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Date of photo: 2013	© Copyright Malc McDonald and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence
The Black Horse was situated at 425 Oldfield Lane North. A historic pub, on the site of the Greenford Dye works founded by William Perkin (whose name the new high school now bears), It closed in January 2023.
Source: Henry Rzepa
Despite a vigorous campaign by local residents, led by MP James Murray, Fuller’s closed the Black Horse in Greenford on 10 January. The following statement from Fuller’s appeared on the Ealing News website, ‘Shutting pubs is not something that comes easy to us at Fuller’s and we have closed very few over the years. But, from time to time, we reach an impasse with a site that is just no longer viable as a business and the Black Horse is a case in point. We have been running this pub since 1848, although the site today bears little resemblance to the original pub. The area has continually changed and, despite some loyal local support, the Black Horse remains loss-making and we have no alternative than to close it and put the pub on the market for sale. We are sorry to be disappointing the few regulars in the local community that do still use the Black Horse. We have tried to reinvigorate the site many times over the years but we really have run out of road and we have no alternative than to sell’. The local campaigners secured Asset of Community Value listing for the pub last August. We now await developments as regards a sale.
London Drinker magazine, Feb/Mar 2023
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Date of photo: 2013	© Copyright N Chadwick and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence