Hope and Anchor, Islington
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The Hope and Anchor is a public house on Upper Street, Islington, London. During the late 1970s it was one of the first pubs to embrace the emergent, but brief, phenomenon of Pub Rock and with the decline of this movement, went on to become a leading venue in the often-controversial Punk rock movement.
The actual performance space at the Hope and Anchor was, at the time, a spartan and rather grubby basement space, alternately dank or overheated, and always smoky, but this in many ways suited the anarchic ideals of late 1970s live music.
The Hope and Anchor is still a pub and venue in 2006, though facilities have been improved. It also has pool tables on the first floor and an excellent jukebox in the main bar.
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