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Picture source: Stephen Harris
The Cricketers Hotel was situated at 181 Clarence Road. This Watney’s Brewery pub was present by 1872.  A 1915 advertisement says it has a ‘comfortable billiards saloon with two tables”.  At this time it was also the HQ of the Cricketers Cricket Club.  It traded for a while in the 1990s as Shamps, reverting to the Cricketers name in 2001.  In June 2008, the Clapton Pond Neighbourhood Action Group raised concerns about the licence at this pub which they said had become a centre for drug-dealing and was linked to a number of violent incidents.  The pub was subsequently closed following a police raid in November 2009.
This pub is now used as a restaurant.
Colin Price (May 2015)
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Date of photo: 2015	Picture source: Colin Price