Hole In The Wall, 1 Mitre Court — February 1989
The Story
A tiny pub tucked in a yard off Cheapside — hard to find if you didn't know it was there. From the 1986 CAMRA City of London guide: 'Small one bar pub with prints around the walls. Snacks, darts. Stays open till 9pm weekdays but is closed at weekends.' Trading since at least 1910 (Norton & Langridge, wine merchants), taken over by Scottish & Newcastle by 1983. Demolished in 2005 along with the whole of Mitre Court to make way for offices. The courtyard also contained the entrance to the Wood Street Comptor — the old dungeons of the Debtors' Prison.
Ghost Hunter mode reveals 500+ closed and demolished pubs on the PINtPOINT radar — each one a room that once poured pints on that exact street corner.