It was demolished in 2013. It opened in 1856, built as a Victorian gin palace, It was rebuilt in the 1930s. Somehow it disappeared from my sidebar. 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. 'NAY-SAYERS' since 1999 Bars Taverns Brew Pubs. Demolished. It was a well-used break on travellers journeys, as it stood by a crossing of the (now buried) River Neckinger,7 and the spot was thus known as St Thomas Waterings. Update The building was demolished in September 2021. Another boozer of decades ago which is now a residential property. It reopened as the Guinea Butt and just last year was taken over and rebranded as gastro pub the Guinea. By 1900 life was quieter and the magistrates allowed opening at five in the morning. 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. Crown and Anchor - Enfield, London. The Sherwood Rothsay Rd Demolished 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 History tells that Dover jurats and councillors often met up in The Antwerp after formal discussions in the old Guildhall that stood in the Square until 1861. Mat, what was the name of the pub round the back that stayed open as long as they felt like, had the greatest spread on a Sunday I've ever come across and was full of crooks and coppers? 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. Olde Three Tuns, Bow Road, London E3 Panther, Turin Street, Bethnal Green, London E2 Prince Albert, Old Church Road, Chingford, London E4 Prince George, Parkholme Road, Hackney, London E8 Prince of Wales, Preston Street, Bethnal Green, London E2 Prince of Wales, Prince Regent Lane, Silvertown, London E16 Retreat, Morning Lane, Hackney, London E9 Landlord Matthew Liles was jailed in 2014 after he glassed a man in the face. [Public house (possibly).] The Lord Wellington. However, after that closed the Alma Express Caf opened, which sadly closed within four weeks of opening. It was in existence in 1856. It was known for its burgers, hot dogs, and milkshakes. Bristol's Historic Inns by Helen Eason 1982 At the time, investigators said six drums of petrol had been ignited in the pub. Market Lane was re-aligned in 1952 and now provides the access to the Discovery Centre. The Brunswick Tavern. Gloucester Arms, 24 Mason Street Flats Factfile:The Frenchman was a big part of Folkestone's night scene, with its closure only being announced last year. The first recorded use of the name "Elephant and Castle" was in 1765. I look forward to reading each installment through to Park Lane and Mayfair. WEST SIDE 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. Factfile:The pub remains largelyderelictto this day, with old posters advertising a circus show at nearby Radnor Park on the windows. This pub was present by the 1850s and closed in 2009. New Concorde, Webster Road Flats Three Jolly Gardeners, Union St Flats The Alexandra. 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. The Rising Sun. The Hole In The Wall in the High Street was a popular watering hole in the town from the 1960s to the 1980s. Inspired by the old Croydon night spots thread I wonder how many people were regulars in the various OKR haunts ? 83. [4] Work began in 1950 on what was then North Camberwell Open Space, and has continued for most of the 20th century, including the opening of a new recreational lake in 1982. Duchess of Kent, Deverell St Flats It has sat derelict ever since, and despite scaffolding being erected more than a year ago, the pub remains empty. 2. The Dun Cow at No. Our Society was founded in 2001 by a small group of like-minded pub history enthusiasts. The Victorian pub that bore the name of the martyr eventually morphed into a place of homage for entirely 20th century reasons. 64-66. Still standing, now a mosque. The Castle (later known as the Gin Palace). Required fields are marked *. The only other surviving pub buildings from the Victorian era are the comparatively modest The Duke of Kent (Bermondsey SE1), now a mosque, and The Kentish Drovers and Halfway House (Peckham SE15), though the latter still sports a rather striking mural depicting travellers in times past. [41] Writing these pages means there is a lot to check. 711. Demolished. 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. The trend of country pubs is creeping back in, with picturesque boozers pulling in the punters. By the time it closed in 1983, most of the industrial works had long since moved out, leaving large tracts of bleak space, the remains of gasworks and other heavy industry, and a pall of underdevelopment.3 Efforts have been made at regeneration, of course, the most notable being the reclamation of much of the bombed land west of the Old Kent Road as a vast new open space, Burgess Park.4. Many revellers will remember drinking until closing time, then walking down to the front where the Priz would welcome you in until gone 3am. The premises closed in 2004 to become a surgery. Enjoy it while it lasts. Unissued / unused material. a pub in London's Old Kent Road, 10th March 1947. 16.1 miles away. 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. As part of the modern A2, the road is still used heavily for travel, its just that few anymore feel the need to stop here. Victory, Barlow Street Flats, Cliftonville Tavern, Ilderton Road Flats 871. 10. Demolished. Order Online. The two remaining pubs are The Lord Nelson (Walworth SE1, fig. Queen Anne, 126 Dawes Street Flats The Horseshoe. 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. A second building would be constructed in the rear garden, creating a one-bed flat on the ground floor and a two-bed flat above. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. . Anybody remember the man who used to play the piano in the late 1950s? But you are hard pressed to find a boozer hereabouts today, although there are visible ruins of a lost drinking culture. Dockhead Stores, Tanner St Closed Jolly Waggoners, Surrey Docks Closed Temple Bar, 286 Walworth Road Shop Stroke Of Luck, Brandon St Flats 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 The Suffolk Arms. Yes, it has taken over six years (at three blogs a week, you work it out!) (centre) landlady of the Nursery Tavern, Ecclesall Road, Sheffield, celebrates her 82nd birthday in 1986. The Dun Cow confuses me every time I walk past it (my route from home takes me around the corner there). Photo by William Henry Whitmore Davis But the most famous 'old' pub in the capital is The Thistle Inn. It closed in 2003 to reopen as a restaurant and then in 2014 it became a micro-pub, which has since closed. It later became a Noodle Bar but closed in 2014. The Black Bull (or The Bull). That end of the Old Kent Road has a strangely foreign quality; on a summer afternoon one could almost be in an unreconstructed suburb of Miami or Los Angeles, whereas on a winter afternoon one is reminded of Cleveland or Detroit. 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. Brunswick Tavern 148-150 Old Kent Road. [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. Old Kent Road, Bricklayers Arms. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Pingback: Tweets that mention Monopoly: The Pubs of Old Kent Road Pubology -- Topsy.com. Despite being on the market for nearly two years some flats took longer than others to sell. Ballard again. For a round-up of the day's top stories direct to your inbox, subscribe to our newsletter here. 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. Around one third of the built environment was destroyed. Despite permission for this being granted in May of that year, work has not commenced. PUB Open 2014+ . HP10 . This was the club for people who like a night filled with alternative, heavy and classic tunes. The Finish Lynton Rd Closed Demolished. The old Shepherd Neame-owned building was renovated and vacated between 2008 and 2009. 9. DOVER KENT ARCHIVES. There was a group that performed The Magnet at the top end of the Old Kent Road (near the New Kent Road) called Bobby Worth and The Bluebeats. 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