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The Bosted Boot

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mossg

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Hi all I haven't been on the forum lately and I have a question, has anyone heard of a pub in Aston nicknamed THE BOSTED BOOT ? I would guess it had this nickname in the 1940s and 50s.
 
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St Luke's Tavern - Highgate

Can any of the, erm, older members of the forum remember this place? St Luke's Tavern - Highgate [pic attached] Colloquially known as the "Bosted Boot", St Luke's Tavern stood on the corner of St Luke's Road and Vere Street. It was a building with an unusual shape and featured two arched...
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Yes , it was on the corner of Park Lane and Clarendon Street, the proper name was the Royal Oak, but everyone called it the Bosted Boot, I lived in Clarendon Street for the first 16 years of my life I didn't know the proper name of the pub until many years after I moved away, there may be a photo on the forum somewhere under Park Lane, the address was number 2 Clarendon Street.
 

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