Blue House to Red House - The original Mad Mile?

The Ravensbury Arms, Croydon Road, was once known as the Blue House. At the other end of this road was the Jolly Gardeners pub, which was known as the Red House. The distance between the two pubs was said to be a mile, but was it? Photos reproduced by kind permission of the Merton Historical Society:- Clip of photo of Ravensbury Arms taken by Eric Montague in 1973. https://mertonhistoricalsociety.org.u... Clip of photo of Jolly Gardeners taken by Eric Montague in 1973. https://mertonhistoricalsociety.org.u... OS maps reproduced by permission of the National Library of Scotland Georeferenced map https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom... 1953 OS map of Red House Road https://maps.nls.uk/view/102903058#zo... For more on the Ravensbury Arms:- https://mitchamhistorynotes.com/pubs/...