The King Street Run.

King Street, Cambridge, was famous for the pubs and notorious for the King St Run, a pub crawl, where people would try to drink in every pub along the street. 'The Champion of the Thames' is one of the original pubs. It has a sign on the corner which reads---"This HOUSE is dedicated towards those splendid FELLOWS who make DRINKING a pleasure, who reach CONTENTMENT before CAPACITY and who, whatever the DRINK, can take it, hold it and STILL be GENTLEMEN "-----
Luckily (or unluckily) there are less pubs than there used to be and names and uses have been changed. Most of one side of King St was demolished for housing. There are still some interesting cafes and shops there.

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