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The Blue Posts is listed in the Masonic Lodges for 1813, when it is named as the meeting place for the St. James's Lodge in 1754. It was most recently re-built in 1914. ***
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The Blue Posts was attacked and destroyed by a brontosaurus in the Lost World 1925. Apparently the animators used to drink there.
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Blue Posts, 22 Berwick Street, W1 - in circa 1960
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Blue Posts, 22 Berwick Street, W1 - in July 2007
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Scientific Lodge, named in 1791, meets at the Blue Posts, Berwick street, Soho, London in 1790
1831/Mrs Leer Thurston, Blue Posts, Berwick street, Soho, 10 guineas/../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1833-34/John Charles Thurston/../../../Pigots Directory
1839/William Michael Davis/../../../Pigot's Directory *
1841/William Michael Davis/../../../Post Office Directory *
1848/William Michael Davis/../../../Post Office Directory *
1851/Thomas Chivers/../../../Post Office Directory *
April 1852/Thomas Chivers/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
April 1852/George Goddard/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
1856/Geo Goddard/../../../Post Office Directory
1869/Rotherham Swallow/../../../Post Office Directory
1881/Samuel Stone/Publican/28/Devon/Census
1881/S A Stone/Wife/24/Devon/Census
1881/Bessie Stone/Daughter/2/Devon/Census
1881/T Stone/Brother, Barman/22/Devon/Census
1881/Lucy Stone/Sister/24/Devon/Census
1881/Frank Dean/Potman/27/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/L Hampton/Domestic Servant/15/Gloucester/Census
1882/Samuel Dyer Stone/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/William F Archard/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/William Ferris Archard/../../../Post Office Directory
1895/Henry John Treadaway/../../../Post Office Directory *
1899/Robert Augustus Arlidge/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/Harry Joel/../../../Post Office Directory *
1921/Harris Joel/../../../Hughes Directory *
1938/Herbert Spencer/../../../Post Office Directory *
1944/Harry Cohen/../../../Post Office Directory
A silent, and undated, newsreel from British Pathe News about Berwick Street ***
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** Provided By Stephen Harris
*** Provided By Wade Brice
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