Newman Arms

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The Newman Arms

The Newman Arms is a public house at 23 Rathbone Street, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 1NG.

The pub dates back to 1730, and there was once a brothel there. Today, there is an old-fashioned prostitute painted onto a bricked-over upstairs window.[1]

The Newman Arms appears in two of George Orwell's novels, Nineteen Eighty-Four and Keep the Aspidistra Flying, as well as in Michael Powell's film Peeping Tom.

It was the model for the "Proles" pub in Nineteen Eighty-Four.[1]

In 2012, Westminster Council told the pub to serve drinks more slowly (ensuring each transaction is complete before starting a new one), as a condition to retaining their licence.[2][3]

There is an unofficial blue plaque in honour of the former landlord: "Joe Jenkins, ex-proprietor, poet, bon viveur and Old Git, regularly swore at everybody on these premises".[1]

References

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  3. ↑ "Westminster Council licence review on Duke of York pub is "warning shot" to licensees". The Publican's Morning Advertiser, Adam Pescod, 18 October 2012.

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