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Picture source: Ewan M
The Red Lion was situated at 1 Waverton Street, closing in 2006. This pub has been converted into a £25m five-bedroom house, including a cinema, underground swimming pool and eight bathrooms.
In the Sixties, it was a favourite haunt of those working for the offshore radio stations. In 1966, the offices of Radios London, England and Britain Radio (all in Curzon Street) and Caroline (Chesterfield Gardens) were all just around the corner and the guys, who at the time were regarded with pop star status, spent a lot of time (and money) in the Red Lion.
Mary Payne (March 2014)
My mother worked there from 1945 to 1958 when Mr Horne was the proprietor. The pub was noted for all the famous UK and USA movie stars that visited the pub. My mother kept a autograph book with their autographs during 1946 and 1950 which I still have and treasure. I personally spent an afternoon in the kitchen chatting to Errol Flynn after the pub had closed for the afternoon when I was 14 years old. I am now an 85 year old retired architect living in California USA.
Howard Johnson (August 2020)
My mother also worked there in the late 1950s when Mr Horne was there. I have a visitors book with a few actors signatures and a couple of photos.
John Lee (November 2022)
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Other Photos
Date of photo: 2014	Picture source: Movement80
Arthur Risco, well known stage and film actor at The Red Lion, 1954	Picture source: Howard Johnson
Date of photo: 1954	Picture source: Howard Johnson