Cockney Pride

West End, London

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Piccadilly Circus, London SW1Y 4QE

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Piccadilly Circus Tube Station (<0.1 km)
Leicester Square Station (0.4 km)

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SidSlick
Leeds
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Review of Cockney Pride from 22 November 2012

I was also there 1976 - 77 under General Manager Clive Faulkner. The company gave me a flat in the Haymarket overlooking Jermyn Street. My first child was born there in 1977. I was moved shortly afterwards to other pubs around London by Henekey's, but you could never recapture the atmosphere, and partly the danger, of the Cockney when it was in full swing - which was virtually every night. One week we did a party for the Stones, the week after it was British Rail. One night we even had 12 bombs go off around Soho and Piccadilly, but we kept serving and Thunderclap Jones carried on playing honky tonk piano in the bottom bar. I was more worried about the rollocking for removing the bomb proofing off the windows earlier in the week than getting blown up. A different world and not so long ago.... & 29p a pint!

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JoanMori
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Review of Cockney Pride from 17 March 2011

the Cockney Pride ;-)) waauu, that was my working place in 1987 and in the butlers winbar ;-)) those were days ;-))
i was very sad to see it go :-( that was were us who used to work there allwas met when we came back to London, now we all have lost contack, very sad :-(
It will allways be in my very good memories.
Love to all who was there in those days.
Joan from Denmark

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daughters, 29 March 2013:
Hi all my name is sue Faulkner my dad Clive managed the Camden Head and the Cockney pride also the pakenham arms i remember them so well and those were the good days sorry to say my dad past away 20 years ago but i will always remember the fun i had and meeting so many people
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graham2011
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Review of Cockney Pride from 7 January 2011

I was general manager at the Cockney Pride from 1969 to 74. It was a great pub. I was also sorry to see it go.

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philgold10, 8 March 2011:
I remember being there in 1970/71 as assistant general manager (having taken over from Graham Harper) to the new general manager Kenny Campbell. Does anyone remember the parrot Charlie?
graham2011, 8 March 2011:
The parrot "Charlie" was given to an Iranian lad who was the only one the parrot liked... Kenny Campbell was a good friend, shame he passed on so young. I went back as general manager later with David McLean as area manager. I never knew why they closed the pub, always brought in a lot of clients and made good money.
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BrendaW
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Review of Cockney Pride from 26 October 2010

Yes I remember it well. I used to work there and when I returned to London last Christmas after almost 30 years I enjoyed going for dinner at what is on the site now The Criterion restaurant.

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graham2011, 7 January 2011:
I was general manager at the Cockney Pride from 1969 to 74. It was a great pub. I was also sorry to see it go.
philgold10, 8 March 2011:
The Criterion Restaurant has been there since 1873!
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PJebsen
Hamburg
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Review of Cockney Pride from 12 August 2008

Does anyone remember this huge underground pub which used to stretch from Piccadilly Circus/Coventry St. to Jermyn St.?

I got introduced to it by a British photographer from Farnham who worked for my hometown newspaper in Wolfsburg/Germany at the time.

Since then, I returned to Cockney Pride whenever I was in London (and while the pub was still around).

I particularly liked the fact that, despite the touristy location, Cockney Pride seemed to attract both Londoners and travellers.

My favourite Cockney Pride memory is an evening which involved a singing competition between British and Swedish soccer fans. In one corner of the main hall (which faced Jermyn St.) the Brits started singing their team's anthem. Close by Swedish fans countered by trying to sing their anthem with an even higher volume than the Brits. This happened shortly before the "Last Orders" call - you can imagine how the singing teams' volume increased by 11 p.m.!

[I wrote this under the influence of various songs by my favourite British pub rock duo Chas 'n' Dave. Some of their songs are available for download at emusic - here's C&D's main page at emusic.]

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dmj1962, 12 August 2008:
Wow. Chas & Dave. That brings back memories. I think they were always regarded at home as something of a novelty act at the time - largely due to some appearances on 'Top of the Pops’.
PJebsen, 12 August 2008:
@dmj1962: AFAIR, I first became aware of Chas 'n’ Dave when “Ain’t No Pleasing You” was a hit in the UK. I still genuinely like their music, especially the songs featuring Chas’ former Heads Hands & Feet bandmate Albert Lee (one of my favourite guitarists of all time).
LeB60, 14 October 2010:
I remember the Cockney Pride well, as it was where I met my wife in 1970. Such a pity it disappeared.
fundays, 26 February 2011:
I loved it and remember the pearly king and queen playing piano ( May be its because Ime a Londoner) and the whole crowd would be singing along, great times nothing like it now.
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