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N:The Castle
FN:The Castle
TEL;WORK;VOICE:020 7481 2361
ADR;WORK:;;44 Commercial Road;E1 1LN
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NOTE:This place looms into view like a giant wedge of red and white cheese when approached from the east. As befits its location betwixt the City and the East End, there is a rather mixed clientele here: students from the nearby London Met University and a smattering of suits. As an Essex man I was pleased to see Ridley's Old Bob on offer and duly ordered a pint before finding a place to sit. The vacant table adjacent to the dart board was not tempting: darts landing anywhere apart from the board. As I risked incineration by sitting close to the fire I imagined Jim Bowen emerging from behind the dartboard saying "Look at what you could have won" whilst pointing to an enormous mobile home. A sign above the fire proclaims that the place is open at weekends until midnight. Beer, it seems, gets cheaper the longer you stay here. My first pint set me back £2.40, my second a mere £2. If you stay until the weekend you can buy a pint of beer for the princely sum of £1.50. Perhaps if you dodge the wayward darts and remain here long enough it will be free!
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