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Bombay Grab
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Picture source: Stephen
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The Bombay Grab was
situated at 246 Bow Road. This pub was present by 1805 and by 1817 had
become the brewery tap for Hodgson’s Brewery, which had relocated to an
adjacent site. Hodgson’s are of course famous as one of the pioneers of the
export by sea of beer to the British colonies in India. Indeed, the name of
the pub is believed to be a corruption of ‘Bombay
Gurab’, a kind of Indian coastal vessel which
would also have played a part in the export beer trade. The pub was rebuilt
in 1933 when this whole area was redeveloped. After the Second World War,
the licensee was James Charles Lane, a former champion weightlifter and
wrestler. By this time the pub was owned by Ind Coope. It became a free
house in around 1990 and closed very soon after, in 1992 or 1993. In these
later years the pub had been quite a landmark, with its name painted on its
roof in huge white letters, clearly visible from the adjacent Bow Flyover.
The former pub now houses a mosque and an Islamic community centre. |
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The Bombay Grab was the name of a specific ship in the East
India Marine. |
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Martyn Connell (March 2011) |
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The publican in 1900 was George Peter Hans, a
Bavarian who took British nationality. |
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Jean Rolfe (September 2013) |
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