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Kris Law
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Username: Kris

Post Number: 15
Registered: 12-2003

Posted on Friday, December 05, 2003 - 11:29 am:

I was reading about some of the pubs in Whitechapel, and the Prince Albert public house was described as a "clean house".

Does anyone know what this means? To me, it seems to suggest a pub with no hooch, but that doesn't seem to make a lot of sense.

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