Simpsons Tavern
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The oldest chophouse in London. Trading since 1757, Simpson’s Tavern is a slice of London’s dining history.🚨FACING PERMANENT CLOSURE🚨 NEEDS SUPPORT
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Great article in
@thetimes
today
#restaurantreview
#SaturdayMotivation
#London
#londonrestaurants
#newsupdates
#Cornhill
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#saveoursimpsons
We are heartbroken to announce that Simpson's Tavern, Londons oldest Chophouse has been forced to close through the cynical actions of our landlord (Tavor Holdings Ltd, incorporated in Bemuda) and their agents (Hartnell Taylor Cook Ltd). Crowdfunding starts today
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We felt that a great crime against
#cityoflondon
was committed when
#hartnelltayorcook
unlawfully forfeited us to engineer a freehold sale in 2022
Sadly now we are a crime scene
We can only look on as the decline is ignored and our offer to purchase rejected
#shame
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It feels a little like the start today
We have been unlawfully forfeited and unlawfully wound up
But today, we have fought the winding up and won. This means we can now fight the forfeiture.....which we will also win
It's a long road, but we will get there
#cityoflondon
#news
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So sad to visit Simpsons and see the lights out and the dining rooms cold as Christmas celebrations ring out in the surrounding bars
We have been in talks with the Landlord (thats why we've been a bit quiet) and hope for a Christmas miracle
We will update more soonest!
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We are delighted to announce that once again, Tavor Holdings & Hartnell Taylor Crooks have failed in their attempt to Wind up Simpsons Tavern
Yesterday's hearing of the Winding up petition was unsuccessful and continues to underline the ill-advised & poorly executed strategy
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Many thanks to
@Look_UpLondon
for keeping us informed (it was their actions that notified me)
Glad to see Simpsons Tavern made safe (?) but it still hurts to see her in such disrepair
We will update our solicitor tomorrow & attempt to seek visitation
#
#cityoflondon
#history
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What a Friday lunch at Simpson's Tavern would look like at the end of the week. How we miss the simple plating of honest food and the dining rooms fool of life and soul.
#saveoursimpsons
and head to
@crowdfunderuk
to support the Institution
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Devastated to see these images this morning. I have called
@CityPolice
to report, but apart from that, we are forced look on in horror as
#hartnelltayorcook
allow this decline of the
@cityoflondon
history They seek to kill off
@ECBIDLondon
@CornhillWard
#Cornhill
#cityoflondon
The sorry state of
@SimpsonsTavern
this morning. The Landlord, developers and
@HartnellTaylorC
should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this historic building (grade II listed by
@HistoricEngland
no less) to fall in disrepair.
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How it started
How it's going
266 years ago we moved to 38 1/2 Cornhill & wove the business into the fabric of
@cityoflondon
6 years ago, the building was bought as advised by
@HartnellTaylorC
Today we remain closed, despite agreeing on arrears terms in November.
Why?
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Thank you
@guardian
for raising the essential point:
"A city that can't save an institution like Simpsons is no sort of City at all"
We are a viable business of 265 years being extorted by
@HartnellTaylorC
Cultural Vandalism
This must not stand
#sos
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We are delighted to announce we have raised over £100,000 through crowd funding
Thank you
Thank you
100,000 times Thank you
During this dark period, the only light we can see is the incredible support we have recieved
We are staying in this fight to preserve history
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*BREAKING NEWS*
@HartnellTaylorC
are refusing to discuss reopening
Despite terms being met and award of ACV
A Whitby Smith clients approach for the freehold demands vacant possession closing Simpsons Tavern
We are ready to reopen. They will not allow it. This is wrong
#help
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Hear Hear!!
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Overjoyed to see
@cityoflondon
unanimously pass the application for ACV status
Thanks to
@PeterDunphy1
for his stewarding of this
We will remind
@HartnellTaylorC
that we are ready to open Simpsons Tavern as soon as they see sense and advise their client properly
#nobrainer
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Another week passes & the doors remain locked
Another week passes & Tavor Holdings remain unregistered & unaccountable
Another week passes & Hartnell Taylor Cook advise Simpsons is best closed
Another week passes, but at least we are a week closer to justice.
See you in court
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🚨£80,000 RAISED🚨 through
@crowdfunderuk
and the love, support and generosity from all of you, you have made this happen. From all of us at Simpson's Tavern THANK YOU
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I can not express the hurt of another Christmas closed
Closure is a choice
#hartnelltaylorcook
have made - our dispute, unfolding in court at the glacial pace of lawyers paid by the hour - could be unfolding in the background as we traded on
The historic could be opened
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As ever a huge thank you to
@CityAM
for bringing light to this dark chapter
They remain the local paper of record for
@cityoflondon
and her constituency
#cityoflondon
#Cornhill
#squaremile
#London
#news
#history
#thepapers
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1 year ago today, we arrived at work to find the landlord had changed the locks
Like thieves in the night, they had snuck in and stole a part of
#cityoflondon
history
They closed the doors on 300 years of service and ended the employment of staff who had worked their
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🚨NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 The Simpson's Tavern Preservation Society has now been formed with 21 members on the board. We will be welcoming club members in due course. Thank you to you first 21 Simpsonites! WE CAN DO THIS
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Happy New Year's to you all
We remain unlawfully & stupidly locked out by
@HartnellTaylorC
, but 2023 will be a great year for
#fightback
We are in meetings all week to protect our brand and IP, engage litigation & take back what is ours
Cannot wait to get my teeth into 2023!
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It's is difficult to see those images, knowing that we should have been brimming with celebrations
It is heartless to have cut us out of Christmas
@HartnellTaylorC
As the City tries to reinvigorate itself, it is places like ours that will be at the centre of why people return
It's poignant looking in the windows of
@SimpsonsTavern
. Empty of people, it's still ready to serve customers, as it did for 265 yrs before its sudden forced closure. Please support the crowdfunder appeal to help this favourite of
@colguides
and all who love the City's heritage
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** NOT IN OUR NAME **
We have been told that Whitby Smith have recieved emails and messages that verge on the threatening
Feelings are running high, we know & their unwelcome bid is fundamentally wrong in nature but We will do what is right
Abuse in any form must be stopped
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THANK YOU
@GBNEWS
for featuring us LIVE on Thursday morning with the proprietor of Simpson's Tavern and helping us raise awareness for our
#SaveOurSimpsons
Campaign
@crowdfunderuk
@Nigel_Farage
@CornhillWard
@CityAM
@cityandguilds
@Londonist
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The last time the team were at Simpsons Tavern
@lisatse
kindly recorded these moments
I know I have gone dark a bit recently, but I assure you we are working hard in the background and remain in the fight
We will not give up on Simpsons Tavern and its heritage
Thank you all
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Hear, Hear
@PubsSaving
A year shuttered after 257 years on Ball Court and 300 years of service to
#cityoflondon
We could have traded through, as many allowed & would have paid off the Covid arrears by now
Instead we're paying Lawyers to sue the Landlords for unlawful acts
So sad to see
@SimpsonsTavern
#bank
still closed & boarded up. London’s oldest chophouse. The overseas freeholder changed the locks in October 2022 & closed Simpson’s Tavern after a build up of unpaid rent during the pandemic.
#savesimpsonstavern
#ACV
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The bitterness at unlawful closure is adding fire to our bellies
HTC and their incompetent handling here are being shown in court to be equitably & procedurally wrong.
We should have been allowed to trade through this dispute & I am confident they will pay for not allowing it
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From all of us here, we wish you the Merriest of Christmases
We only wish we could have shared some of it with you. Raised a glass, sung a song - stole a Sausage. Hopefully, next year
I cannot help and be a little honest - because as much as this fight is to .....
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Thank you
@BBCLondonNews
for highlighting the closure of London's oldest Chophouse
265 years of history erased and
@HartnellTaylorC
couldn't not even be bothered to join Fridays call as arranged
#culturalvandalism
#Shame
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After the flurry of excitement of victory, it is back to the slow legal grind
All the while, the Tavern sits cold
It seems so unnecessary to have the building hollowed out
It is possible, even normal to trade while a legal dispute goes on, but Hartnell Taylor Cook say no.
#Thugs
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🚨£50,000 RAISED TO DATE🚨 We are truly overwhelmed by all the support and help from each and everyone of you who have contributed to our
#saveoursimpsons
campaign
@crowdfunderuk
. We will beat Tavor Holdings Ltd. Further funding is being discussed
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We are heartbroken not to be able to mark this once in a generation event with you all. We have missed Christmas and St George's Day, but they will come again. This we will miss forever. Our legal claim remains in process, and slow lawyers get fatter. We will win this
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As we close for the year, can I just say Thank you, for all the support.
We remain in this fight against corporate thuggery & cultural vandalism and will call out
@HartnellTaylorC
for their part & Whitby Smith for parasitic complicity
We could & should be open
Merry Christmas
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Thanks you
@cityoflondon
newspaper of record
@CityAM
for your coverage on this.
It's an important step forward to contest the unlawful & frankly misguided attempt to close a 300 year old institution. We served for centuries & fight to serve centuries more
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Scenes from the archive this morning
Great image of the original charcoal grill in the Grill room. We sadly stopped using it after the hundreth chimney fire!
We can trace our history back 300 years this year from the original Simpsons of 1723
#london
#cityoflondon
#history
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Huge Thanks to
@Londoners_Diary
of
@EveningStandard
for covering this parasitic bid from Michael Whitby-Smith
We have been awarded an ACV & agreed terms - We should be open and trading so the community can buy Simpsons
@HartnellTaylorC
must stop this now
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BIG THANK YOU to
@TimeOutLondon
for sharing and exposing the circumstances Tavor Holdings Ltd/Silverland Properties Ltd have forced Simpson's into. Thank you for making all aware of our
@crowdfunderuk
another day another fight 💪
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HUGE THANK YOU to
@thetimes
and Giles Coren for another feature on our
#saveoursimpsons
campaign. PLEASE READ. We are now registering Simpson's for an Asset of Community Value. Tavor Holdings, we are happy to meet and talk over a hot Simpson's Sausage
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The start of what I hope will be a great day for Simpsons Tavern!
At 13.45
@cityoflondon
will hearing the planning meeting, during which the application for Simpsons Taverns Asset of Community value will be decided
A HUGE Thanks to the many, many people who wrote in with support
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A slightly hazy start to the week, as the morning starts and life goes on on Cornhill.
Sadly down our little alley, no sense nor reason stirs and the lights remain off
We are reading in a Silk for our claim against
@HartnellTaylorC
and look forward to their thoughts
#london
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A huge Thanks to Chris Darkens for sending us this original copy of the commemorative book published in 1923 to celebrate 200 years of Simpson’s
It's now a century old & we should be marking 300 years of Simpson’s instead of fighting legal action with faceless offshore entitys
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After the colour & pageantry of what was a wonderful weekend, I thought I would juxtapose it with a black & white image of Simpson’s
As the world moves on in celebration Simpson’s remains in the dark at the end of an alley that once teamed with life
Closed for no good reason
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We are seeking Executive members who must be either:
* A resident of the City of London (any ward)
* A worker in the City of London and eligible to vote
in City of London elections (on any Ward List)
* An elected representative in the City of London (CC
or Alderman)
#SOS
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Simpsons Tavern has been in service for 300 years since Bird in Hand Court
When
@HartnellTaylorC
forced our closure, we had almost 200 years of experience in the team.
It's not just physical history being erased, people with decades of service have had their careers ended
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Grab your copy of The Times to read Giles Corens article on Simpson's Tavern being forced to close by Tavor Holdings Ltd . Click the Link Below for The Times online👇👇
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Disappointing close to the week.
@HartnellTaylorC
continue to market the property and refuse to engage
One step forward. They run back
#historyforsale
#culturalvandalism
#ourlandlordsamonster
@MonsterEnergy
#historical
#corporatethuggery
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As more news and press coverage unfolds with our enforced closure, a big thank you to
@CityAM
for featuring our story on its front page. Our crowdfunder page is now live. Links on our website and Instagram page
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Thank you
@hotdinners
for highlighting this;
"We think it's an actual scandal to be able to close down one of London's historic and longstanding institutions so casually without being challenged in any way."
@HartnellTaylorC
have just rubbed away 265 yr
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HUGE THANK YOU to
@TanyaGold1
for her article on Simpson's Tavern expressing how precious the institution is and saving the oldest Chophouse at all costs
#saveoursimpsons
@crowdfunderuk
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I have just posted a longer form explainer onto LinkedIn
The brevity of Tweets can at times miss the detail
This explains the Unsuccessful bid to wind up Simpsons Tavern and the Suing of The Landlord
#cityoflondon
#Cornhill
#history
#London
#property
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A huge thank you to the
#squaremile
paper of record
@CityAM
Grateful for your coverage
We hope
@cityoflondon
will make the right decision to preserve the City's living DNA
Again, thank you for all for their support
#saveoursimpsons
#cityoflondon
#sos
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I met some of the team for lunch.
It was bitter sweet, remembering what we had and what we have lost
Simpsons is more than just the building they are marketing. It's part of the fabric of
@cityoflondon
& the shared history of the community. Killing that link that is wrong
#sos
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In long summer days, as thoughts drift to holidays, it can feel a little low energy going into a summer lull
For the centuries we have stood, ever was it so
It does not change our course or determination though Our fight with
#hartnelltaylorcook
remains & we continue
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BIG THANK YOU TO
@Telegraph
for featuring our closure on PAGE 3 of todays paper! More to follow this week
@CornhillWard
@crowdfunderuk
@Nigel_Farage
@GBNEWS
@FraserNelson
@Londonist
@TanyaGold1
@amylame
@stephbrookes
@VincentKeaveny
@UKHospKate
@twocitiesnickie
@colguides
@LBC
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Great initial conversation with
@PlunkettFoundat
A wonderful charity focused on helping communities purchase assets to safe guard them
This could be a route to remove Simpsons from the grubby dealings of
@HartnellTaylorC
& Whitby Smith
Retweet if you think its a good idea!
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After the highs of winning judgement to the boredom of waiting, It's been a slow week of pencil sharpening & a yawning waste of time
#Hartnelltaylorcook
still keep the doors closed; only to keep themselves from admitting they're wrong.
They could take rent rather than loses
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Many thanks for the many many people who DM'd advise on viewing the register
It would seem it's not straightforward, but something that I will have to get my teeth into!
Which made me a little hungry and as ever I think back to what my first dish back at Simpsons Tavern will be
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As the week closes, it's time to bring out the Stilton
For 300 years, since the original Simpsons opened in Bird in Hand Court we have finished with Stilton
And Port
Then more Port
.......honestly, I have no idea what happens after that, it seems to bring on a mild amnesia
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A wonderful Victorian era image of the Grill room at Simpsons Tavern - Thanks Chris Darkens for sourcing
I thought I would put it up to show what it did look like, next to how it looks now
#Hartnelltaylorcook
force its closure and turn the lights out on our living history
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Thank you as ever
@PeterDunphy1
Absolutely sterling work preserving an important part of
@cityoflondon
#History
I know from the timings of emails you have been working into the early hours to make this deadline and we are hugely grateful
#Thanks
#saveoursimpsons
#Cornhill
Today I submitted an application to
@cityoflondon
to list
@SimpsonsTavern
as an Asset of Community Value on behalf of the
#savesimpsonstavern
Preservation Society
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Very grateful to
@PeterDunphy1
for his exemplary work getting the application for ACV status listed
All hurdles jumped, now we wait for
@cityoflondon
to deliberate by December 15th
Please send supportive emails to;
PLNcomments
@cityoflondon
.gov.uk
#SOS
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We remain closed, but are reinvigorated by the result, and more determined than ever to fight this injustice and reinstate Simpsons Tavern in the way it was, maintaining its direct link to our shared past and continuing on to serve past and future generations
#cityoflondon
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A beautiful image from
@Missvolare
#Magiclantern
collection; Simpsons tavern circa 1900
Venues like ours (3rd space) are a direct through line in history, connecting people and their pasts.
Testament to our shared history & character
More than just a Tavern is being lost here
From my collection of
#MagicLantern
slides of London, this lovely, if damaged, image of
@SimpsonsTavern
around 1900, already ancient enough to warrant note. Sign and doors look deceptively modern but I promise this is an original slide, photographed on my lightbox ths morning.
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Less campaigning today, more a sense of nostalgia and loss for the team, as they have received redundancy notices after decades of service
I will be seeing them later to raise a glass and commiserate & will also pass along the words of support recieved
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In 7 seconds, the reel captures 300 years of history still closed by
#Hartnelltaylorcook
Although the last 7 days have felt like 300 years, as the wheels of justice slowly grind, they have been productive
We are suing the Landlord for a greater sum than the arrears (1 of some)
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Excellent piece on
@reactproperty
Comment from
@olivershah
"The Row over Simpsons Tavern is a stain on the industry
Landlord Rodney Sacks should find a way to unchain the City eatery"
Do share
@HartnellTaylorC
@cityoflondon
@citylordmayor
@squaremile_com
@twocitiesnickie
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As our
#saveoursimpsons
campaign launches, a BIG THANK YOU to
@standardnews
@EveningStandard
@ESInsider
for sharing our story of Simpson's being forced to shut due to its landlord Tavor Holdings Ltd/Silverland Properties Ltd forcing full payment on Covid rent arrears
#shameful
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Londons Oldest Chophouse &
@TanyaGold1
Fan Seeks:
Ideal Reader - For freehold purchase and long lingering Lunches
Good Humour a must
US ; Slightly dated, with a patina of Claret and good times. Looking to have the cobwebs blown off
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Thank you
@CityAM
&
@emilyhwkns
for continuing to keep
@cityoflondon
informed
We remain committed to the City AM being the local paper of record for the square mile
Grateful to all who have helped us to this mile stone
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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
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Happy St George's day to you all
We still mark the day in spirit here
Despite all the foolish tub thumping and cod jingoism that comes to mind on this day - all vastly misplaced
We are well to remember the origins of St George and the value of the original story
#stgeorge
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Not a quick one, but a significant one. We have maintained the Landlords actions are unlawful and will demonstrate this in court seeking damages
We are not giving up the fight for Simpsons Tavern even if takes another 300 years!
#cityoflondon
#Cornhill
#squaremile
#London
#Tbt
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Hungry to start the week?
Me too
Our "Silk" has read in & we will receive the Kings Council draft litigation for the Unlawful closure Simpsons Tavern
Looking forward to getting my teeth into it
#cityoflondon
#Cornhill
#justice
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Today at Simpson's. We needed to feel close to home. We are closed BUT the light above us was on, and that gives us all hope. Thank you to all of you that share and listen to our story.
@crowdfunderuk
@Nigel_Farage
@VincentKeaveny
@amylame
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A huge Thanks to
@HistorianBlood
for his image of Simpson’s Tavern
The braces really set it in a era for me and made we wonder if we can still guess a period by its attire
It also served to remind me of the generations that have gone before and been served for centuries here
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Many thanks to
@bbc
&
@BBCLondonNews
for the continued coverage of this issue
@HartnellTaylorC
do have a choice, yet the are making the wrong choice
The dog whistle of saying Sarvindra Singh is not Simpsons, will be seen as what it is
We are Simpsons
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As we sit back and reflect on the last 6 months, we must say how grateful we are for the overwhelming support people have shown
The closure of Simpson's has been felt not just by its team & lost livelihoods, but by the community who are robbed of a piece of shared history
#tbt
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There is a fuller explainer on LinkedIn:
As we are now fighting
@MemeryCrystal
attempt to Wind up our business by stealth
Apparently an administrative error led to winding up of Simpson’s Tavern!
@HartnellTaylorC
the deceit is staggering
#cityoflondon
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6 months and 1 week
Not that I'm counting!
But that's approximately 187 days and the lights remain out
Offshore somewhere a freeholder does not care, meanwhile here when the
@cityoflondon
smiles it looks like it's missing a tooth
#cityoflondon
#Cornhill
#FridayThoughts
#sos
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After a traditional lunch at Simpsons’s why not take a one minute stroll to the Jamaica Wine House, the Historic birthplace of Londons coffee scene. Londons first ever coffee house opened here in 1652 but now boasts an array of traditional alcoholic beverages!
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6 months ago today, the team arrived to find Hartnell T.C. had Unlawfully closed Simpsons Tavern
Staff who had worked at the venue for decades were sent home, to later be made redundant
Reservations, events & Christmas parties were all cancelled
The building put up for sale
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Thanks as ever to
@Londoners_Diary
&
@EveningStandard
for continued coverage of our plight & raising the point that this sorry affair could draw out for years unless
#Hartnelltaylorcook
come to their senses and return
#cityoflondon
its living
#History
London's oldest chophouse Simpson’s Tavern, which we revealed had been forced to close exactly a year ago, is still fighting to reopen, the manager tells us.
But he warns there's a long legal fight to go.
@SimpsonsTavern
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Thank you
@RossLydall
&
@EveningStandard
for covering this issue
We are nothing but proud that this historic venue has been recognised by
@cityoflondon
and remain ready to reinvigorate and continue its centuries of Service once
@HartnellTaylorC
see sense
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Thanks
@BloombergUK
After the ACV from
@cityoflondon
we remain in the fight to preserve the
#squaremile
DNA
We only hope this is heard in Bermuda where Tavor Holdings reside Miles from the community they are ignoring.
@HartnellTaylorC
Can help
#nobrainer
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We have alot going on here at Simpsons Tavern, much of it cruel and ugly.
No doubt others are suffering too.
It is in these moments, that we must remember the sacrifice of others before us and our place in a bigger World to keep perspective
Lest We Forget
#ArmisticeDay2022
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Sneak preview of a work in progress
The importance of 3rd space to community
Would the City be the City without.....
#Hospitality
#3rdspace
#History
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Thank you
@BloombergUK
for shining a light on
@HartnellTaylorC
closing a centuries old restaurant (who served more than just Bankers!) To protect an offshore Billionaire
#culturalvandalism
#ourlandlordsamonster
@MonsterEnergy
??
#historyforsale
#historic
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Very sorry to hear about the closure of
@PollocksMuseum
Another part of our shared cultural history closing. We hope they will be able to relocate
An image of Simpson’s first location in 1723. We moved & thrived for 265 years, until HTC came 5 years ago
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Thank you
@Caterertweets
for trade coverage on this
Ultimately trade or work is all we want to get back to
Simpsons tavern could and should be open
@HartnellTaylorC
are poorly advising by maintaining this now unnecessary closure
The blocking bid is malice
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Thank you Chris Darkens for the great image of the original Simpsons Tavern
Opened in 1723 Thomas Simpsons original restaurant moved to 38 1/2 Cornhill in 1757 to become the Simpsons Tavern we know now.
The same 300 year old institution that HTC have forced to close
#london
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Thank you greatly
@CityandLivery
for highlighting Giles Corens piece in
@thetimes
It has been an integral part of a developing narrative around
@HartnellTaylorC
and the Freeholder, believed to be Rodney Sacks, treatment of a historic part of
@cityoflondon
heritage
#SOS
Friends, followers, Freemen, an article here about the landlord behind the threatened sale of
@SimpsonsTavern
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Determined to close the book on another chapter of London's history - it is slow, but our determination burns bright in us
We will save Simpsons
We will raise a glass at Christmas again
#tbt
#cityoflondon
#Cornhill
#squaremile
#London
#Christmas
#ThursdayThoughts
#history
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Huge Thanks for all your work on this
@PeterDunphy1
you are doing a great job
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Thank you
@Londonist
for your piece
"Simpson's Tavern have been left "shocked and dumbfounded" at the immediate closure of the historic chophouse restaurant, following what they call "the cynical actions of our landlord and their agents".
@HartnellTaylorC
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As we close the week we are doing our diligence before we bring action against Hartnell Taylor Crooks
It occurred, though. Have they?
Have Tavor Holdings still failed to register as an offshore entity?
It would be nice to know who forced our closure & who benefits
#cityoflondon
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Thank you
@BigHospitality
&
@RestaurantMagUK
for the Article
"Londons Oldest Chop House forced to close by cynical Landlord"
Grateful for you raising the issue of our cynical Landlord & their agents
@HartnellTaylorC
#ourlandlordsamonster
@MonsterEnergy
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We are now suing for unlawful forfeiture of Simpson’s Tavern and associated costs, which are far greater than the arrears now. There will be a further hearing to scrutinise this, but we remain incredibly confident on multiple procedural & equitable principles it will be held up.
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Great chat on
@BBCRadioLondon
this morning about the situation facing Simpsons Tavern. We sadly remain frozen out of talks on the future of Simpsons Tavern as is, despite being a viable tenant and future bidder for the building
There is no need for this
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