Timeout says:
Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain, shot David Blakely here on Easter Day in 1955, and two weathered bullet holes on the front wall outside mark the event. Today, the Magdala is a sedate spot; light pours in through the oversized, partly stained-glass windows, and chirpy young bar staff pull pints of London Pride and Greene King IPA
Dave did:
"Hang on" said John, "you should go and have a pint at a crime scene tonight!"
"Uh...okay John, are we about to witness a crime?"
Bearing in mind I had known John for all of 10 minutes over a game of London Skittles (not your normal every day kind of situation) I don't think this was such an unreasonable question!
"No, no, in you 1000 Things, the Magdala here, its just down the road, you can complete another of your things while your here tonight!"
And indeed he was right! In fact I had passed this crime scene on the way to the game of Skittles and had not even noticed it or registered its importance!
So on our way back home, I insisted Ian join me for a quick drink before the bar closed for the night. A quick glass of coke later (on a school night 2 pints was enough for me!) we made our way out the door in hunt of the infamous bullet holes.
I was tempted to pull a legendary death scene pose, but thought the better of it as the bullet holes still look quick fresh!
110 down...890 Things to go!
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