Two Puddings
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The Two Puddings was a pub on Stratford Broadway in Stratford, east London, and a live music venue.
History
In the 1940s and 1950s it became known as the Butcher's Shop because of its reputation for fighting and spilt blood.{{cite news |last1=Reynolds |first1=Laura |title=Story Of Notorious Stratford Pub Told In New Documentary |url=https://londonist.com/2016/06/story-of-notorious-stratford-pub-told-in-new-documentary |access-date=28 February 2024 |work=The Londonist |date=24 November 2016}}{{cite web |title=Screenings of the documentary Tales from the Two Puddings |url=https://www.newhambooks.co.uk/2016/twopuddings.php |website=Newham Books |access-date=29 February 2024}}
From 1962 until the pub closed in 2000, the landlord was Eddie Johnson, father of Matt Johnson, lead vocalist of the The.{{cite news |title=At The Two Puddings |url=https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/08/08/at-the-two-puddings/ |access-date=28 February 2024 |work=Spitalfields Life |date=8 August 2012}}
Performers included the Who, the Small Faces, Screaming Lord Sutch and David Essex, who played his first gig there.
On the first floor was the Devil's Kitchen which is believed to be one of the first discos in the UK.
Eddie Johnson retired to Long Melford, Suffolk, and died in June 2018, aged 86.{{cite news |last1=King |first1=Jon |title=The The lead singer pays tribute to former Stratford pub landlord father Eddie Johnson following his death |url=https://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/news/21430583.lead-singer-pays-tribute-former-stratford-pub-landlord-father-eddie-johnson-following-death/ |access-date=28 February 2024 |work=Newham Recorder |date=4 June 2018}}
References
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