Sheaf

Status: Open
Address: 24 Southwark Street, SE1 1TY (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
London borough: Southwark
Former name(s): Wheatsheaf
Hop Cellars
Barker's Dive Bar
Becky's Dive Bar
Dive
Historical parish: Southwark St Saviour
Dates open: by 1949-
Good Beer Guide: [Barker's Dive Bar:] 1986, [Wheatsheaf:] 2011-2013, [Sheaf:] 2015-2016
Owner: Red Car Pub Company
Balls Brothers (former)
Website: Website
Notes: It may have been more of a shop or licensed canteen prior to 1954, when it was taken on by the Becky (who eventually gave her name to it as "Becky's Dive Bar"). The management who were running the pub of the same name at Stoney St (see separate entry) moved here when that closed in 2009, though it has since reopened. Renamed as the "Sheaf" in c2013.
Photo taken in March 2018
Sources: Open date: Boak and Bailey
Renaming: Randomness Guide to London
OS 1952/1963/1973/1983
Tris C (e-mail)
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