| Fishmongers Arms | |
|---|---|
 The Fishmongers Arms | |
  The Fishmongers Arms Location within London Borough of Haringey Show map of London Borough of Haringey The Fishmongers Arms The Fishmongers Arms (Greater London) Show map of Greater London | |
| General information | |
| Location | 287 High Road, Wood Green, London, England |
| Coordinates | 51°36′03″N0°06′43″W / 51.6009°N 0.1120°W /51.6009; -0.1120 |
| Opened | 1855 |
| Closed | 2000s |
TheFishmongers Arms is a formerpublic house inWood Green in theLondon Borough of Haringey. Built in 1855 on the site of the former Wood Green Farm,[1] Its name derived from the adjacent Fishmongers' and Poulterers' Almshouses, which were demolished in 1956 for the construction of theHaringey Civic Centre.[2]
At the rear of the building was Bourne Hall, a dance hall built in the 1920s, which in the 1940s became the venue for the Wood Green Jazz Club. The club was captured in the 1956BFI-funded documentary filmMomma Don't Allow. In the 1950s, two of the pub's upstairs rooms hosted "The Deb-On-Air Charm School", while a third was used for jazz band practice by musicians includingHumphrey Lyttleton andWally "Trog" Fawkes.[3]
During the 1960s the pub was a rock music venue, and hosted early performances by musicians and bands includingJohn Mayall's Blues Breakers,Cream,Zoot Money,Graham Bond,Brian Auger,Julie Driscoll,Long John Baldry,Joe Cocker,Rod Stewart,Fleetwood Mac,Ten Years After,The Groundhogs,The Kinks,Led Zeppelin,Jethro Tull, andPink Floyd.[4] The pub and club later became The Barracuda, and in 1971 Fagans. It was known as O'Rafferty's at the time of its closure in the 2000s. The building was subsequently converted into flats.
On the High Road side is aGrade II listedcattle trough anddrinking fountain constructed for theMetropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association in 1901.[5]
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