
Simpsons Tavern
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The oldest chophouse in London. Trading since 1757, Simpson’s Tavern is a slice of London’s dining history.🚨FACING PERMANENT CLOSURE🚨 NEEDS SUPPORT
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Great article in @thetimes today . #restaurantreview #SaturdayMotivation #London #londonrestaurants #newsupdates #Cornhill
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#saveoursimpsons We are heartbroken to announce that Simpson's Tavern, Londons oldest Chophouse has been forced to close through the cynical actions of our landlord (Tavor Holdings Ltd, incorporated in Bemuda) and their agents (Hartnell Taylor Cook Ltd). Crowdfunding starts today
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We felt that a great crime against #cityoflondon was committed when #hartnelltayorcook unlawfully forfeited us to engineer a freehold sale in 2022. Sadly now we are a crime scene . We can only look on as the decline is ignored and our offer to purchase rejected. #shame
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It feels a little like the start today .We have been unlawfully forfeited and unlawfully wound up .But today, we have fought the winding up and won. This means we can now fight the forfeiture. which we will also win. It's a long road, but we will get there. #cityoflondon #news
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Many thanks to @Look_UpLondon for keeping us informed (it was their actions that notified me). Glad to see Simpsons Tavern made safe (?) but it still hurts to see her in such disrepair . We will update our solicitor tomorrow & attempt to seek visitation . ##cityoflondon #history.
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What a Friday lunch at Simpson's Tavern would look like at the end of the week. How we miss the simple plating of honest food and the dining rooms fool of life and soul. #saveoursimpsons and head to @crowdfunderuk to support the Institution
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Devastated to see these images this morning. I have called @CityPolice to report, but apart from that, we are forced look on in horror as #hartnelltayorcook allow this decline of the @cityoflondon history They seek to kill off. @ECBIDLondon @CornhillWard #Cornhill #cityoflondon.
The sorry state of @SimpsonsTavern this morning. The Landlord, developers and @HartnellTaylorC should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this historic building (grade II listed by @HistoricEngland no less) to fall in disrepair.
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How it started .How it's going. 266 years ago we moved to 38 1/2 Cornhill & wove the business into the fabric of @cityoflondon . 6 years ago, the building was bought as advised by @HartnellTaylorC . Today we remain closed, despite agreeing on arrears terms in November. Why?
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Thank you @guardian for raising the essential point:. "A city that can't save an institution like Simpsons is no sort of City at all". We are a viable business of 265 years being extorted by @HartnellTaylorC Cultural Vandalism.This must not stand.#sos
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*BREAKING NEWS*.@HartnellTaylorC are refusing to discuss reopening .Despite terms being met and award of ACV.A Whitby Smith clients approach for the freehold demands vacant possession closing Simpsons Tavern . We are ready to reopen. They will not allow it. This is wrong . #help
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Overjoyed to see @cityoflondon unanimously pass the application for ACV status. Thanks to @PeterDunphy1 for his stewarding of this . We will remind @HartnellTaylorC that we are ready to open Simpsons Tavern as soon as they see sense and advise their client properly .#nobrainer
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🚨£80,000 RAISED🚨 through @crowdfunderuk and the love, support and generosity from all of you, you have made this happen. From all of us at Simpson's Tavern THANK YOU
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I can not express the hurt of another Christmas closed. Closure is a choice #hartnelltaylorcook have made - our dispute, unfolding in court at the glacial pace of lawyers paid by the hour - could be unfolding in the background as we traded on. The historic could be opened
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As ever a huge thank you to @CityAM for bringing light to this dark chapter. They remain the local paper of record for @cityoflondon and her constituency . #cityoflondon #Cornhill #squaremile #London #news #history #thepapers
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1 year ago today, we arrived at work to find the landlord had changed the locks. Like thieves in the night, they had snuck in and stole a part of #cityoflondon history. They closed the doors on 300 years of service and ended the employment of staff who had worked their
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Happy New Year's to you all. We remain unlawfully & stupidly locked out by @HartnellTaylorC, but 2023 will be a great year for #fightback.We are in meetings all week to protect our brand and IP, engage litigation & take back what is ours. Cannot wait to get my teeth into 2023!
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It's is difficult to see those images, knowing that we should have been brimming with celebrations.It is heartless to have cut us out of Christmas @HartnellTaylorC .As the City tries to reinvigorate itself, it is places like ours that will be at the centre of why people return
It's poignant looking in the windows of @SimpsonsTavern. Empty of people, it's still ready to serve customers, as it did for 265 yrs before its sudden forced closure. Please support the crowdfunder appeal to help this favourite of @colguides and all who love the City's heritage
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THANK YOU @GBNEWS for featuring us LIVE on Thursday morning with the proprietor of Simpson's Tavern and helping us raise awareness for our #SaveOurSimpsons Campaign @crowdfunderuk . @Nigel_Farage @CornhillWard @CityAM @cityandguilds @Londonist
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The last time the team were at Simpsons Tavern @lisatse kindly recorded these moments . I know I have gone dark a bit recently, but I assure you we are working hard in the background and remain in the fight. We will not give up on Simpsons Tavern and its heritage. Thank you all
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Hear, Hear @PubsSaving. A year shuttered after 257 years on Ball Court and 300 years of service to #cityoflondon . We could have traded through, as many allowed & would have paid off the Covid arrears by now. Instead we're paying Lawyers to sue the Landlords for unlawful acts.
So sad to see @SimpsonsTavern #bank still closed & boarded up. London’s oldest chophouse. The overseas freeholder changed the locks in October 2022 & closed Simpson’s Tavern after a build up of unpaid rent during the pandemic. #savesimpsonstavern #ACV
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Thank you @BBCLondonNews for highlighting the closure of London's oldest Chophouse . 265 years of history erased and @HartnellTaylorC couldn't not even be bothered to join Fridays call as arranged . #culturalvandalism .#Shame
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After the flurry of excitement of victory, it is back to the slow legal grind.All the while, the Tavern sits cold.It seems so unnecessary to have the building hollowed out.It is possible, even normal to trade while a legal dispute goes on, but Hartnell Taylor Cook say no. #Thugs
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🚨£50,000 RAISED TO DATE🚨 We are truly overwhelmed by all the support and help from each and everyone of you who have contributed to our #saveoursimpsons campaign @crowdfunderuk . We will beat Tavor Holdings Ltd. Further funding is being discussed
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As we close for the year, can I just say Thank you, for all the support. We remain in this fight against corporate thuggery & cultural vandalism and will call out @HartnellTaylorC for their part & Whitby Smith for parasitic complicity .We could & should be open. Merry Christmas
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Thanks you @cityoflondon newspaper of record @CityAM for your coverage on this. It's an important step forward to contest the unlawful & frankly misguided attempt to close a 300 year old institution. We served for centuries & fight to serve centuries more
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Scenes from the archive this morning . Great image of the original charcoal grill in the Grill room. We sadly stopped using it after the hundreth chimney fire!. We can trace our history back 300 years this year from the original Simpsons of 1723. #london #cityoflondon #history
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Huge Thanks to @Londoners_Diary of @EveningStandard for covering this parasitic bid from Michael Whitby-Smith .We have been awarded an ACV & agreed terms - We should be open and trading so the community can buy Simpsons .@HartnellTaylorC must stop this now
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BIG THANK YOU to @TimeOutLondon for sharing and exposing the circumstances Tavor Holdings Ltd/Silverland Properties Ltd have forced Simpson's into. Thank you for making all aware of our @crowdfunderuk another day another fight 💪
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HUGE THANK YOU to @thetimes and Giles Coren for another feature on our #saveoursimpsons campaign. PLEASE READ. We are now registering Simpson's for an Asset of Community Value. Tavor Holdings, we are happy to meet and talk over a hot Simpson's Sausage
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The start of what I hope will be a great day for Simpsons Tavern!.At 13.45 @cityoflondon will hearing the planning meeting, during which the application for Simpsons Taverns Asset of Community value will be decided.A HUGE Thanks to the many, many people who wrote in with support
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A slightly hazy start to the week, as the morning starts and life goes on on Cornhill. Sadly down our little alley, no sense nor reason stirs and the lights remain off . We are reading in a Silk for our claim against @HartnellTaylorC and look forward to their thoughts . #london
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We are seeking Executive members who must be either:. * A resident of the City of London (any ward).* A worker in the City of London and eligible to vote.in City of London elections (on any Ward List).* An elected representative in the City of London (CC.or Alderman).#SOS
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Simpsons Tavern has been in service for 300 years since Bird in Hand Court. When @HartnellTaylorC forced our closure, we had almost 200 years of experience in the team. It's not just physical history being erased, people with decades of service have had their careers ended
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Disappointing close to the week. @HartnellTaylorC continue to market the property and refuse to engage. One step forward. They run back . #historyforsale #culturalvandalism #ourlandlordsamonster.@MonsterEnergy.#historical #corporatethuggery
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As more news and press coverage unfolds with our enforced closure, a big thank you to @CityAM for featuring our story on its front page. Our crowdfunder page is now live. Links on our website and Instagram page
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Thank you @hotdinners for highlighting this;. "We think it's an actual scandal to be able to close down one of London's historic and longstanding institutions so casually without being challenged in any way.". @HartnellTaylorC have just rubbed away 265 yr
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HUGE THANK YOU to @TanyaGold1 for her article on Simpson's Tavern expressing how precious the institution is and saving the oldest Chophouse at all costs #saveoursimpsons @crowdfunderuk
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I have just posted a longer form explainer onto LinkedIn . The brevity of Tweets can at times miss the detail. This explains the Unsuccessful bid to wind up Simpsons Tavern and the Suing of The Landlord . #cityoflondon #Cornhill #history #London #property
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A huge thank you to the #squaremile paper of record @CityAM.Grateful for your coverage . We hope @cityoflondon will make the right decision to preserve the City's living DNA .Again, thank you for all for their support #saveoursimpsons #cityoflondon #sos
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I met some of the team for lunch. It was bitter sweet, remembering what we had and what we have lost. Simpsons is more than just the building they are marketing. It's part of the fabric of @cityoflondon & the shared history of the community. Killing that link that is wrong.#sos
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In long summer days, as thoughts drift to holidays, it can feel a little low energy going into a summer lull. For the centuries we have stood, ever was it so. It does not change our course or determination though Our fight with #hartnelltaylorcook remains & we continue.1 of 3
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BIG THANK YOU TO @Telegraph for featuring our closure on PAGE 3 of todays paper! More to follow this week.@CornhillWard @crowdfunderuk @Nigel_Farage @GBNEWS @FraserNelson @Londonist @TanyaGold1 @amylame @stephbrookes @VincentKeaveny @UKHospKate @twocitiesnickie @colguides @LBC
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Great initial conversation with @PlunkettFoundat .A wonderful charity focused on helping communities purchase assets to safe guard them . This could be a route to remove Simpsons from the grubby dealings of @HartnellTaylorC & Whitby Smith. Retweet if you think its a good idea!
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After the highs of winning judgement to the boredom of waiting, It's been a slow week of pencil sharpening & a yawning waste of time. #Hartnelltaylorcook still keep the doors closed; only to keep themselves from admitting they're wrong. They could take rent rather than loses
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A wonderful Victorian era image of the Grill room at Simpsons Tavern - Thanks Chris Darkens for sourcing . I thought I would put it up to show what it did look like, next to how it looks now #Hartnelltaylorcook force its closure and turn the lights out on our living history
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Thank you as ever @PeterDunphy1 . Absolutely sterling work preserving an important part of @cityoflondon #History . I know from the timings of emails you have been working into the early hours to make this deadline and we are hugely grateful .#Thanks #saveoursimpsons #Cornhill.
Today I submitted an application to @cityoflondon to list @SimpsonsTavern as an Asset of Community Value on behalf of the #savesimpsonstavern Preservation Society
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Very grateful to @PeterDunphy1 for his exemplary work getting the application for ACV status listed. All hurdles jumped, now we wait for @cityoflondon to deliberate by December 15th. Please send supportive emails to;.PLNcomments@cityoflondon.gov.uk.#SOS
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We remain closed, but are reinvigorated by the result, and more determined than ever to fight this injustice and reinstate Simpsons Tavern in the way it was, maintaining its direct link to our shared past and continuing on to serve past and future generations . #cityoflondon
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A beautiful image from @Missvolare #Magiclantern collection; Simpsons tavern circa 1900.Venues like ours (3rd space) are a direct through line in history, connecting people and their pasts. Testament to our shared history & character. More than just a Tavern is being lost here.
From my collection of #MagicLantern slides of London, this lovely, if damaged, image of @SimpsonsTavern around 1900, already ancient enough to warrant note. Sign and doors look deceptively modern but I promise this is an original slide, photographed on my lightbox ths morning.
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In 7 seconds, the reel captures 300 years of history still closed by #Hartnelltaylorcook. Although the last 7 days have felt like 300 years, as the wheels of justice slowly grind, they have been productive . We are suing the Landlord for a greater sum than the arrears (1 of some)
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Excellent piece on @reactproperty .Comment from @olivershah . "The Row over Simpsons Tavern is a stain on the industry. Landlord Rodney Sacks should find a way to unchain the City eatery". Do share. @HartnellTaylorC . @cityoflondon @citylordmayor @squaremile_com @twocitiesnickie
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As our #saveoursimpsons campaign launches, a BIG THANK YOU to @standardnews @EveningStandard @ESInsider for sharing our story of Simpson's being forced to shut due to its landlord Tavor Holdings Ltd/Silverland Properties Ltd forcing full payment on Covid rent arrears #shameful
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Londons Oldest Chophouse & @TanyaGold1 Fan Seeks:. Ideal Reader - For freehold purchase and long lingering Lunches. Good Humour a must. US ; Slightly dated, with a patina of Claret and good times. Looking to have the cobwebs blown off . 1 of 2
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Thank you @CityAM & @emilyhwkns for continuing to keep @cityoflondon informed . We remain committed to the City AM being the local paper of record for the square mile. Grateful to all who have helped us to this mile stone
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Happy St George's day to you all . We still mark the day in spirit here. Despite all the foolish tub thumping and cod jingoism that comes to mind on this day - all vastly misplaced . We are well to remember the origins of St George and the value of the original story. #stgeorge
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Not a quick one, but a significant one. We have maintained the Landlords actions are unlawful and will demonstrate this in court seeking damages. We are not giving up the fight for Simpsons Tavern even if takes another 300 years!. #cityoflondon #Cornhill #squaremile #London #Tbt
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Hungry to start the week?.Me too . Our "Silk" has read in & we will receive the Kings Council draft litigation for the Unlawful closure Simpsons Tavern . Looking forward to getting my teeth into it . #cityoflondon #Cornhill #justice
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Today at Simpson's. We needed to feel close to home. We are closed BUT the light above us was on, and that gives us all hope. Thank you to all of you that share and listen to our story. @crowdfunderuk .@Nigel_Farage @VincentKeaveny @amylame
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A huge Thanks to @HistorianBlood for his image of Simpson’s Tavern . The braces really set it in a era for me and made we wonder if we can still guess a period by its attire . It also served to remind me of the generations that have gone before and been served for centuries here
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Many thanks to @bbc & @BBCLondonNews for the continued coverage of this issue. @HartnellTaylorC do have a choice, yet the are making the wrong choice. The dog whistle of saying Sarvindra Singh is not Simpsons, will be seen as what it is. We are Simpsons
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As we sit back and reflect on the last 6 months, we must say how grateful we are for the overwhelming support people have shown. The closure of Simpson's has been felt not just by its team & lost livelihoods, but by the community who are robbed of a piece of shared history. #tbt
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There is a fuller explainer on LinkedIn: As we are now fighting @MemeryCrystal attempt to Wind up our business by stealth .Apparently an administrative error led to winding up of Simpson’s Tavern!.@HartnellTaylorC the deceit is staggering .#cityoflondon
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6 months and 1 week . Not that I'm counting!. But that's approximately 187 days and the lights remain out. Offshore somewhere a freeholder does not care, meanwhile here when the @cityoflondon smiles it looks like it's missing a tooth. #cityoflondon #Cornhill #FridayThoughts #sos
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Thanks as ever to @Londoners_Diary & @EveningStandard for continued coverage of our plight & raising the point that this sorry affair could draw out for years unless #Hartnelltaylorcook come to their senses and return #cityoflondon its living #History
London's oldest chophouse Simpson’s Tavern, which we revealed had been forced to close exactly a year ago, is still fighting to reopen, the manager tells us. But he warns there's a long legal fight to go. @SimpsonsTavern .
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Thank you @RossLydall & @EveningStandard for covering this issue. We are nothing but proud that this historic venue has been recognised by @cityoflondon and remain ready to reinvigorate and continue its centuries of Service once @HartnellTaylorC see sense
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Thanks @BloombergUK .After the ACV from @cityoflondon we remain in the fight to preserve the #squaremile DNA.We only hope this is heard in Bermuda where Tavor Holdings reside Miles from the community they are ignoring. @HartnellTaylorC Can help.#nobrainer
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We have alot going on here at Simpsons Tavern, much of it cruel and ugly. No doubt others are suffering too. It is in these moments, that we must remember the sacrifice of others before us and our place in a bigger World to keep perspective . Lest We Forget. #ArmisticeDay2022
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Sneak preview of a work in progress. The importance of 3rd space to community . Would the City be the City without. #Hospitality #3rdspace #History
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Thank you @BloombergUK for shining a light on @HartnellTaylorC closing a centuries old restaurant (who served more than just Bankers!) To protect an offshore Billionaire. #culturalvandalism.#ourlandlordsamonster @MonsterEnergy ??.#historyforsale.#historic
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Very sorry to hear about the closure of @PollocksMuseum.Another part of our shared cultural history closing. We hope they will be able to relocate. An image of Simpson’s first location in 1723. We moved & thrived for 265 years, until HTC came 5 years ago
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Thank you @Caterertweets for trade coverage on this.Ultimately trade or work is all we want to get back to.Simpsons tavern could and should be open.@HartnellTaylorC are poorly advising by maintaining this now unnecessary closure .The blocking bid is malice
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Thank you Chris Darkens for the great image of the original Simpsons Tavern . Opened in 1723 Thomas Simpsons original restaurant moved to 38 1/2 Cornhill in 1757 to become the Simpsons Tavern we know now. The same 300 year old institution that HTC have forced to close. #london
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Thank you greatly @CityandLivery for highlighting Giles Corens piece in @thetimes . It has been an integral part of a developing narrative around @HartnellTaylorC and the Freeholder, believed to be Rodney Sacks, treatment of a historic part of @cityoflondon heritage.#SOS
Friends, followers, Freemen, an article here about the landlord behind the threatened sale of @SimpsonsTavern .
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Determined to close the book on another chapter of London's history - it is slow, but our determination burns bright in us. We will save Simpsons . We will raise a glass at Christmas again. #tbt #cityoflondon #Cornhill #squaremile #London #Christmas #ThursdayThoughts #history.
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Huge Thanks for all your work on this @PeterDunphy1 you are doing a great job.
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Thank you @Londonist for your piece."Simpson's Tavern have been left "shocked and dumbfounded" at the immediate closure of the historic chophouse restaurant, following what they call "the cynical actions of our landlord and their agents". @HartnellTaylorC
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As we close the week we are doing our diligence before we bring action against Hartnell Taylor Crooks.It occurred, though. Have they?.Have Tavor Holdings still failed to register as an offshore entity?.It would be nice to know who forced our closure & who benefits.#cityoflondon
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Thank you @BigHospitality & @RestaurantMagUK for the Article . "Londons Oldest Chop House forced to close by cynical Landlord".Grateful for you raising the issue of our cynical Landlord & their agents @HartnellTaylorC.#ourlandlordsamonster @MonsterEnergy
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Great chat on @BBCRadioLondon this morning about the situation facing Simpsons Tavern. We sadly remain frozen out of talks on the future of Simpsons Tavern as is, despite being a viable tenant and future bidder for the building . There is no need for this
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