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The Greyhound was situated at 72 Balls Pond Road.

The Greyhound was formerly known as the Entertainers in the 1980s and held nightly drag acts,There was a disco on Friday & Saturday night After the show. Many of the Drag acts had also performed at the Royal Oak in Wilton Way E8. I remember watching these shows and how enjoyable and entertaining they were. I think that's where the name Entertainers originated.

Ann Holmes

This pub is noted as being a place of entertainment throughout its long existence. Not recorded is the fact that in the mid-late 1990s regular Sunday lunchtime Jazz sessions took place there. I played with one of the regular bands which performed, and have a recording of one of the sessions.

John Westwood (March 2021)

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