Laurie Arms Explained

The Laurie Arms is a pub at 238 Shepherd's Bush Road, Hammersmith, London. It was next door to the Hammersmith Palais, a long running dance hall and music venue from 1919, which hosted The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, David Bowie and the Sex Pistols, but was demolished in 2013.^[1]

It has been a pub since at least 1881.^[2] It reopened in February 2015 as a branch of the Draft House pub chain, with the interior featuring original gig posters and photos from the Hammersmith Palais.^{[1] [3]} The refurbishment has retained the ten foot tall stained-glass windows at the front.^[1]

Notable visitors have included The Pogues and Elvis Costello.^[4]

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Hammersmith's Local Community Web Site . 51.490405 -0.232193 . Hammersmithtoday.co.uk . 20 February 2016.
2. Web site: Laurie Arms, 238 Shepherds Bush Road, W6 . Pubshistory.com . 30 May 2015 . 20 February 2016.
3. Web site: Cumber . Robert . Take first look inside pub transformed into shrine to Hammersmith Palais . Get West London . 26 February 2015 . 20 February 2016.
4. Book: Carol Clerk. Kiss My Arse: The Story of the Pogues. 19 February 2016. 4 November 2009. Omnibus Press. 978-0-85712-019-9. 241.