This picture was taken (camera phones have improved in the last five years) in the Cock Tavern, Hackney on Sunday evening 15th March 2020. I was having a drink with my partner Megan.
COVID was rife in London at that time, and while we didn’t of course know what was about to happen there was a sense that dramatic measures were coming. Certainly we were already social distancing on that evening.
On Monday 16th March 2020 Boris Johnson urged people to avoid pubs, restaurants etc. On Friday March 20th he ordered the closure of all pubs. They did not reopen until July 4th 2020.
I left for Cardiff on 16th March 2020 and did not return to London until July 2020. In fact the first beer I had in a pub on my return was in the Cock, which I’m pleased to say is still thriving.
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