Fishmongers Arms

The Fishmongers Arms is a former public house on the corner of Trinity Road and High Road, Wood Green, in the London Borough of Haringey. It was known as O'Rafferty's when it closed after 2000.

Fishmongers Arms
The Fishmongers Arms
The Fishmongers Arms
The Fishmongers Arms
General information
AddressTrinity Road and High Road, Wood Green
Town or cityLondon
CountryEngland
Coordinates51.6009°N 0.1120°W / 51.6009; -0.1120
The cattle trough and drinking fountain in High Road, Wood Green

At the rear of the pub was the Bourne Hall, which the venue for the Wood Green Jazz Club, which was captured in the 1955 BFI-funded documentary film Momma Don't Allow. The club later became The Barracuda, and in 1971 Fagans.

During the 1960s the pub was a rock music venue. It hosted early performances by musicians and bands that would go on to become famous, including John 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, and Pink Floyd.[1]

On the High Road side is a Grade II listed cattle trough and drinking fountain constructed for the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association in 1901.[2] The nearby Haringey Civic Centre was built on the site of the former Fishmongers' and Poulterers' Almshouses.[3]

References
  1. McKeever, Richard (26 September 2012). "Our Musical Heritage: Live at the Fishmongers Arms". Bowes and Bounds Connected. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  2. Historic England. "Cattle trough (1249717)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  3. Pevsner, Nikolaus & Bridget Cherry (2002). The buildings of England London 4: North. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. p. 596. ISBN 0300096534.


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