Everyone of a certain age in the capital knows a good yarn about the Penny Black on West Register Street - and it's little wonder really. This was a place that had the karaoke cranked up when most of us were tucking into our cornflakes.
Originally opened to serve nearby railway and postal workers finishing their night shifts - hence the name 'Penny Black' - the postage stamp-sized pub observed unusual opening hours of 6am till noon thanks to a licensing loophole.
Such anti-social hours would be a hard sell for most pubs - but not the Penny Black. Its city centre location pretty much guaranteed it was packed to the rafters with a rag tag band of eager drinkers on the hunt for a tipple or three most mornings of the week.
