The Spice of Life | |
---|---|
General information | |
Coordinates | 51°30′54″N 0°07′19″W / 51.5149873°N 0.1220735°W / 51.5149873; -0.1220735 |
The Spice of Life is a pub at Cambridge Circus in London's Charing Cross Road. The pub was founded as The George & Thirteen Cantons[1] in or before 1759,[2] and later became The Scots Hoose. By 1975 it had been renamed The Spice of Life.[3]
As the Scots Hoose in the 1950s and 1960s, the pub had one of Britain's most celebrated folk clubs in its upstairs room,[4] run by Bruce Dunnet,[5] that featured some of the greatest names of the folk revival, such as Bert Jansch, Al Stewart, Davey Graham, Ralph McTell, Roy Harper,[6] Sandy Denny,[7] Ewan MacColl[8] and The Young Tradition.[5] The club operated under various names, including "The Young Tradition".[3]