The Blind Beggar A Famous Pub On Whitechapel Road In Whitechapel In The East End Of London, England Editorial Image

The Blind Beggar is a pub on Whitechapel Road in Whitechapel in the East End of London, England. It is where Ronnie Kray murdered George Cornell in front of witnesses, and is the location of William Booth`s first sermon, which led to the creation of the Salvation Army. It was the nearest outlet or brewery tap for the Manns Albion brewery, where the first modern Brown Ale was brewed. The pub was built in 1894 on the site of an inn which had been established before 1654, and takes its name from the legend of Henry de Montfort.In 1865, William Booth preached his first open-air sermon outside the Blind Beggar, which led to the establishment of the East London Christian Mission, later to become the Salvation Army.William Booth is commemorated by a nearby statue