Editor's Pick
A 1935 Truman's pub left standing alone in Mile End Park after the Blitz and slum clearance. Oval bar, gold chintz, red light, cash till from the 1960s, live jazz at weekends. Same family since the 1970s.
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Insider Intel
Order This
Whatever cask is on the two handpumps (often a real cider too), paid in cash; stay for the weekend jazz set.
Best Time
Friday or Saturday evening for the live music; a quiet weekday afternoon for the room itself.
Know Before You Go
Cash only, no card. No food. No TVs or fruit machines. Grade II listed interior. Sits by the canal in the park, so approach via Grove Road. Look for: The oval island bar with its largely intact 1935 fittings and the class-graded bars of the original Truman's scheme.