Surrey Commercial Dock Tavern pub - Rotherhithe Street, SE16

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Surrey Commercial Dock Tavern pub - Rotherhithe Street, SE16

Image: © Chris Lordan Taken: 9 Sep 2009

Seems a shame how this historic pub has been depicted. Opened about 1865 as the name of the title and was then at the junction with Derrick Street. Its postal address has varied from 351 Rotherhithe Street (1918) to 1 Redriff Road (1960) and then in 1970 back to its original address. Between 1920-28 it was known worldwide, via foreign seamen, as the "Fitchetts" after Mr Fitchett the licensee. For many years a lamp in the shape of a barrel bearing the name Fitchett hung outside the front. This disappeared in the late 1970s. It is believed the pub was built on the site of the 'Union Jack Beer House' 1832 - possibly 1865. As may be seen, it's now the 'Aardvark'

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