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The Imperial was situated on The Quadrant, closing in the 1980s.

Source: Dr John T Andersen

A place to hang out if you were long haired and a pre hippie hippie in 63 or 64 as I did, very down at heel boozers pub were you could get rough cider for around 1/-6d a pint that’s around 7p in today’s money.. Many a budding Blues and Jug Band purist gathered and lounged on the beaten up old sofa’s to make music and form a band, the Jerico Jug band was one in particular, founder member being Tony ‘Duster’ Bennet who went on to record with Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer.. and had a solo Bluesman career.. Many other on to greater fame types who hung around Richmond at the time, like Eric, probably dropped by.

Brian Ranken (March 2025)

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