Eight Bells, Fulham Explained

The Eight Bells is a pub in Fulham High Street, close to the northern end of Putney Bridge.

The Eight Bells was the site of an early dog show, with a toy spaniel show in 1851.^[1]

In 1886, the original wooden Fulham Bridge was replaced by Putney Bridge to the west, and the Eight Bells received compensation for the loss of trade, as that end of Fulham High Street now became a quiet cul-de-sac.^[2]

From 1886 to 1888, Fulham Football Club used the pub as a changing room, as they played at the nearby Ranelagh House until that site was used for housing.^{[3] [4]}

In 1986, Kenneth Erskine, the Hammersmith-born serial killer known as the Stockwell Strangler, raped and strangled his final victim, Florence Tisdall, an 83-year-old widow around the corner in Ranelagh Gardens Mansions, but any cries for help would have been drowned out by a disco at the Eight Bells to celebrate the wedding of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson.^[5]

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Notes and References

1. Book: Hannah Velten. Beastly London: A History of Animals in the City. 19 February 2016. 15 August 2013. Reaktion Books. 978-1-78023-217-1. 202.
2. Book: John Richardson. The Annals of London: A Year-by-year Record of a Thousand Years of History. registration. 19 February 2016. 2000. University of California Press. 978-0-520-22795-8. 308.
3. Book: Suggs. Suggs and the City: Journeys through Disappearing London. 19 February 2016. 17 September 2009. Headline. 978-0-7553-1927-5. 192.
4. Book: Alex White. The Fulham FC Miscellany. 19 February 2016. 31 August 2012. History Press. 978-0-7524-9057-1. 17.
5. Book: Kate Kray. The World's Twenty Worst Crimes - True Stories of 10 Killers and Their 3000 Victims. 19 February 2016. 31 July 2007. John Blake Publishing. 978-1-78418-436-0. 74.