{"id":1160,"date":"2024-12-12T11:50:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T11:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpressclub.co.uk\/?p=1160"},"modified":"2025-07-29T12:03:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T11:03:02","slug":"a-presentation-and-a-pint-or-two-a-tribute-to-fleet-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/londonpressclub.co.uk\/?p=1160","title":{"rendered":"A presentation and a pint or two\u2026 a tribute to Fleet Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than 30 members of London Press Club paid homage to Fleet Street traditions by attending the annual Long Lunch event.<\/p>\n<p>The downstairs bar specially reserved for The Long Lunch at the Ye Olde London pub on Ludgate Hill was a perfect place for stories to be told about Fleet Street life. Old and new friendships of former Fleet Street journalists were cemented over a pint or two.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1161\" style=\"width: 364px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1161\" class=\" wp-image-1161\" src=\"https:\/\/londonpressclub1.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/media\/2024\/12\/12114823\/The-Long-Lunch-with-Mary-Swan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"354\" height=\"448\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1161\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary Swan with Doug Wills (right) and Press Club vice chair David Selves who organised The Long Lunch event<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Press Club chair Doug Wills made a presentation at the Long Lunch to Mary Swan who worked in Fleet Street in its golden years and is one of the longest serving members of the London Press Club. 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