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The Acton Arms was situated at 296 Kingsland Road.

This pub had been present by 1839 and was substantially rebuilt in 1889.  It was a Watney’s Brewery pub.  In around 1985 it became a free house and traded for a while as Nolan’s Bar,adopting something of an Irish theme.  By 2000 the name had reverted to the Acton Arms, but the pub closed in 2001 and was converted for use as a hairdressers’ salon.  The ground floor is now unused.

Stephen Harris

The Acton Arms never “adopted an Irish theme”. Luke Nolan and his wife Mary were Irish and ran a friendly little pub which was popular with Irish, Scots and all sorts. I lived on Clarissa Street from 84 to 88 and spent many happy times in “Nolan’s”. A proper pub.

David Malcolm (August 2021)

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