The pub that changed me: ‘While drinking and singing there I met my partner’

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The pub that changed me: ‘While drinking and singing there I met my partner’

Monday 19th January 2026, 5:00AM

I was a bit nervous when I first joined a pop choir that included a weekly pub singalong. I needn’t have worriedWhen I walked into Auberge, a pub near Waterloo station in London, on Thursday 21 October 2021, I didn’t know a soul. By kicking-out time, I had 50 new friends. I’ve been back almost every Thursday since. Continue reading...

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