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

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.