Lamb - Bloomsbury - London 2
The Victorian bar with its snob screens.
Part of my ‘Victorian Splendour’ pub crawl. The Lamb, a beautifully preserved, Grade II listed Victorian pub still has the etched glass snob screens in place above the bar. These are set at around head height, and can be swivelled in order to allow drinkers to maintain a degree of anonymity. To the rear of the pub, where the original partitioning is still evident, are fine examples of etched glass and smart leather banquettes line walls on either side of the pub.
Photographed 12 September 2011.
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DaveGray (8 months ago | reply)
Good looking interior Bob, I guess part of the purpose of the screen over the bar is to prevent customers climbing over or grabbing/punching the staff !
BobOsborn (8 months ago | reply)
You'd think, wouldn't you? But apparently the Victorians got up to all sorts of hanky-panky in the partitioned-off pub interiors and this just gave them a bit more privacy. Thinking about it, we could do with some of Yeovil's pubs being partitioned off - especially Friday and Saturday nights!