Stepney Folk

Charley Brown's

Charlie Brown's, the famous tavern, was founded by Charles Brown who was born in 1859 in Hardinge St, Commercial Rd. He had been a boxer and then  became the owner of a baker's shop in Cable St. 

In 1892 he was landlord of the Railway Tavern. which stood at the corner of Garford Street and 114-116 West India Dock Road. 

He had two children. Ethel, who married Tom Chandler, and they kept the pub after Charlie's death and a son, another Charlie, who was the landlord of the Blue Posts. Both pubs were then known as Charlie Brown's.

He became known as the uncrowned king of Limehouse and the sailors friend. He died in 1932. He was buried in Bow Cemetery.