Fleece, Abbey St Flats Not yet anyway; since the last time I visited the OKR a few blocks have disappeared and hoardings promising residential opportunities have appeared in their place. The Hungry Horse. It closed in 2003 to reopen as a restaurant and then in 2014 it became a micro-pub, which has since closed. 1905 Wellington Public Baths opened on Old Kent Road at the junction with Marlborough Grove. With respect to this blogs focus of interest, an 1878 text (available online), Old and New London by Edward Walford,5 includes the following passage about the Old Kent Road, which is instructive in just how much the road has changed: The most noticeable feature in the Old Kent Road is the number of public-houses, each with its swinging sign and drinking-trough for horses. (Photo by Reuterphoto). In May 2017 the pub which first opened its doors in 1857 suddenly closed for the final time, much to the dismay of the community. 9. My Grandmother lived in Palamon Ct, Coopers Rd Estate can anybody remember the name of the pub that was situated in Coopers Road please? 50 Saint Albans Road, Barnet, EN5 4LA. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. [Public house.] Really useful, thanks. Lilliput Hall, Old Jamaica Road Flats Still standing, now a mosque. It has now closed and has remained boarded up and empty since 2007. The Brighton. Guide Name: Historic Pubs and Hotels Guide Location: England Southampton Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (A)) # of Attractions: 7 Tour Duration: 2.0 Hour(s) Travel Distance: 1.7 Km or 1.1 Miles Author: Steve Bond Author Bio: Steve Bond lives in Southampton and has an interest in local history and beer drinking. Repurposed evangelical churches in former office units or light engineering premises promise to set the captives free, whilst neighbouring buildings are home to equally anomalous nightclubs. Required fields are marked *. The trend of country pubs is creeping back in, with picturesque boozers pulling in the punters. BIZ: Trout Brook Brew House in the Yalesville section of Wallingford. Thank you for reading the blogs. A perfectly positioned boozer for those enjoying a pub crawl through the Hamlets in the 1980s and 1990s. Jolly Cricketers, Bush Road Closed The Green Man. The Brunswick Tavern. [Beer house.] The pub was rebuilt after the Second World War. A few notes for each pub have also been added for each pub. The pub gained a Grade II listing in December 1973. In the fall of 1980, the second Hitchhiker book was published in England, around the same time that Harmony Books published the first book in the United States. Local tradition has it that the Orange Tree was originally two cottages, in the front gardens of which grew two trees closely resembling the orange, hence the name. Most of my Thursdays as a youth, ended at The Gin Palace. The Greyhound pub, which was in Upper Grosvenor Road, caught fire in June 2003, destroying stock and personal contents inside. WEST SIDE 2. It has sat derelict ever since, and despite scaffolding being erected more than a year ago, the pub remains empty. Does anyone know what the name was? Green Man Pub Gone Days Walworth London History Camberwell St Albans New Roads tollgates at the Green Man Pub, Old Kent Road c.1865. Temple Bar, 286 Walworth Road Shop I recently spent a couple of freezing afternoons tramping up and down the Old Kent Road. Lord Nelson pub 386 Old Kent Road. What s next, Whitechapel Road? At this point, Old Kent Road joins New Cross Road. . Pingback: Streetlife: Old Kent Road Part 2 | Deserter, How sad to see all those pubs down the old Kent road, demolished, .i really lived life in the old Kent road , such a shame. The Thomas A Becket Pub, on the Old Kent Road in South London, is a haunted place with a most incongruous connection. Hi you dont happen to know if the landlords are with a surname Rogers? Here, occupying a remote. However, its sizable presence along with The Green Man (Walworth SE1) and The Dun Cow (Bermondsey SE1), demonstrates well the former prominence of public houses in this part of London. 578. A walk around the locality today offers evidence of other ghost pubs; the building in the photo above is one such, now re-purposed as flats. This was the club for people who like a night filled with alternative, heavy and classic tunes. On a Thursday afternoon in November the pub appeared to be shut but my colleague (CJ of Sediment notoriety) persisted in his quest for a light half and we found ourselves in a genuine, time warped London boozer. Earliest recorded mention in 1794. Stroke Of Luck, Brandon St Flats PUB Open 2014+ . True, it may look a little dark at times, but it remains resolutely open. I'm going for sunday lunch there in a couple of weeks. It was converted for use as a mosque in 2008. In 1999 the pub made headlines for the wrong reasons when police officers were called to prevent an outbreak of violence as a group of around 40 asylum seekers laid siege to the boozer. The pub is still in use. To distinguish the two, I have slightly renamed my own blog "London Pubology". 148. Do you want to stay up to date with everything that's happening across the county with KentLive? London Pubs. Our Society was founded in 2001 by a small group of like-minded pub history enthusiasts. Gin Palace, Old Kent Rd - Flats The Globe, Gt Dover St - Demolished The Globe, Chatham St - Flats The Gloucester, Gavel St - Flats Golden Fleece, Weston St - Business Premises Green Man, Old Kent Rd - Restaurant Guys Arms, Guy St - Flats Hand In Hand, Meadow Row - Awaiting demolition Havelock Arms, Fort Rd - Flats Demolished. 731. Giraffe, 45 Penton Place To be flats. Duke of Wellington, Rockingham St Flats 279. Formerly known as The Victoria Hotel, the pub opened in the early 1880s, but has been boarded up for several . Old Photos of Sittingbourne, Kent - browse nostalgic, historic local photos online. The club is said to have attracted stars such as Eric Clapton and the Four Tops. WEST SIDE The Thistle Inn in the centre in 1866. === Asylum Road=== Gervase Street=== Leo Street. Waterloo, Lost Pubs In London, SE1: Southwark & Waterloo,