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The Pontefract Castle was situated at 71 Wigmore Street. This pub was part of the Nicholsons chain and closed in January 2015. It is due to be demolished around a retained facade.

I went to UCL and in my second year lived in a student hall on Oxford St (entrance was in North Row). We considered this to be our local, once went to order a round of drinks, got back to the table to be told I’d been standing next to Billy Conolly at the bar. He was wearing a Led Zep European tour 1980 jacket.

Guy Clarke (May 2019)

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Picture source: Movement80

Picture source: Movement80