Product Description
The Blind Beggar is a pub on Whitechapel Road in Whitechapel in the East End of London. It is notable as the former brewery tap of the Manns Albion brewery, where the first modern Brown Ale was brewed. The pub was built in 1894 on the site of an inn which had been established before 1654, and takes its name from the legend of Henry de Montfort.
On March 9th 1966, George Cornell and his friend Albie Woods entered the Blind Beggar pub, ordered some light ales and then sat upon stools next to the bar. At around 8:30pm, both men were approached by Ronnie Kray and a Kray associate, Ian Barrie; upon seeing him, Cornell smiled and said sardonically, “Well, just look who’s here”. As a warning to the barmaid and the few others in the pub, Barrie fired two shots into the ceiling, while Kray walked towards Cornell, took out a 9mm Luger, and calmly shot him once in the forehead, just above his right eye. The men turned and departed to a waiting car on the street. Kray was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder three years later and remained in Broadmoor Hospital until his death in 1995.
This is an A4 sized vinyl sticker of the Bind beggar pub sign. Ideal for pubs, clubs. man-caves, and a great taking point for Kray fans and gangland memorobilia collectors.