The GrapesLimehouse, established The Grapes - renowned for its famous owner as well as its history. Only one thing in The Grapes alludes to its celebrity owner - a "Lord of the Rings" Gandalf statue in the corner.

This looks remarkably out of place next to the Dickens volumes, busts and Singer sewing machine tables.

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But it references the pub's newest landlord, Sir Ian McKellen, who bought it in McKellen isn't the only A-lister to tread its boards.

Mostly though, this was a sketchy boozer for laborers from the nearby Limehouse Basin.