Английская Википедия:Green Man, Blackheath
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The Green Man was a public house on Blackheath Hill (now the A2), in Blackheath, London. It was an important stop for coach traffic owing to its position and was used as the headquarters of the Royal Blackheath Golf Club. It hosted "free-and-easy" music hall evenings in the 19th century and jazz and pop music in the 20th. It was a significant local landmark for over 300 years before its demolition in 1970.
Origins
The pub had existed since at least 1629.Шаблон:Sfn It was reportedly named after Herne the Hunter who is believed to have had a group of worshippers in a cavern below the premises.Шаблон:Sfn It became an important stop for coach traffic owing to its position at the top of Blackheath Hill and on the edge of the heath.Шаблон:Sfn It was subsequently used as the headquarters of Royal Blackheath Golf Club.
19th century
The first recorded occasion of a toast to the "Immortal Memory" of Horatio Nelson was on Trafalgar Day (21 October), 1811 at the pub.[1]
During the 19th century, the pub took customers from the Chocolate House on Shooters Hill Road which had been a prominent local establishment during the eighteenth century. The Chocolate House subsequently closed.Шаблон:Sfn
Madame Tussaud took her wax works show there on several occasions over three decades, the final one in late 1833 which was the last before finding a permanent home in London. Шаблон:Sfn
The Inn was also used as a postal collection point.Шаблон:Sfn
Between 1850 and 1902 it held "free-and-easy" music hall evenings.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1854, the bowling green to the rear of the pub was developed into properties, which now makes up part of Dartmouth Terrace.Шаблон:Sfn In 1868, the inn was demolished and rebuilt in a grand Victorian style.Шаблон:Sfn It housed a large function room that was used as a meeting place for various groups.Шаблон:Sfn
20th century
During the early 1960s, the pub hosted the Jazzhouse Club, a popular jazz music venue run by Colin Richardson, who later managed the New Jazz Orchestra and Colosseum. Guests included Graham Bond, Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott, Manfred Mann, Ian Carr and Jon Hiseman.Шаблон:Sfn[2] Paul Simon played an early solo concert at the club as a last-minute replacement for Judy Collins.Шаблон:Sfn A sixteen-year-old David Bowie (then billed as David Jones) was the saxophonist with the Konrads, his first professional band,[3] which was booked to play at the pub in 1963. Lead singer Roger Ferris cut himself on broken glass in the changing room and had to be hospitalised, so Bowie took over as lead singer for this and subsequent gigs.[4]
In 1970, the pub was demolished and replaced by Allison Close, a block of flats.Шаблон:Sfn
See also
References
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External links
- Green Man at pubwiki
- Transpontine: 1960s Jazz and R'n'B in Blackheath - contains information about the Jazzhouse Club in the Green Man
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