Sign above The Only Running Footman public house, 5 Charles Street, Mayfair, London, UK.

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"In Charles Street, Mayfair there remains evidence of the last vestiges of Georgian competitive running with a tentative link to the cabbies of their day. Dating from 1749 this pub has a curious name: ‘The Only Running Footman’. The pub was once called the Running Horse and frequented by the footmen who were in service to the households of Mayfair. As the fashion for footmen dwindled one bought the pub and renamed it after himself."

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Size: 2415px × 3624px
Location: 5 Charles Street, Mayfair, London, UK
Photo credit: © Maurice Savage / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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