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Picture source: Danny Robinson
The California was situated at 12 Albert Road. This pub closed in 2007.
I was in London E16 today.  The California on Albert Road has been demolished.
Colin Price (September 2010)
This pub was opened by my great-great grandfather John Stemp around 1855. As I understand it, he had been living in California USA and had returned home with a wife, child and money! He built a house on Albert Road which was prone to flooding but he seems to have realised that the new Royal Dock would alleviate the problem and allow him to open the pub, appropriately named The California. John Stemp died in 1872 and his son, John Nelson Stemp, took over the business. For whatever reason, John Nelson left the California and opened another pub at 52 Albert Road called The Lads of the Village. Whether the family ran both pubs I do not know.
Rick Heslop (February 2024)
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Site of The California, 2012	Picture source: Colin Price