retiredmartin

December 2023. Maryland. East London.

I hope you’re enjoying this pictorial trip through East London as much as I did, but do I care if you’re not ?

With Hackney and Stratford conquered, I just had Forest Gate to go. Theoretically doable on bus, but who wants to use a bus. Ugh.

Far better to walk the 1.7 miles, explore Maryland and the backstreets of Newham, and marvel at the Time Spiral outside the station on the Elizabeth line, which I’ve still never been on. I hear it goes to Reading, can that possibly be right ?

Yes, it can.

So Quinno could come here from the Nag’s Head where he lives to enjoy some of the cheapest Singapore rice I’ve ever seen (in 2021, anyway) at Canton Takeaway.

But what pubby joys would Quinno find in Maryland ?

Umm.

And that’s your lot. Yes, it’s the Iron Maiden pub the Cart & Horses or nowt.

That’s the CAMRA approved Iron Maiden, of course.

I was a teenage Maiden fan, till Di’Anno left anyway.

I thought briefly about doing a “What’s famous about this pub ?” type blog,

but they’re not exactly hiding their light under a bushel(l), Garry* or otherwise.

You’ll be devastated to read I didn’t go in, so here’s what it looks like, from their website.

Hmm, bit smarter than you expected. No cask, but perhaps the largest range of Robinson’s bottled beers in the country, and I just made that up. You could have a good night working through those Troopers.

Heathen Deity play there tomorrow night; you remember Heathen Deity, right ?

*I’ve just noticed that Gary Bushell actually wrote “Running Free – The Authorised Biography of Iron Maiden” which makes that reference official genius.