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Picture source: Stephen Harris
The Queens Head was situated at 74 Commercial Street. This pub was present by 1862 and closed before the 1980s, perhaps long before.  It had been acquired by Hoare & Co’s Brewery in 1926 and presumably later passed to Charrington’s with the rest of that brewery’s estate.  Due to its location, it is of course associated with the ‘Jack The Ripper’ murders, victim ‘Liz Stride having drunk there shortly before her death in 1888.
There's another Jack the Ripper link to this pub. In the early hours of 9th November 1888 a man called George Hutchison claimed that he met the final victim, Mary Kelly, walking on Commercial St. As they parted he saw her meet a well-dressed man who she toolk back to her house. Hutchison claims he stood outside the Queens Head as it had a lamp outside it and looked at the man who 'looked at me stern'
Karl Coppack (October 2016)
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Date of photo: 2016	Picture source: Colin Price