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The Queen Victoria Public House, known as the Queen Vic, is the local pub in Albert Square which has been the centre of drama from the past 30 years. It is the only pub for the next 5 miles. The Queen Vic is currently owned by a business called Grafton Hill and run by Mick, Linda and Shirley Carter, and the flat above is occupied by the Carter Family.

During the early years of the show, the Queen Vic had a partition wall down the middle of the bar, which separated it into two sections. The smaller section, known as the 'snug', housed a dart board and fruit machines, whilst the larger section, known as the saloon bar, was used primarily as the customer seating area. Den Watts , who was the landlord at the time got permission from the brewery that owned The Queen Vic to remove the partition in October 1985, and hired Tony Carpenter to do the job.

In reality, the pub exterior shell on the outdoor permanent set was built between 1984 and 1985. The exterior shell was made to look as though it had stood for a hundred years. The internal sets are in a studio separate from the building situated in the Square.

History

The Queen Victoria was built in 1880's and originally had two bars the public and the saloon. In 1985 publican Den Watts decided to dismantle the partitions between the two bars, so it became one. During the early years of EastEnders the pub was owned by the brewery Luxford & Copley who then rented it out to the Watts family.

Den and Angie Watts took control of the Vic in 1975, In 1986 after Den divorced Angie on Christmas Day, Den's mistress Jan becomes the landlady for a few months, before Den splits up with her. Meanwhile Angie begins running the new rival pub in the Square named ' The Dagmar', owned by James Willmott-Brown. On New Year's Eve 1987, at the party in The Vic, Angie demands that she runs The Vic again with Den. In 1988, Angie leaves The Vic and Walford for Spain after telling Den that they will both run a new pub together. Den, falling for her plan, signs the lease of the pub over to Frank Butcher and his barmaid Pat Wicks. After Den finds out Angie's plan, it is to late for him to keep The Vic. Den goes on to run Strokes wine bar, which is a front for a criminal gang called 'The Firm". His involvement with the gang led to his (fake) death in 1989.

Pat and Frank gave up The Vic in 1990 to run the B&B. This was because Janine was young and Frank and Pat found it hard to look after Janine and run the pub. Den and Angie's daughter Sharon Watts and Simon Wicks managed the pub until the brewery found a new landlord. The brewery found Eddie Royle, who was an ex-policeman. However, this was short-lived as Eddie was stabbed in the Albert Square Gardens by Nick Cotton.

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Queen Vic 1992-2010

After Eddie's death, the brewery Decide to sell The Vic off. Sharon Watts (Den and Angie's Daughter) and partner Grant Mitchell and brother Phil Mitchell, buy the pub off the Brewery. Sharon's name is put above the door, due to Phil and Grant having criminal records. In 1993, Phil decides to sell his share of The Vic to Sharon and Grant, who are married by this time.

In 1994, after Sharon's affair with Phil Mitchell, Grant forces Sharon out of The Vic on Christmas Day. Sharon returns in 1995 and even though it breaks her heart she signs the deeds to The Queen Vic over to Peggy Mitchell, making her the new landlady.

Peggy and Grant own the Vic until 1996, when Peggy and Frank Butcher get together and marry. Grant decides to give his 50% share of The Vic to his brother Phil, who sells his share to Dan Sullivan for £5.00. With Dan as the new landlord he starts making Peggy and Frank's lives hell and in a game of cards Phil tricks Dan in to signing an amendment to the deeds signing his share over to Peggy and Frank making them the sole owners.

In 1999, Peggy and Frank split up after his affair with his ex-wife, Pat Evans. Frank leaves the square shortly after leaving Peggy in serious debt with The Vic. This leads to Peggy selling The Vic unknowingly in 2001 to Sharon Watts. Sharon and her ex-brother-in-law Phil Mitchell get back together and Phil buys Steve Owen's share of The Vic .In 2002, After Angie Watts dies in Spain, Sharon decides to make a new start without The Vic, and sells her share to Phil. Sharon then buys the E20 nightclub from Beppe di Marco, and renames it Angie's Den, after both her parents.

Peggy once again becomes landlady of The Vic and runs the pub for Phil until she decides to leave and live with Grant, leaving Bar Manager Alfie Moon to run the pub. When Phil is accused of armed robbery, he signs all of his business interests over to his sister Sam Mitchell so she become power of attorney, including the pub. In 2004, Sam gets conned out of The Vic by ex-landlord Den Watts after his return from the dead.

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When EastEnders began, the outside of The Vic was painted brown. In the early 90s it was repainted green, which lasted until 1992, when it was repainted to its current colour, red.

On Christmas Eve 2004, Den Watts take over the pub, and the new Watts family, (Den, Sharon, Vicki, Dennis and Den's new wife, Chrissie) move in The Vic.

In February 2005, Den is killed by wife Chrissie Watts and is buried under concrete in the cellar of the pub. Chrissie forges Den's signature on The Vic's deed of transfer, and takes over control of The Vic. In July 2005, In November 2005 Chrissie try to do a runner out of Walford so sell the Queen Vic to Ian Beale but Chrissie is caught and exposed as Den's murderer, and is arrested. Before Chrissie Watts would speak to the police she wanted to talk to Sharon Watts where she told her she'd forged Den's signature on The Vic's deed of transfer, which meant as Den daughter she inherited the The Queen Vic. Sharon decides to sell the pub to the Phil Mitchell with Peggy once again for a third time becoming landlady.

In 2009, Christmas Eve, Peggy's estranged husband Archie Mitchell and his new fiancee Janine Butcher take over The Vic. Later on Christmas Day, Archie throws out Janine, and is later killed by Stacey Branning by the famous Queen Vic Bust. In Archie's will, he leaves The Vic to daughter Roxy Mitchell making her the newest landlady.

Roxy is in charge of The Vic until September 2010 when she admits that she can't run The Vic properly, so signs the pub back to Peggy, making her the owner of the Vic for the second time, and landlady for a fourth time.

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Queen Vic 2010 to 2014

In 2010, after Phil Mitchell sets fire to The Vic in a drug fuelled rage , Peggy heartbroken at the burnt out wreckage of her beloved pub and seeing the damage she has caused to Phil leaves and a short while later signs The Vic over to Phil. With no interest in running The Vic himself , Phil decides to rent The Vic to ex-bar manager Alfie Moon and his wife Kat making them the new landlord and landlady as well as the licensees.

After Kat has an affair with Derek Branning in 2012, she leaves the pub, leaving Alfie in charge until he gets with ex landlady 'Roxy Mitchell' who becomes the new Landlady until November 2013. Alfie and his new wife Roxy split up and Alfie goes back to ex-wife Kat. However, this is short lived as Phill announces that he is selling the Vic.

On Christmas Day 2013, Phil is due to sell The Vic to ex- landlady (for one day) Janine Butcher. After she is arrested for murder, the pub is sold to Mick and Linda Carter, the brother and sister-in-law of Shirley Carter. 

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The Vic from 2014 to present.

n 2014 when Mick and Linda discover a damp problem in the cellar which Phil never told them about when he sold them The Vic resort to getting a loan from Mick's estranged grandfather Stan Carter for the repairs to The Vic's cellar. Stan's condition for giving them the loan is they have to sign a share of The Vic over to his daughter and Mick's secret mother Shirley making her co-landlady and co-licensee along with Mick and Linda.

In 2017 Woody Woodward become the new Bar Manager. In April Shirley and Linda Carter sold the freehold go the Queen Vic with out Mick consent, to a business called Grafton Hill and, the company now own the building. Grafton Hill employs Fi Browning as Accountants Manager of the Pub.  Fi Browning tell Shirley and Woody they have too many staff and need to sack two. Woody later sack Tracey and Sharon. In May 2017 Mick Returns to the Square and Sacks Woody.

Staff

Current Employees

Name Position Years Notes
Mick Carter Licensee 2013-
Linda Carter Licensee 2013- Away ( December 24th 2016 - Present )
Shirley Carter Licensee 2014-
Tina Carter Barmaid 2014-
Johnny Carter Barman 2013-14, 2016-
Abi Branning Food Preparation 2016-
Whitney Carter Barmaid 2011

2015-

Stacey Fowler Barmaid 2010

2017-

Fi Browning Accountants Manager 2017-

Previous Employees

Name Position Years
Lofty Holloway Bartender prior to 1985-????
Arthur Fowler Bartender ????
Shirley Carter Bartender 2007-2010
Nina Harris Bartender ????
Sam Mitchell Bartender 1995-1996

1999-2000

2002-2005

Ricky Butcher Bartender ????
Little Mo Mitchell Bartender 2004-2006
Kat Moon Bartender/Owner 2000,

2002-2004,

2010-13

Alfie Moon Bartender/Owner 2002-2004

2010-13

Spencer Moon Bartender 2002-2004
Jake Moon Bartender 2005
Simon Wicks Bartender ????
Melanie Healy Bartender 2000-2001
Trevor Morgan Bartender 2001
Donna Ludlow Bartender ????
Kathy Beale Bartender ????
Clyde Tavernier Bartender ????
Michelle Fowler Bartender ????
Cindy Beale Bartender ????
Steve Elliot Bartender ????
Tiffany Mitchell Bartender 1995-1998
Debbie Wilkins Bartender ????
Lorraine Wicks Bartender ????
Jan Hammond Bartender ????
Binnie Roberts Bartender ????
Josie McFarlane Bartender ????
Mary Flaherty Bartender ????
Shelley Lewis Bartender ????
Dennis Rickman Bartender 2005
Honey Mitchell Bartender 2006-2007
Sean Slater Bartender 2007
Dawn Swann Bartender 2006-2009
Danny Mitchell Bartender 2010
Glenda Mitchell Bartender 2010
Roxy Mitchell Bartender 2007-2009, 2010, 2012-2013
Ronnie Mitchell Bartender 2007-2010
Chelsea Fox Bartender 2010
Christian Clarke Bartender 2008,2010
Pat Butcher Bartender 1988-90, 2000, 2010
Billy Mitchell Bartender 2007-2009,2010
Peggy Mitchell Bartender/Owner 1994-2001, 2002, 2005-09, 2010
Janine Butcher Bartender 2009,2010
Stacey Slater Bartender 2010
Eddie Moon Bartender 2011
Tyler Moon Bartender 2011
Ryan Malloy Bartender 2009-2011
Jane Beale Chef 2010-2012
Jodie Gold Bartender 2011
Kim Fox Bartender 2011
Mo Harris Bartender 2011-2013
Ray Dixon Bartender,

Chef

2012-2013
Jean Slater Bartender,

Events Manager

2010-13
Patrick Trueman Bartender 2013
Fatboy Bartender 2012-2013
Kirsty Branning Bartender 2013
Nancy Carter Barmaid 2013-16
Lee Carter Bartender 2014-16
Babe Smith Bartender/Food Preperation 2014-17
Tracey Barmaid 1989-2017
Sharon Mitchell Landlady/FullTime Barmaid Part-Time Barmaid/Assistant Manager 1991-94
2001
20022005 2016-2017
Woody Woodward Bar Manager April - May 2017

Current Residents

Name Years Notes
Mick Carter 2013-Present
Linda Carter 2013-Present Away ( December 24th 2016 - Present )
Shirley Carter 2013-2014 2017-Present
Lady Di 2013-Present
Johnny Carter 2013-14,

2016-Present

Ollie Carter 2015-Present Away ( December 24th 2016 - Present ) With Linda
Whitney Carter 2015-2016 2017-Present
Tina Carter 2013-2014 2017-Present

Former Residents

Name Years
Den Watts Prior to 1985-88
2004-05
Angie Watts Prior to 1985-86
1987-88
Sharon Watts

Prior to 1985-88
1991-942001
2002
2004
2005

Simon Wicks 1987-89
Frank Butcher 1988-90
1999-2000
Pat Butcher 1987
1988-90
2010
Janine Butcher 1988-90
2000
2009
Mo Butcher 1988
Ricky Butcher 1988-90
1992
2009
Diane Butcher 1989
Eddie Royle 1990-91
Grant Mitchell 1991-99
2006
Phil Mitchell 1991
1999
2001-02
2005-09
2010
Sam Mitchell 1991-93
1998-99
2001-02
2005
2009
2010
Kathy Beale 1994
Peggy Mitchell 1994-2001
2002
2005-09
2010
Tiffany Mitchell 1997-98
Courtney Mitchell 1997-98
2006
Jamie Mitchell 1999,2002
Barry Evans 2001
Natalie Evans 2001
Alfie Moon 2002-04
2010-13
Spencer Moon 2002-04
Nana Moon 2002-04
Kat Slater 2003-04

2010-13

Zoe Slater 2003-04
Chrissie Watts 2004-05
Dennis Rickman 2004-2005
Ben Mitchell 2006-10
Roxy Mitchell 2007-09
2010

2012-13

Ronnie Mitchell 2007-08
2009-2010
Billy Mitchell 2007
2008-09
2010
Honey Mitchell 2007
Archie Mitchell 2008-09
Jay Brown 2009
2010
Mo Harris 2011-13
Jean Slater 2011-13
Eddie Moon 2011
Tyler Moon 2011
Nancy Carter 2014-16
Shirley Carter 2013-14
Stan Carter 2014-15
Tina Carter 2013-14,

2014-15

Lee Carter 2014-16
Whitney Carter 2015-16

17-

Babe Smith 2013-17
Sylvie Carter 2014-17
Woody Woodward April - May 2017

Owner/Licensee

Owner Licensee Year Manager
Brewery Den Watts 1975-1988
Brewery Frank Butcher 1988-1990
Brewery Eddie Royle 1990-1991
Sharon Watts Grant Mitchell

Phil Mitchell

Sharon Watts 1991-1993
Sharon WattsGrant Mitchell Sharon Watts 1993-1995
Peggy Mitchell

Grant Mitchell

Peggy Mitchell 1995-1996
Peggy Mitchell

Dan Sullivan

Peggy Mitchell 1996
Peggy Mitchell Peggy Mitchell 1996-2001
Sharon Watts Steve Owen Sharon Watts 2001
Sharon Watts

Phil Mitchell

Sharon Watts 2001-2002
Phil Mitchell Peggy Mitchell 2002-2004 Alfie Moon (2002-2004)
Den Watts Den Watts 2005
Chrissie Watts Chrissie Watts 2005
Phil Mitchell Peggy Mitchell 2005-2009
Archie Mitchell Archie Mitchell 2009
Roxy Mitchell Roxy Mitchell 2010
Peggy Mitchell Peggy Mitchell 2010
Phil Mitchell Alfie Moon & Kat Moon 2010-2012
Phil Mitchell Alfie MoonRoxy Mitchell 2013
Mick Carter' 'Linda Carter Mick Carter Linda Carter 2013-2014
Mick Carter Linda Carter

Shirley Carter

Mick Carter Linda Carter

Shirley Carter

2014-2017 Woody Woodward (2017)
Grafton Hill  Mick Carter Linda Carter

Shirley Carter

2017 Woody Woodward (2017)
Grafton Hill  Mick Carter Linda Carter

Shirley Carter

2017-Present

Deaths & Injury

There has been 3 deaths within the premises. There has also been 3 deaths right outside of the premises.

Inside the Premises/ Accidents In The Building

Name Year Cause Of Death/ Injury
Tom Clements April 1988 Heart Attack
Den Watts 18 February 2005 He was hit over the head by a cast iron metal doorstop by Zoe Slater. Chrissie later delivers the fatal blow using the doorstop and Den dies instantly.
Archie Mitchell 25 December 2009 Stacey Branning used The Queen Vic Bust to murder him
Linda Carter 8th May 2015 Fallen Down The Stairs And Waters Broke
Ollie Carter Early 2016 Had A Stroke Whilst In His Cot.
Sylvie Carter 30th March 2017 Sylvie died on 30th March 2017, after pulling a radio into the bath, while her great grandson Jonny, sorted the fuse box out.

Outside the Premises

Name Year Cause Of Death
Tiffany Mitchell January 1999 She was ran over by Frank Butcher and hit her head on the pavement
Dennis Rickman January 2006 He was stabbed by Danny Moon
Bradley Branning February 2010 He fell to his death from the roof of The Queen Vic

Gallery

Exterior

Interior Downstairs

Interior Upstairs

Signs

Miscellaneous

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