Mick's Monopoly challenge

    The Angel, Islington, was originally a coaching inn. In 1933, when the London Monopoly board was conceived, it was a Lyons restaurant. Now it’s a Co-operative Bank. Wetherspoons have named their pub next door The Angel which is partly on the site of the original inn. It is currently up for sale but Wetherspoons say the pub will continue to trade until a buyer is found. The white tower (now Starbucks) was once the Angel cinema (1911-1972).     Tube Trivia (1): There are six stations on the Underground named after pubs: Angel, Elephant and Castle, Royal Oak, Maida Vale, Swiss Cottage and Manor House. Of those only two original buildings remain: Swiss Cottage, which has been extensively redeveloped, and Royal Oak which hasn’t changed much apart from the fact it’s now called The Porchester. There would be seven but the Bull and Bush station in Hampstead was never completed. The pub is still going strong.      Angel Underground boasts the longest esca...