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'''Pig and Whistle''' is a traditional name for pubs; the name is sometimes thought to refer to "wassail".<ref>http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/pig-and-whistle.html Phrase finder: The meaning and origin of the expression: Pig and whistle.</ref>
 
'''Pig and Whistle''' is a traditional name for pubs; the name is sometimes thought to refer to "wassail".<ref>http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/pig-and-whistle.html Phrase finder: The meaning and origin of the expression: Pig and whistle.</ref>
  
The Pig and Whistle near Oxford Street, central London, was the venue for some of the [[London CHE Groups]] in the early 1970s.
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The Pig and Whistle in central London, was briefly according to Michael Moor the venue for [[London CHE Group 2]] in 1970. He described it as being near the junction of South Molton Street and Davies Street, near Bond Street underground station,<ref name=aw1 /> but it is not otherwise recorded.
  
Another Pig and Whistle, in Belgravia, was a popular gay venue for Saturday lunchtime drinking, also in the early 1970s.<ref>[[Peter Scott-Presland]], ''[[Amiable Warriors]]'' Volume One, Chapter 5.</ref>
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Another Pig and Whistle, in Belgravia, was a popular gay venue for Saturday lunchtime drinking, also in the early 1970s.<ref name= aw1>''[[Amiable Warriors]]'', Volume One, page 357.</ref>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 19:48, 19 April 2015

Pig and Whistle is a traditional name for pubs; the name is sometimes thought to refer to "wassail".[1]

The Pig and Whistle in central London, was briefly according to Michael Moor the venue for London CHE Group 2 in 1970. He described it as being near the junction of South Molton Street and Davies Street, near Bond Street underground station,[2] but it is not otherwise recorded.

Another Pig and Whistle, in Belgravia, was a popular gay venue for Saturday lunchtime drinking, also in the early 1970s.[2]

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References

  1. http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/pig-and-whistle.html Phrase finder: The meaning and origin of the expression: Pig and whistle.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Amiable Warriors, Volume One, page 357.