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Picture source: Timothy Keane

The Kings Arms was situated at 132 Peckham Rye. The original pub was destroyed in an air raid in 1941. Rebuilt in 1957, it closed in the late 1990s and is now in residential use.  Also known as the Kings On The Rye.

The Kings Arms was built on the site of a 17th century pub that was destroyed by a direct hit during the Blitz. The bomb smashed through the pub and exploded in the cellar, which was being used as an air-raid shelter, killing 11 people. Footsteps have been heard, objects moved, dogs are petrified and voices singing wartime songs accompanied by a piano have been heard. A female apparition has been seen, who is thought to be one of the regulars killed on that fateful night.

from Ghosts Of London by Jonathan Sutherland, Breedon Books, 2002

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Name	Dates	Comments
Sharon Cooper	1962	I was born in this pub in June 1962.  My father and mother Geoff and Eileen Duffy were the publicans at the time
Joe Flynn	1969-1973	Good customer!

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Date of photo: 1907	Picture source: Timothy Keane
Picture source: Ian Chapman