The Hatchet - Garlick Hill, London, UK
N 51° 30.724 W 000° 05.627
30U E 701655 N 5710775
The Hatchet public house is located on the east side of Garlick Hill close to the junction with St Thomas Cloak Lane in the City of London. A 3D version of a hatchet forms a part of the pub's sign.
Waymark Code: WMNPQZ
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/15/2015
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A hatchet is a small axe used for splitting wood and a facsinile of one is incorporated into the sign that hangs from the building. A hoop is placed around the hatchet that supports it in an upright position and is also used to hang the sign. At the base, the hoop is attached to a block of wood that has the blade of the hatchet embedded into it. The pub's name is inscribed along the block of wood in gole lettering.
The Darkest London website tells us about the pub:
Described in 1973 as “a good little local”, the Hatchet appears not to have changed much over the last forty years (aside from the cigarette bins fastened to both entrances). The authors suggest the unusual pub name cames from a tool used for trimming wood, a timber harbour once operating on the Thames at the foot of Garlick Hill – but another more recent source claims it took its name from the Hatchet Fur Trading Company, although I’ve been unable to find out anything about them.
Even more pleasingly, stepping inside is like stepping back in time. The nicotine-coloured lights, the racing on the telly, a couple of ornate mirrors, the silent man propped up by the bar – the Hatchet looks more like it belongs in 1973 than 2014, and is all the better for it.
