London, Eagle Tavern and Tea Gardens, City Road,
London, Eagle Tavern and Tea Gardens, City Road, , pewter ticket, circa 1827, T. ROWSE. EAGLE/ TAVERN/ CITY ROAD, rev. REFRESHMENTS SIXPENCE, 36 mm, (DW 68/ 175), pierced for suspension. The surface of the metal somewhat dull, otherwise very fine. £Sold
Thomas Rouse was proprietor in 1827, the site having previously been the Shepherd and Shepherdess tea garden. In 1825 the Eagle became a Music Hall and gave rise to the old song: "Up and Down the City Road, in and out the Eagle, That's the way the money goes, Pop goes the weasel". The weasel was slang for a tailor's iron; pop is slang for pawn. Pop goes the Weasel was also the name of a country dance in which these words were sung as one of the dancers darted under the arms of the others.
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