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Captain Cook, Putney

Coordinates: 51°27′51″N 0°13′59″W / 51.4640338°N 0.2330318°W / 51.4640338; -0.2330318
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The Captain Cook was a pub in Putney, London.

Location

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The pub was on the north side of the Upper Richmond road, at number 408, on the corner of Dyers lane.[1]

History

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The pub was originally called the Northumberland Arms and was managed by Young & Co,[2] in the 1950s it featured in a painting by local artist Roy Newby (1912 - 2011).[3] The pub was also called the West Putney Tavern[4] and in 1994 became the first of the Jim Thompson Flaming Wok chain oriental themed bars,[5][6] named after the designer Jim Thompson, and won the 1998 Carlton Pub Restaurant of The Year.[7]

The later Captain Cook name was inspired by the explorer Captain Cook,[8] but the pub eventually closed on Christmas Eve in 2013[9] and is now a Sainsbury's Local convenience store.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Captain Cook, Putney". whatpub.com. What Pub. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Putney, The Northumberland Arms, c1907". www.postcardsthenandnow.com/. Postcards Then and Now. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  3. ^ Newby, Michael (2012). Public & Private : the arts of Roy Newby. [Devon]: Funny Little Man Press. p. 134. ISBN 9780957319806. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Captain Cook, Putney". whatpub.com. What Pub. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Jim Thompson's, 408 Upper Richmond Road, Putney, London, SW15 6JP - Restaurant". www.allrestaurants.co.uk. all restaurants. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  6. ^ Campion, Charles (10 April 2012). "One exotic evening". Evening Standard. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Jim Thompson's Flaming Wok London - Oriental Restaurants in London". www.tipped.co.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  8. ^ "All aboad the captain cook". www.putneysocial.co.uk/. Putney Social. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Edith's Streets: Barnes Common". edithsstreets.blogspot.com/. Edith's Streets. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Putney Dyers Lane Local". stores.sainsburys.co.uk. Sainsburys. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

51°27′51″N 0°13′59″W / 51.4640338°N 0.2330318°W / 51.4640338; -0.2330318