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Original Text (Annotation: EAW001235 / 1368401)

' LOCATION OF 'THE TROCADERO'...GRADE II LISTED PUB ON THE SITE OF A GIN PALACE..TEMPLE STREET.... BEFORE 1912 IT WAS THE 'BODEGA' WINE BAR.(ALTERED IN 1883)...AND ORIGINALLY A FIRE STATION..THE FIRE STATION HOUSE FOR THE NOWICH UNION INSURANCE COMPANY (1846). THE LOCATION OF WHERE THE FIREMAN'S POLE USED TO BE CAN STILL BE SEEN. IT IS REPUTED TO BE HAUNTED BY 'HENRY SKINNER' A PREVIOUS LANDLORD, MURDERED THERE IN 1896. '