Shoreditch Balls

Status: Open
Address: 333 Old Street, EC1V 9LE (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
London borough: Hackney
Former name(s): London Apprentice
333 Mother
EXC
London Apprentice
Former address: 12 Old Street (1869)
12 Old Street Road (1841)
Historical parish: Shoreditch
Dates open: by 1756-
rebuilt 1895
Owner: Takestyle
Truman Hanbury Buxton (former)
Combe and Co. (former)
William Cator and Co. (former)
Website: Website
Notes: Renamed as the "London Apprentice" in 2012 (with a basement bar still called the "Mother" bar), and as "Shoreditch Balls" in 2021.
Photo taken in December 2025
Sources: Open date/Rebuilding date: Pubs History
Close date: CAMRA
Renaming: CAMRA/Pubs Galore
Owner: Archives
London Drinker U227/WP11/WP35/WP46
PO 1839/1841/1856/1869/1882/1895/1915 (all as "London Apprentice")
References: B/THB/D/341-343
B/THB/D/142
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