Dirty Dick's is an old pub in Bishopsgate, London, United Kingdom, a short walk from Liverpool Street station. Its name refers to its original owner, an ironmonger called Nathaniel Bentley, who suffered a nervous breakdown after his fiancé died the day before their wedding. When he retired in 1804 his shop was bought and turned into a pub. His dead stuffed cats and other possessions were put on display. It was cleared up in the 1980s for health & safety reasons, although it still retains much of its character. A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries influenced by British cultural heritage. ... Looking north from a pedestrian bridge across Bishopsgate Bishopsgate is a road in the east of the City of London, running north from Gracechurch to Norton Folgate. ... London (see also different names) is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Liverpool Street station Liverpool Street station, also called London Liverpool Street, is a mainline railway station in the north eastern corner of the City of London, in the heart of the financial district, with entrances on Bishopsgate and Liverpool Street itself. ... Although not a medical term, the phrase nervous breakdown is often used by laymen to describe a sudden and acute attack of mental illness—for instance, clinical depression or anxiety disorder—in a previously outwardly healthy person. ... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...

External links

• The story of Dirty Dick
• Dirty Dick's pub reviewed