The 16th century coaching inn, which is famous for its traditional ales, was under ownership of the Spa Hotel. According to a pub archive, the official name was Tofts Jazz Club which had more than 6,000 members and moved from Bouverie Road West (where Saga is now) to Grace Hill in 1964. Fire swept through Sheppey Comprehensive School in April 1980. The house band still plays, including the ancient drummer and the blind keyboard player, both of whom I think have a financial iterest in the place. Altogether now . It was listed as Grade II in 1972. === Dunton Road=== Humphrey Street=== Rowcross Street. Further alterations and extensions followed in 1983. Follow us on S531040 Quick View High Street c1955 Ref. Figure 68. Duke Of Clarence, 154 Manor Place. Southwark Notes Is Not Registered As A Community Interest Company. Duncs pics are linked to his site. The Rising Sun's building dates back to the 18th and the 19th century. Samsons Castle, Grange Rd Business premises There were but few houses in the Kent Road a century ago. True, it may look a little dark at times, but it remains resolutely open. The club is said to have attracted stars such as Eric Clapton and the Four Tops. You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post. Factfile:This bar is a part of Folkestone's more recent history, being a part of the bar and club scene dating from 2009 to 2011. Here, occupying a remote. PC Luke . On the one hand you have the residue of the massive gasworks, the acrid colours of the retail sheds, relics of failed residential developments (especially The Aylesbury Estate, which looms like an abandoned supertanker above the artificial water meadows of Burgess Park), the yawning dual-carriageway and the endless stream of traffic thereon yet there are occasional bright spots amidst the post-industrial wastes. Although just to clarify, it wasnt ever Thai, always Vietnamese. Wellington - Borehamwood. The Swan (later the site of Caesar's). But you are hard pressed to find a boozer hereabouts today, although there are visible ruins of a lost drinking culture. Demolished. Many apologies to the (late) creator of this site, and to his friends and family. 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. From The Old Kent Road chapter in Old and New London, Edward Walford, 1878. Dockhead Stores, Tanner St Closed - R.J.M. Last edited by kiwi on Thu Apr 29, 2021 1:15 am, edited 1 time in total. The documentary will feature previously unbroadcast interviews with Paula (pictured in 1991) about her life, given in 1998 and . ////google_ad_slot = "1882116331"; Its reputation was in tatters before the closure because of earlier violence at the pub. 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. More impressive yet is The Thomas Becket (Walworth SE1, fig 69). The Lord Wellington. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. The Thomas Becket (Walworth SE1), now closed [though since reopened]. I used to go drinking down the old kent road 30 years ago its shocking what has happened to all the pubs i went in .GREAT PUBS GONE GREAT MEMORIES REMAIN. Enjoy it while it lasts. 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 earliest known date was 1869. Winchester, Gt Suffolk St Demolished Here's the link to our main Facebook page where we share our latest stories, including anything from breaking news to features, court coverage and much, much more. It became a Thai restaurant. Judith Hewitson. In January 1980, five new episodes of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" were broadcast on BBC Radio, all in one week, bringing the total number to twelve episodes. Demolished. 1y Edited Thomas a'Becket on the Old Kent Road SE1 Thanks Sir William Walworth, 297-299 Walworth Road Shops The King's Arms. An early 19th-century building. [Public house (possibly).] Happy new year 2010! Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Photo 6x4 The Crown Blackheath\/SO9786 A Pub on Station Road, Cradley Hea c2009 at the best online prices at eBay! It was very cliquey and exclusive, usually men only, but in later years opened further to the public. Of all the properties name-checked on the canonical (London) Monopoly board,1 only one of them lies south of the River Thames, and its the one that has seen probably the most change over the last three-quarters of a century since that game was created. It has since been converted to flats, The White Lion pub has sat derelict for more than a decade, The Happy Frenchman in Christ Church road has seen many incarnations in its 160 year history. News. 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. Southwark Council Officers and East Walworth Ward councillors rejected developers Terrameks application to demolish and replace with 9 flats on 8th Sept 2010, citing the character of the pub and the impact of the proposals on Nursery Row Park but local users and supporters of the pub fear that a new plan will be submitted to the Council. According to Dover Kent Archives, the pub called its orders for the final time in 2009. I _know_ its not a pub, but it always takes my brain a second or two to catch up. Take a look . How an argument in a taxi between two brothers changed a family's life forever. The Swan (later the site of Caesars). The Fort, Grange Rd Awaiting conversion Demolished. Brooklyn Bridge in the fog, 1986. It stands on the corner of Trafalgar Avenue. It closed in 2007 and a planning application was made to change the use of the pub into four one-bedroom flats, with a first-floor extension above a flat roof area. We have split them up into areas for your ease. For lists of pubs by postcode area, visit my London Pubology site. He had two classic vanguards, with original paperwork, but dodgy VIN numbers and for our sins, we obtained an old Capri from him complete with dodgy MOT. Still trading. Went to their first Sunday lunch. Photo credits for some of the pics below from SarfLondonDunc Flickr Set of Pubs and Dead Pubs. Shard Arms pub 610 Old Kent Road. Green Man Pub Gone Days Walworth London History Camberwell St Albans New Roads tollgates at the Green Man Pub, Old Kent Road c.1865. My Grandmother lived in Palamon Ct, Coopers Rd Estate can anybody remember the name of the pub that was situated in Coopers Road please? None of these pubs is any longer open for business, although, rather surprisingly, the buildings of three of them still exist in some form.6 Of course, this was just a fraction of the total number which once ran the length of the road. Dalston-type gentrification seems unlikely, but who knows? Thomas a Becket pub 320-322 Old Kent Road. 711. Had a couple of mad nights in the Gin Palace. In 2021 it was in use as a Vietnamese restaurant and bar. It was commonly known beforehand as Mustang Sally's. The Hole In The Wall in the High Street was a popular watering hole in the town from the 1960s to the 1980s. The Amicus Apple on Frederick Street was a popular bar and restaurant in the early 2000s, and was also known as The Victoria & Albert pub back in the 1970s and 80s. It was a big venue with three separate bars and a room upstairs - as well as a decent darts team. The Thistle Inn in the centre in 1866. Your email address will not be published. At one point, there were 39 pubs. Surrey Arms, 5 Surrey Square Flats The Brunswick Tavern. A good place to find out about the history of Inner London. Website closedpubs.co.uk has been logging the closures of boozers around the country and we've found 30 pubs in the Bromley borough you might just remember - scroll through the gallery above to . Demolished. Our Society was founded in 2001 by a small group of like-minded pub history enthusiasts. The Sherwood Rothsay Rd Demolished Tonbridge High Street in August 1980. Still standing, now a doctors surgery. 320-322. 276-280. Bricklayers Arms is the road intersection of the A2 and the London Inner Ring Road where Bermondsey [1] meets Walworth [2] and Elephant & Castle in south London. A structural survey revealed that the building was found to have dry and wet rot on all floors, which included the joinery, collapsed rain water drains and asbestos. Frog and Nightgown, Old Kent Rd Demolished St Johns Tavern Commercial premises What a blast from the past - who remembers a night out in Pipers? For a round-up of the day's top stories direct to your inbox, subscribe to our newsletter here. Colour item.Old Kent Road, London.Travelling shots from vehicle driving down Old Kent Road showing school, road systems, wastelan. The earliest known date was 1833. The 'Enerey', The 'Thomas' and the Frog (had a great lock in there once), were all occasional haunts of mine back in the 80's. Still standing, but now closed. Rebuilt after the Second World War. Dover Castle, Davidge St Flats It was in 1962 that permission was given for the two neighbouring pubs to be re-fronted and to merge under the name of Elephant and Hind, a name later changed to Bar Ellie and then the Port of Call. Known for its huge logo on the side of the premises, the George and Dragon has been closed for years. Demolished. Totally unspoilt interior, full of the most enormous Victorian mirrors. 490. It recently came out that their retrospective application for change of use to a restaurant was refused, so it may need to go back to being a pub. Thomas A'Becket several times with my cousins. Another Ramsgate pub turned into a residential address is The Westgate Tavern which closed its doors for the final time in the 1970s. This is as authentic as it gets. Hey there, just to let you know the Lord Nelson hasnt closed, its still going strong :). 103. The firm CR Consultancy published a Briefing (23/6/2011) on pub closures recently and they reported that in the period between 2007 and 2010, Camberwell and Peckham lost 29 pubs and Old Southwark and Bermondsey lost 22! This property is also said to be in private residential use. The building went before planners at Thanet District Council back in 2008 where Listed Building Consent and plans for three flats and a two-storey house were put forward. Gloucester Arms, 24 Mason Street Flats Still standing, now a bar called Pardis and a separate restaurant. Built on Mulgrave Street in 1840, it was overlooking the beach at the time and received the second liquor license issued in New Zealand. The Walmer Castle was welcoming customers way back in 1729, although research indicates it was known before then as the Hare and Hounds.. Like its neighbour, the Walmer Castle, it used to open around four in the morning and this continued at least until 1900. This is the London Pubology blog, very slowly dedicating itself to all things in the intersection of PUB and LONDON. I confess that for all my disdain of the untrammelled greed that is taking its toll of so many London neighbourhoods, one cant avoid the feeling that something needs to happen here. Demolished. Castle pub 205-209 Old Kent Road. This pub formerly on the corner of Folkestone Road and Clarendon street was a popular haunt back in the day. From Business: Ray's Place since 1937, a meeting place where people of all ages and walks of life meet to transact business, discuss politics, keep up on current events and. Corporeally, Chippenham and Penge. Demolished. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Factfile: This stunning venue was home to a u-shaped balcony inside, equipped with pool tables, a stage, a bar and a dancefloor. Weve found it the best resource for mapping what a massacre there has been of local pubs in the last 15 years in the North Southwark area. The building dates from about 1840. Thank you for reading the blogs. Nice post, have you got an RSS feed I can subscribe to? Many will remember how popular it was with the Navy boys, including the Dutch and Norwegians, during Dover's Hellfire Corner days in the Second World War. Still standing, now a bar called Virgos. 12. 762. The maestros behind the site also ask Do you have any anecdotes, historical information or photographs of closed or lost pubs? Officers with dogs sealed off the road while the crowd was calmed and four people were arrested. There was a pub called The Windsor Castle on Coopers Road, so that might be the one. ANOTHER LOCAL PUB FACES CONVERSION TO FLATS 1) and was the highway from Kent to the metropolis. The old Shepherd Neame-owned building was renovated and vacated between 2008 and 2009. 40. Many a pint was sunk here before heading further into town. 64-66. Glenn Moore of G M Moore and Associates said the pub would be replaced with a three-storey building with three underground parking spaces. Learn how your comment data is processed. It is understood the pub closed in 2012 and it is not known what the future holds for the premises. Needless to say, youve done a much better job with the camera than I managed. Issac Bell, Tarn St Demolished DOVER KENT ARCHIVES. Jamaica Tavern, Southwark Park Road Closed Given its industrial vitality and importance as a route into town from the coast, its no wonder there were so many places to drink, as Walford observes in Old And New London. It closed in 2003 to reopen as a restaurant and then in 2014 it became a micro-pub, which has since closed. [3] Much of the land taken up by the old railway lines through South Bermondsey has already been reclaimed for housing developments. Still trading, since known as The Henry Cooper, Scene, Vogue Bar, Klub Traffik and now Club Favour. 1904 New fire station opened at 306-312 Old Kent Road. Paper Moon, Blackfriars Rd Awaiting demolition The Gem Bar & Restaurant (formerly The Canterbury Arms). Like this site? A few notes for each pub have also been added for each pub. The Hungry Horse. 8-10. Factfile:This pub has been boarded up for around four to five yearsand remains derelict to this present day. The haunted Thomas A Becket Pub on the Old Kent Road in South London. Formerly the Perseverance and the Avenue, Paul Barrett bought the property and following alterations, reopened it as a free house in October 1981. The quoted passage is from this section on the Old Kent Road. Demolished. The former Railway Bell was also popular with football fans, but when it originally shut was plagued by flytippers who used the land at the rear to dump unwanted items. Were back to J.G. The Turks Head. I will amend the restaurant for now. The Elephant and Castle. It was here that the horse-drawn coaches left each morning to take travellers to St Margaret's and beyond. White Lion - Barnet. Historic Macy Store and Diner is located at 1004 Winchester S Rd., Canal Winchester, OH 43110. Horns, Tower Bridge Road Gone Golden Lion, Galleywall Road Closed List of Old Kent Road pubs. Email us if you spot an error or can add another closed pub in North Southwark! 799. In the past, we have written quite a bit about the number of local Elephant and Walworth pubs that have dropped like flies to be later reborn as expensive but cheaply converted flats see our Walworth page for the grisly details! 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