The Scots Hoose was a pub, now disappeared, at Cambridge Circus in London

London

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's Charing Cross Road

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, originally founded as "The George & Thirteen Cantons" in or before 1759, and later, by 1975, known as "The Spice of Life".

In the 1950s and 1960s it had one of Britain's most celebrated folk clubs in its upstairs room, run by Bruce Dunnet, that featured some of the greatest names of the folk revival, such as Bert Jansch

Bert Jansch

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, Paul Simon

Paul Simon

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, Al Stewart

Al Stewart

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, Davey Graham

Davey Graham

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, Donovan

Donovan

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, Ralph McTell

Ralph McTell

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, Roy Harper

Roy Harper

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, Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

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, Sandy Denny

Sandy Denny

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, Ewan MacColl

Ewan MacColl

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 and The Young Tradition

The Young Tradition

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. The club operated under various names, including "Ballads and Blues" when it opened in 1953, and later "The Young Tradition".