Inscription
Up and down the City Road
In and out the Eagle
That's the way the money goes
Pop! Goes the weasel.
Site: The Eagle, City Road (2 memorials)
N1, Shepherdess Place, The Eagle pub
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Eagle Tavern - song
Subjects commemorated i
Eagle Tavern
Spitlefields Life has an excellent write-up of the 19th century entertainment...
Pop goes the weasel
World Wide Words provides the following explanation: Some of the references a...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Eagle Tavern - song
Also at this site i
Eagle Tavern - plaque
The Eagle Tavern, Grecian theatre, pleasure grounds, Grecian saloon & Oly...
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