Hope and Anchor, Islington

Hope and Anchor, Islington

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caption = The Hope and Anchor, Islington. (October 2005)
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location = Islington, London, England
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completion_date = 1928 (current form)
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The Hope and Anchor is a public house on Upper Street, in the London Borough of Islington. During the mid-1970s it was one of the first pubs to embrace the emergent, but brief, phenomenon of pub rock. With the decline of this movement, the pub went on to become a leading venue in the punk rock movement. [ [http://www.bugbearbookings.com/pages/ha.htm bugbear bookings ] ]

The actual performance space at the Hope and Anchor was, at the time, a spartan and rather grubby basement space, alternately dank or overheated, and always smoky, but this in many ways suited the anarchic ideals of late-'70s live music. The Stranglers recorded their album "Live at the Hope and Anchor" there.

The Hope and Anchor is still a pub and venue today, though facilities have been improved. It also has pool tables on the first floor and a jukebox in the main bar.

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