Mention of The Railway Tavern in Catford (which I wot not of) reminds me that that was the name of a pub in Stratford (East, not Bill S's town) where I went a few times. Can't remember who ran it.

But one tale is worth telling. Some years back at Sharp's, after I sang a certain song, Rod Shearman came up to me and asked "Where did you get that song?". I replied "From a bloke in a pub in Stratford East, about 1967." Rod said "That was me." The song was his "Bound away for New Zealand".

Richard