NOTE: Please be aware that this blog is unaffiliated with pubology.com and was set up in ignorance of this other fine site of the same name. Earl of Derby, Grange Rd Flats 1920s The Marquis of Granby in Soho . Well, here we go again as The Crown pub in Brandon St, Walworth the one with all the fancy old green tiles is another local under threat from closure and conversion. Valentine and Orson, Long Lane Awaiting development You can also follow KentLive on Twitter here, as well as on our Instagram page where we share great pictures of Kent. ////google_ad_slot = "1882116331"; Historic Macy Store and Diner is located at 1004 Winchester S Rd., Canal Winchester, OH 43110. To a certain extent this reflects rebuilding after wartime bombing, but it is also due to the flight of industry from the centre of London which had started happening even before then and has moved on progressively over the last century. Guys Arms, Guy St Flats I recently spent a couple of freezing afternoons tramping up and down the Old Kent Road. And about 3.4 percent of Americans 80 or older were in the work force last year.30 The worker who is 30 years old in 2010 has lived in a much different world from that of the worker who is 60. Factfile: This boozer closed its doors nearly 40 years ago in the early 1980s but was officially listed as a Grade II in 1988. 224. never did find out the name of that pub..anyone? Factfile:This pub has been boarded up for around four to five yearsand remains derelict to this present day. Over the years the boarded-up pub became one of the towns most notorious eyesores and at one point became an unofficial car lot. The Dead Pubs website, an excellent resource, lists 39 drinking establishments, which Ive listed in an appendix at the end for reference. The Magnet. Best Pubs in Old Kent Rd, London SE1 5BA, United Kingdom - The Montague Arms, Simon The Tanner, Queen Elizabeth, The Ship, The St James Tavern, Prince of Peckham, The Lord Nelson, The Royal Oak, The Surrey Docks, Camberwell Arms One of the great lost rail termini of London was sited at the top of the Old Kent Road, Bricklayers Arms, and after an initial, abortive, attempt to compete with London Bridge station for passengers (Bricklayers Arms was opened in 1844 but closed to passenger traffic in 1852), it settled down for the remainder of its existence as a goods depot, meaning that many industries set up along the Old Kent Road and around the Bricklayers Arms terminus in Bermondsey. Thank you for reading the blogs. 103. Artist Allan Tannenbaum, who photographed New York in the seventies and eighties, remembers the "misery of long lines to buy gasoline." He wrote that conditions in Bed-Stuy were especially bad: "It seemed as if the entire infrastructure was in decay."Ferdinando Scianna. Shard Arms pub 610 Old Kent Road. August 28, 1954. The Gem Bar & Restaurant (formerly The Canterbury Arms). Southwark Notes Is Not Registered As A Community Interest Company. 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. At the time, investigators said six drums of petrol had been ignited in the pub. Demolished. It was closed when I wrote the post, so glad to hear its still going! Enter your e-mail address to follow 'London Pubology' and receive notifications of new posts. 697b. 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. Winchester, Gt Suffolk St Demolished @import url(http://www.google.com/cse/api/branding.css). [5] The six volumes are available on the British History website. Cheers. S531041M Quick View from Terrace Road c1960 Ref. The Tenterden Arms in Bromley-by-Bow 2007 BROMLEY BY BOW E3 - TENTERDEN ARMS I have another blog of my film reviews over at Ewan at the Cinema. It is thought it was in its prime in the 1950s where a picture has showed people of all ages gathered outside of it. It was a tobacco shop with an exclusive bar at the back, which at first was not signposted outside. This is as authentic as it gets. In 2021 it was in use as a Vietnamese restaurant and bar. The city centre site is now called the Boozy Cow, a cocktail bar known for its burgers and alcoholic milkshakes. 731. Figure 68. Demolished. 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. The Save The Crown Campaign has been organising and gathering support. Still trading. 320-322. It stood empty until September 2008, when it opened as a British Heart Foundation Furniture and Electrical shop. William Gomm, Abbeyfield Road Gone. Colour item.Old Kent Road, London.Travelling shots from vehicle driving down Old Kent Road showing school, road systems, wastelan. Hey there, just to let you know the Lord Nelson hasnt closed, its still going strong :). Factfile: The Trafalgar used to be at 48 Royal Road but is said to have closed in the early 1970s and was converted into a house ever since. According to Dover Kent Archives, the pub called its orders for the final time in 2009. The Turks Head. Horns, Tower Bridge Road Gone Built in 1972, this pub was in Isambard Brunel Road in the heart of the city. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Picture: Rory Kehoe / Google Along the. 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. Collectively, their faces bore the traces of hundreds of years worth of drinking in this pub. The pub has been boarded up for more than a decade, after it closed its doors in 2004. Jamaica Tavern, Southwark Park Road Closed I've put them into some basic categories. The World Turned Upside Down. Demolished. 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. 279 opened in 1856 and was well known as a gin palace, and later became a champagne bar and featured DJs such as Steve Walsh and Robbie Vincent. 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. Demolished. Moving aside from all the challenges current pubs and bars face, we have rounded up some of the well known pubs across the county that are no longer with us. Little Crown, Albion Street Closed Sitting in its place is a Tesco Express store, which includes a car park at the front. The pub gained a Grade II listing in December 1973. 16th December 2010. Bristol Pub Guide by John Mackintosh, Mark Wyler, Nick Fox and Audrey Creed 1982 This is the updated, completely revised guide to the one above and has the same five star rating. It stood on the corner with Ilderton Road. Also known for gangland trouble of the 60s. Although the company liquidated in 1991, there are a handful of independently owned stores left around the United States. Follow us on Above: The attractive Georgian pub called the Lord Nelson stands beside Old Kent Road. Still standing, now a restaurant. The pub probably closed around 2000 and was permanently closed for several years. [Beer house.] Since the pub closed a decade or so ago the building has been variously an estate agents premises, an art gallery and its current iteration is as a Vietnamese restaurant possibly a very good Vietnamese restaurant, I cannot say, but it is a pity that this pub, of all pubs, is no more. It has now been knocked down. 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. 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 [6] The one no longer extant is The Shard Arms, at the corner of Peckham Park Road, which was demolished in the 1990s and replaced by a residential development. Windsor Castle, Coopers Rd Flats document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Pingback: Tweets that mention Monopoly: The Pubs of Old Kent Road Pubology -- Topsy.com. 1y Edited Thomas a'Becket on the Old Kent Road SE1 The Bricklayers Arms. The trend of country pubs is creeping back in, with picturesque boozers pulling in the punters. The Shard Arms, since known as Cockneys. Green Man, Old Kent Rd Restaurant Glenn Moore of G M Moore and Associates said the pub would be replaced with a three-storey building with three underground parking spaces. Swan and Sugarloaf, Parkers Row Flats London England. The Duke of Kent. The pub is still in use. Old Photos of Sittingbourne, Kent - browse nostalgic, historic local photos online. Demolished. The Elephant and Castle. 10. Thanks Adrian for a very comprehensive list. WEST SIDE If you find that it changes again, please keep me updated. Demolished. The Dun Cow at No. The pub was rebuilt after the Second World War. Royal George, Abbey St Demolished LOG IN. The Oliver House is located at 27 Broadway St, Toledo, OH 43604. Email us if you spot an error or can add another closed pub in North Southwark! The side streets are shown (at the side of the marker ===), giving a rough idea of where each pub is (or was) situated. The Rising Sun's building dates back to the 18th and the 19th century. 711. [7] I took this information from the otherwise exceptional Russ Willey, Chambers London Gazetteer (Edinburgh: Chambers, 2006), but Diamond Geezers information (along with that on Wikipedia) suggests that this was not in fact the River Neckinger but presumably another minor tributary now long-lost. Your email address will not be published. 205-209. Factfile:This popular boozer provided people heading to the night scene in Tontine Street and Marine Parade (the Priz) with a few pre-clubbing tipples. Your email address will not be published. In recognition, and as you have said I can use any of your pictures, which I have not done so far I have added a link from the deadpubs site (links page); and about blooming time. Follow us on or Contacts DOVER KENT ARCHIVES. I did the same depressing walk as you down the Old Kent Road about a year ago researching and photographing the pubs for the Deadpubs website. 602. This is the rather sad sight of the 'The Vic' pub that greets you as you leave the station. The Rising Sun. Top other pubs in Old Kent Road. I thought Id try starting a series of posts based on the Monopoly Board. The Lord Wellington. One of the pub's good deeds resulted in enough raffle money being raised to buy a guide dog for a blind man in Folkestone back in 1995, and another 20 by 1998. 224. While the club started out as something a little bit different, where people would actually take part in jazz lessons, this spot is somewhat nostalgic for dozens of adults who grew up in the Sixties and 70s. This landmark pub, latterly a boxing gym and now a gallery, stood on the old coaching road to Kent (hence Old Kent Road), named after a famous pilgrim who travelled this stretch of road to Canterbury. St Johns Tavern Commercial premises On the western side of the crossroads of the OKR and Albany Street is an ornate Victorian building which was once one of the most iconic (there, Ive said it) of all London pubs: The Thomas a Becket. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Home > London > SE1: Southwark & Paula was only 41. Brunswick Tavern 148-150 Old Kent Road. The Lost Pubs (of London) website is an amazing labour of love and also a depressing window into development realities as it records all the boozers that are closing down to become flats, bookies, pound shops and hostels. The earliest known date was 1869. 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. The 16th century coaching inn, which is famous for its traditional ales, was under ownership of the Spa Hotel. However, after that closed the Alma Express Caf opened, which sadly closed within four weeks of opening. A vaulted hall of a bar, a snooker table in an bleakly-lit adjacent room, a small stage bedecked with tinsel, ready for whatever live entertainments the landlord had corralled for the evenings punters, and a small cluster of daytime regulars. Demolished. Vast tracts of it are now taken up by council estates and huge branches of familiar retail chains like Tesco, Toys R Us, PC World, B&Q, Halfords and Asda. News you can trust since 1887. Their four year old daughter was alone with her. It was demolished in 2013. 559. Golden Fleece, Weston St Business Premises Prince Of Orange, Lower Road Flats 6. I should have checked myself and not trusted the review. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. === Coopers Road=== Marlborough Grove=== Lovegrove Street. The Brighton. Do you have any anecdotes, historical information, updates or photos of closed or lost pubs in Rising Sun Tavern 799 Old Kent Road. The Old Kent Road is just a very small section of what originally extended from Dover to Wroxeter, and which in London also takes in Edgware Road and the section of it in the City which still bears its original name. Still trading. Dark wood flooring and beams surround drinkers and diners with a roaring open hearth fireplace in the winter too. But many decent watering holes have shut their doors for good over the years, leaving regulars with nothing but memories. 1) and was the highway from Kent to the metropolis. White Lion - Barnet. Demolished. Currently, there are only two pubs still trading on Old Kent Road. The Black Bull (or The Bull). (Given its city limits location, this crossroads was also a place of execution, especially notable for politically-motivated disembowellings under Henry VIII, killings that would have happened more-or-less where the big Tesco stands today.) 583. Thought to be the oldest pub in Kent, Ye Olde Yew Tree Inn in the pretty village of Westbere, dates all the way back to 1348, nearly 670 years. The Britannia. 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Factfile: This stunning venue was home to a u-shaped balcony inside, equipped with pool tables, a stage, a bar and a dancefloor. 50 Saint Albans Road, Barnet, EN5 4LA. Demolished. Brooklyn Bridge in the fog, 1986. Still trading. 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. PC Luke . The Hungry Horse. Theres a pub called the Windsor still open on the old Kent road just before it goes onto new cross road. 512-516. An early 19th-century building. This property is also said to be in private residential use. The site was on the east corner of Peckham Park Road. There are, in addition, a number of bars (not to mention bar/restaurants), though it can be difficult to get a sense of whether some of these are still in business, as many open late in the evenings or for occasional events only and give every appearance of not being in business (such as Virgos, Walworth SE1, or Clear Spirit Vodka Bar & Lounge, Peckham SE15). 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. Demolished. At this point, Old Kent Road joins New Cross Road. Kent Paninis. Although closed by 1999, it was still standing. Bridge House: 30 Borough Road. The landlord of the pub, who was hosting a party to celebrate his first anniversary in charge of the business, later said he had not been aware of the trouble brewing outside until police had burst in. [41] The New Half Way Inn. Apologies for the long absence. The Dun Cow. Duke Of Clarence, Jamaica Road Closed The Finish Lynton Rd Closed BIZ: Trout Brook Brew House in the Yalesville section of Wallingford. Our Society was founded in 2001 by a small group of like-minded pub history enthusiasts. 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