Transfer of Licences
the Tavistock Hotel, Tavistock crescent, Westbourne prak, from C H Abrams to H J Saunders
1899/Mrs Lucy Jeffreys/../../../Post Office Directory
1910/Frederick Thomas Wilson/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/John Mullen/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/J Mullen/../../../Hughes Directory
1934/Charles R Marshall/../../../Post Office Directory
1938/Thomas H Earp/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/Thomas P & Mrs Nellie E Carty/../../../Post Office Directory
My grandfather and grandmother ran the Tavistock Hotel in Nottinghill. They actually moved from the Marlborough Head in Drury Lane to the Tavistock; (it was from about 1937 to after the war). They then went on to run a pub in Chelsea (Moore Arms). *+
1954/Christopher P Ryan/../../../BT Telephone Directory
1957/Christopher P Ryan/../../../BT Telephone Directory
1960/Christopher P Ryan/../../../BT Telephone Directory
1962/Christopher P Ryan/../../../BT Telephone Directory
Kensington Post 20 December 1963 - We Wish you a Merry Christmas
Mr & Mrs Chris Ryan of the Tavistock Hotel, 41 Tavistock crescent W11
They then went on to run a pub in Chelsea (Moore Arms). *+
* Provided By Ewan
*+ Provided By Jane Ryan
** Provided By Stephen Harris
*** Provided By Vincent O'Loughlin
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