Blondies, for example: a decade-old “dive bar” in Clapton for metalheads. I’m not a metalhead and I don’t frequent the place, but I appreciate its importance. This newspaper reported it was at risk of being shut down in April. There was a brouhaha and a fundraiser. The owners, Aussie sisters Sharmaine and Verity Cox, are trying to raise money to better soundproof their little bar. It wasn’t anything financial: Blondies enjoys a roaring trade. Drama over noise levels was what nearly got it.
Review of Blondies bar in Hackney: A rare metal asset worth protecting
