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There are a few Lamb and Flag pubs in the UK. You may know the one in Oxford. It's an old pub, dating from the 16th century and Thomas Hardy is reputed to have written much of Jude the Obscure in this establishment. The pub fascia is remarkably similar to the Covent Garden one.A favorite (I feel I should say favourite) of mine for many years has been this one, in Covent Garden:
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I stumbled in hear many decades ago, and I've made a point of visiting every time I've been back on London.
Almost opposite the Lamb and Flag (on St Giles) stands the even more curiously-named Eagle and Child. Locals used to refer to this pub as the Bird and Brat.