Truman's pubs

Truman's were taken over by Watney Mann in the early 70s to become Watney Mann & Truman. Their pubs remained badged as Truman's well into the 80s and indeed in the early 80s a new range of Truman's real ales - including a mild - was introduced. Ben Truman became the standard keg beer in Watney's pubs, replacing Red.

I assume that, like Watney's, the pubs just progressively lost their identity as they were repainted and refurbished.

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I first remember this pub from the late 1980s as "the Doctor's Dilemma" a curious attempt at a theme pub. I wasn't aware of any connection with Trumans.

There are still quite a few Truman tiled pub exteriors in East London, which I would hope are now listed.

Robin

IIRC, Watneys pubs all had a makeover in the early 80s with a new logo, and the distinctive Trumans branding went then. I remember thinking this was crazy at the time, given that the Trumans brand had escaped most of the bad publicity that had affected Watneys in the

70s. The Trumans cask beers were *much* better than the Watney equivalents - Antler, Stag etc.

Best regards, Paul

-- Paul Sherwin Consulting

Yes, my recollection of it being a Truman,s pub would have been very late 70s to early 80s. It wasn't until I started working in Hammersmith a few years ago, that I noticed that It had become the tapas bar.

Mark.