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Picture source: Timothy Keane

The Jolly Butchers was situated at 157 Brick Lane. This pub was established by 1839 and has had an interesting succession of names as follows: 1839: Turk & Slave 1842: Turkish Slave 1844: Turkish Head 1847 - 1875: Turk & Slave 1881 - 1986: Jolly Butchers The leasehold was acquired by Truman’s Brewery in 1922 and the pub remained with Truman’s until its closure in the late-1980s.  The premises now serve as a coffee house.

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Name	Dates	Comments
John Maynard	1975	The saloon bar sold Truman's beers and was a normal bar, albeit mostly empty. The public bar, standing room only, sold very cloudy scumpy cider and was full of dossers out of their heads on cider at 10 pence per pint. Those were the days!
Jeff Mansfield	1963/1970	We took over the tenancy from J .Cook, I lived there and worked in Holborn. My father was Jack Mansfield, a bare knuckle fighter.

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Picture source: Stephen Harris