It’s an old Peckham boozer, soon to be an ex-boozer as financial interests have moved in. ‘Switzerland’ is whispered but is left unexplained… contracts ensuring silence have been signed… and the landlord mutters the ‘pub game is dead’ and he may be right. This kind of pub, anyway, is past its best. Although, the Bun House has not just been a dingy pub; it has been adopted by art students wanting unconventional exhibition spaces and for the past several years the place has been enlivened by modern art and modern artists. The banner in front of the pub, designed by Rachael House, draws attention to the shared birthdays of the Fat Boy of Peckham (an entertainer) and the Bun House. They were both born in1898. The pub will close its doors next week: no more Quavers, boiled green sweets, jammy biscuits or Brazil nuts -- fare which the publican provided for his clientele -- will ever be eaten there again.
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