Maundy Thursday - Oliver Hound...

Robson's suggested recently that we might pursue the Ollie Reed 'Wimbledon Run' pub crawl on Maundy Thursday so this post is merely to lay out my initial research and invite suggestions and feedback...

Before the details, a little background...

I started listening to the audio-book of 'What Fresh Lunacy Is This?' - Robert Sellers' authorised biography of the late Oliver Reed.  Very early on in the first chapter, in a bid to establish Reed's character and background, the author sets out a drinking challenge that Reed established in and around Wimbledon Village where Reed spent his formative years ...

... whilst it is fully 60+ years since Reed was carousing and wassailing around his now infamous 'Wimbledon Run' and almost 16 years since his untimely death, it is a remarkable tribute to the boozers of SW19 that most of the establishments of his 1960s pub-crawl are still open for business.

Oliver Reed's original 'Wimbledon Run';
Rose & Crown
Dog & Fox
Castle / Fire Stables
King Of Denmark - closed/redeveloped
The Swan
The Brewery Tap - closed/redeveloped
The Hand In Hand
The Crooked Billet


So, using that as a basis I've done a bit more research and can offer nine boozers - including the six remaining from Reed's original 'Run'...

01 The Crooked Billet - http://www.thecrookedbilletwimbledon.com/
02 The Dog & Fox - http://www.dogandfoxwimbledon.co.uk/
03 The Fire Stables - http://www.firestableswimbledon.co.uk/
04 The Hand In Hand - http://www.youngs.co.uk/pubs/hand-in-hand
05 The Swan - http://www.taylor-walker.co.uk/pub/swan-wimbledon/c6743/
06 The Rose & Crown - http://www.roseandcrownwimbledon.co.uk/
07 Fox & Grapes - http://www.foxandgrapeswimbledon.co.uk/
08 Hemingways - http://www.hemingwaysbar.co.uk/
09 The Alexandra - http://www.alexandrawimbledon.com/

... with the geography looking like this...

 

 

 

So, for the sake of kicking it off I'll propose a route of 9, 5, 4, 1, 6, 8, 3, 2, 9 !?!

 

Drop any/all thoughts and suggestions below...