Category: Blackhorse Lane, London

Blackhorse Lane, London

A view of the Royal Standard in Blackhorse Lane, E17 in the 1970s. The Standard was a popular music venue for many years and was directly opposite Blackhorse Road tube station on the Victoria Line.

Image: Photographer unknown

I took this photograph in 2020 and, in the intervening years, the area around the Standard has completely changed with new developments of flats apparent behind it. In the last couple of weeks (Summer 2023) the Standard was finally demolished.

Image: ©TimeViews 2020

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Blackhorse Lane, London

The Royal Standard Public House was first mentioned in the census of 1861. The pub was situated at the crossroads of the London to Woodford, and the Stratford to Waltham Abbey routes. At the time, the ‘victualler’ (Charles Dabbs) employed an ostler which implies that stables were maintained here to ensure that travellers could have their horses catered for.
By the time that this photograph was taken (1910) the pub was doing well with quite a few staff who lived on the premises. In the second half of the 20th century, the Royal Standard became a music venue.
Image: Footsteps
The Royal Standard finally closed in 2011 and now finds itself in the middle of huge regeneration in the Blackhorse Road/Lane area.
Image: © Steven Miell (TimeViews)
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