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BEEHIVE COFFEE TAVERN, STREATHAM HIGH ROAD, STREATHAM COMMON

BEEHIVE COFFEE TAVERN, STREATHAM HIGH ROAD, STREATHAM COMMON

The Beehive Coffee Tavern was built in 1878/1879 by the temperance movement next to the Pied Bull pub to provide an alternative non-alcoholic attraction for the adjoining factory workers. When the coffee movement collapsed, the building became part of P. B. Cow's rubber factory. The Beehive survives today as a solicitors office and a day nursery, while people continue to quench their thirst next door at the Pied Bull as they have done for more than 250 years.
Details
Collection:Gower Collection
Image type:Photograph
Artist:G. Gower
Ref:04783
Identifier:SP 086
Date:1971

#1951 - 1975  #ARCHITECTURE / BUILDINGS  #FOOD AND DRINK  #Graham Gower Collection  #Photograph  #PUBLIC HOUSES & INNS  #STREATHAM COMMON