2. A large crowd gathered outside the Honor Oak pub in Brockley Rise yesterday to defend it from far right threats against a drag queen storytelling session. Crystal Tavern, Rotherhithe New Road Evangelical Christians place 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. It later became Keogh's Irish bar, but . The Half Moon. Although the company liquidated in 1991, there are a handful of independently owned stores left around the United States. 1 minute ago. 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. If you find that it changes again, please keep me updated. Walford then goes on to mention a number of hostelries: The Kentish Drovers; The Thomas Becket; The Shard Arms; and The World Turned Upside Down. Become a contributor and submit them here. So send em some stories and pics if you have some! Golden Lion, Galleywall Road Closed Welcome back! Factfile:This pub has been boarded up for around four to five yearsand remains derelict to this present day. But there are plans by owner and independent brewer Harvey's and Son (Lewes) to redevelop the former pub and garden which is on the busy corner with Victoria Road. Friday night was alternative night, and it was then that they basically played the playlists from Kerrang and MTV2. Beaten Path, 267 Walworth Road Supermarket Developers Churchgate bought it, applied to build flats on top of the Grade II listed building, and then failed to do so. Jason Kevan. /* 468x60, created 25/01/09 */ It was demolished in 1952 and most recently replaced with a Co-op foodstore. 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. This was the club for people who like a night filled with alternative, heavy and classic tunes. I recently spent a couple of freezing afternoons tramping up and down the Old Kent Road. In its day it had been a Watney's Brewery pub. The boozer was once owned by brewers Shepherd Neame and had a "spacious car park" up until the year 2000 when it was too converted into private residence. Market Lane was re-aligned in 1952 and now provides the access to the Discovery Centre. The building still stands on the corner of Albany Road. Thomas a Becket pub - 320-322 Old Kent Road. Follow us on or Contacts X.png. For What's On content such as the latest openings, events, and shopping news see here. 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. Two Brewers, West Lane Flats Hey there, just to let you know the Lord Nelson hasnt closed, its still going strong :). Havelock Arms, Fort Rd Flats Kings Head, 204 Walworth Road Bookies Also known for gangland trouble of the 60s. Victorian London. Kentish Drovers Tavern 720-722 Old Kent Road. The Sultan, St James Rd Flats 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. Corporeally, Chippenham and Penge. . Then the surive all guide to get home. White Lion - Barnet. Jones and Higgins, a Department Store that was in Peckham but closed in 1980. 888. 50 Saint Albans Road, Barnet, EN5 4LA. Despite opposition from local residents concerned about noise and late-night disturbance - although the threatened lap dancers failed to materialise - the pub was a popular venue until landlord Surrey Free Inns called in the administrators. Demolished. July 10, 2018 09:44AM. The pub is still in use. The King's Arms. There was a pub called The Windsor Castle on Coopers Road, so that might be the one. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. For lists of pubs by postcode area, visit my London Pubology site. Currently, there are only two pubs still trading on Old Kent Road. 731. The building looks set to finish later this year. I am still intrigued by its blasted quality, by its epic dereliction and anomalous fragments of elegance. Of course, like many other pubs on this road, it has long since closed. 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. 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. The pub closed in 2001 and was demolished in 2003. It became a night club in 1994. It became a Thai restaurant. 827. The pub had been closed on several occasions, but after again opening in 2005, advertising that it was "probably the best pub in Dover" the pub finally closed in 2006. 11), towards the far, New Cross end of the road. The building dates from about 1840. The earliest known date was 1869. The first recorded use of the name "Elephant and Castle" was in 1765. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. 559. Top pubs in Old Kent Road. 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. 1904 New fire station opened at 306-312 Old Kent Road. Cock & Monkey 86 Neptune Street Demolished. 16.1 miles away. CLOSED NOW. 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. The pub probably closed around 2000 and was permanently closed for several years. 320-322. 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. Hotels near St. Peter and St. Paul Church, Shoreham on Tripadvisor: Find traveller reviews, 570 candid photos, and prices for 1,770 hotels near St. Peter and St. Paul Church in Shoreham, England. It should be there now. Still standing, but now closed. Demolished. "When it was going full blast, it was a model of what was happening on highways everywhere in the country," George (Larry) Larned, a State Transporation Department historian, told the New York Times in 1987. Since Roman times, the road has been the primary route between London and the Kent coast. Just to say, the Thomas a Becket hosts a Vietnamese restaurant, not Thai. This pub first opened in 1861 and was sadly closed over a decade later in 1989. The image at the top of the page is a photo I took in the late eighties of the crumbling facade of a Victorian gin palace, a fragment of costermongers Victoriana which tottered above the traffic until it was finally swept away in the early 2000s. Email us if you spot an error or can add another closed pub in North Southwark! [5] The six volumes are available on the British History website. The site is now home to the Big Boys Fine Burger Co restaurant in the ever-popular Old High Street. Old Kent Road, looking towards the Bricklayers Arms junction c.1949. 224. Like The Angel in St. Giles, this was one of those pubs that preserves a link to an older London, although its hard to feel anything but dismay at the present condition of the locality. Raven, Tower Bridge Road -Flats According to Dover Kent Archives, the pub called its orders for the final time in 2009. WEST SIDE He said access would be via an existing right of way off Victoria Road and the flats would be for the private sector. Old Kent Road, Bricklayers Arms. Factfile:The Frenchman was a big part of Folkestone's night scene, with its closure only being announced last year. Fittingly, the children walk beside the pushchairs, their places usurped by sacks of coke from. And we have a specialist Facebook group covering traffic and travel across the south east, where we provide the latest updates from any incidents on the roads or trains. . Most of my Thursdays as a youth, ended at The Gin Palace. Winchester, Gt Suffolk St Demolished Tweets that mention Monopoly: The Pubs of Old Kent Road Pubology -- Topsy.com, Streetlife: Old Kent Road Part 2 | Deserter, I've added a new area to my London Pubology website, SW8 (East Battersea, South Lambeth and a bit of Vauxhall), Anyway, I've been doing updates for N7 and N19, so a few more (old) pubs will have shown up on my website, I should mention I barely ever post on this account, except for updates, so if you need to contact me for some reas, It's been a while, but I've been doing some research and have now added Greenwich SE10 to my site, Just added Thornton Heath CR7 to my site, which should please (at least one of) my followers. === Trafalgar Avenue=== Glengall Road=== Malt Street. Their four year old daughter was alone with her. The World Turned Upside Down was situated at 145 Old Kent Road. The Rising Sun. Like the Strand, The Old Kent Road is a ghost of what it once was.The Bricklayers' Arms roundabout takes its name from the railway goods depot that drove the development of local industry from the 1850s onwards, making this bit of Southwark a sort of land-locked counterpart of the great Victorian docks. Perhaps any road in any city, left to its own devices, ends up looking slightly American. Though more happily, we were off to one of them. This is the London Pubology blog, very slowly dedicating itself to all things in the intersection of PUB and LONDON. You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post. The premises is now operating as a Londis, but still retains the pub signs and name at present. Popular restaurant Luben's Pizza has since taken it over. [3] Gerano's (New Compton Street) Chez Victor (Wardour Street, Soho) The downstairs bar at the Ritz Hotel The Bunch of Grapes Windsor Castle Cavour Hambone Club aka The Ham Bone (Ham Yard, Soho) 1925 Hotel de France, now the site of Heaven 1927 The Adelphi Rooms 1930s Black Cat 799. Still standing, now a restaurant. Alexandra pub 578 Old Kent Road. Ballard again. Somehow it disappeared from my sidebar. Many a good nights drinking and dancing there. Of course, the Old Kent Road has always been a major thoroughfare and has changed greatly since it is first recorded, as part of the Roman road Watling Street,2 but the twentieth century in particular has seen a vast amount of post-World War II rebuilding. It is now an Indian restaurant called Flavours by Kumar. Green Man Pub Gone Days Walworth London History Camberwell St Albans New Roads tollgates at the Green Man Pub, Old Kent Road c.1865. It closed about 1978. Another Market Square drinking establishment long gone was the Antwerp Hotel, where horses were kept in its stables to haul coaches to Canterbury. Queen Charlotte, Jamaica Road Gone 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. 1920s The Marquis of Granby in Soho . 82-86. Dover Castle, Davidge St Flats "It was bumper to . Do you want to stay up to date with everything that's happening across the county with KentLive? To distinguish the two, I have slightly renamed my own blog "London Pubology". The Anglo-Saxons knew it as Watling Street; later generations knew it . It was a tobacco shop with an exclusive bar at the back, which at first was not signposted outside. Houses in Canterbury Road c1960 Ref. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. The Elephant and Hind was a drinking establishment that came about through the merger of two other neighbouring Market Square pubs the Walmer Castle and the Duchess of Kent. The building is now understood to be a residential property. I'm going for sunday lunch there in a couple of weeks. Another Ramsgate pub turned into a residential address is The Westgate Tavern which closed its doors for the final time in the 1970s. The Prince Regent closed for a few months in the early days of 1940 but was re-opened a year later under the Moody management. Britannia, Tooley St Offices 365. Royal George, Abbey St Demolished The Kelsey Arms in St Johns Road was a popular pub with locals living in the area and was a 19th century town house pub. Prince Of Orange, Lower Road Flats It is the perfect place to enjoy stunning sunsets over the sea with continental lagers and terrific home cooked food. Demolished. Still standing, now a bar called Pardis and a separate restaurant. The Manor House Tap. The maestros behind the site also ask Do you have any anecdotes, historical information or photographs of closed or lost pubs? Happy new year 2010! It used to have outdoor seating, live music and real ale. The Criterion was at 8 Last Lane and was previously known as The American Stores, the Whod A Thought It and The Oxford Music Hall. The building stands on the corner of Commercial Way. Thank you Ewan ure spot on intend when lockdown is over to go and pay a viisit was thirteen when my Aunty had her wedding reception in the Windsor and havent been back since but intend to rectify that!!! Really useful, thanks. It was here that the horse-drawn coaches left each morning to take travellers to St Margaret's and beyond. On May the 10th and 11th 1941 the Elephant and Castle suffered heavy attacks in the Blitz. 145. Enjoy it while it lasts. By 2007 it had been transformed into a private residence. a pub in London's Old Kent Road, 10th March 1947. Gin Palace, Old Kent Rd Flats The William IV. 135 Franklin Ave. Kent, OH 44240. === Asylum Road=== Gervase Street=== Leo Street. Prince & Princess Of Wales, 109 Kinglake Street Shop google_ad_width = 970; google_ad_client = "pub-1056872159713906"; Liddels Brewery. Furst known existence in the 1850s It closed in 2009. Queens Arms, Spa Road Gone The earliest known date was 1869. Swan and Sugarloaf, Parkers Row Flats X.png. Located 32 miles south-east of London with a population around 115,000, Maidstone dates back to Roman times, and is the county town of Kent. The World Turned Upside Down. Darts and pool leagues were a big feature back in its heyday. Dark wood flooring and beams surround drinkers and diners with a roaring open hearth fireplace in the winter too. I will amend the page. But amidst the tundra of the Old Kent Road there is an interesting cockney survivor, a landmark on the corner with Trafalgar Avenue, where the traffic peels off towards downtown Peckham: the Lord Nelson is a mid-Victorian pub which remains defiantly open for business, although this is not automatically apparent. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Pingback: Tweets that mention Monopoly: The Pubs of Old Kent Road Pubology -- Topsy.com. I will amend the restaurant for now. 103. It reopened as the Guinea Butt and just last year was taken over and rebranded as gastro pub the Guinea. The Dun Cow. [Public house (possibly).] Jolly Chaulkers, Surrey Docks Closed Kent Paninis. Demolished. The quirky layout has a slide connecting two of its floors. For many years the OKR was a place I engaged with on a daily basis, as I either lived near it or utilised it as a means of driving to and from town. Fox and Hounds, Great Guildford St Offices The Alma was a one time Charrington outlet, but was serv8ing Thomson and Sons by 1974. (At my current pace, this should take me a few years at least, though some of the locations may not require particularly substantial entries.). If you don [t know have this information, it is . It has sat derelict ever since, and despite scaffolding being erected more than a year ago, the pub remains empty. This may have something to do with its untended nature; even the Holloway Road doesnt look this abandoned by civic authority. We used to go and watch Jimmy Jones at the Montague Arms, I even had the LP of him live there. The Duke of Kent. Great to receive your comments. Factfile:This pub closed back in 2006 after a shooting in the May of that year. During the 1950s, 40,000 people a day traveled between Hartford and Meriden. Its reputation was in tatters before the closure because of earlier violence at the pub. I used to wander around this store as a lad and have fond memories. Location: Life on the ocean waves (Costa Rica). Demolished. 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. 64-66. I know its not on the Old Kent Road but my uncles, cousins, brother and my dad all took me to the Adam and Eve in Peckham one Sunday lunchtime when I was 14, to watch the strippers. Read more about it here! [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. Woolworths can be seen on the right of this picture of High Street, Strood, in October 1980 . Now demolished. It stands at the corner of Dunton Road. The Thomas a Becket premises occupies a site associated with an ancient hostelry, St. Thomas Waterings, which catered to the needs of pilgrims setting off for Canterbury; it was the first stop on the way out of London and is referenced by Chaucer. Factfile: This boozer closed its doors nearly 40 years ago in the early 1980s but was officially listed as a Grade II in 1988. The Royal Fountain Hotel in St Margaret's Street, Canterbury - where the entrance to the Marlowe Arcade now stands - was perhaps Kent's first ever pub. Despite being on the market for nearly two years some flats took longer than others to sell. === Dunton Road=== Humphrey Street=== Rowcross Street. 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. Rocque's Map, published in 1750, shows the thoroughfare lined with . . Demolished. Britannia: 46 Edward Street. Demolished. It was very cliquey and exclusive, usually men only, but in later years opened further to the public. Altogether now . It was demolished in 2013. The pub has been boarded up for more than a decade, after it closed its doors in 2004. It was rebranded as Old Dog & Frigate in 1994 and again as Drift in the City in 2009 but . Built on Mulgrave Street in 1840, it was overlooking the beach at the time and received the second liquor license issued in New Zealand. 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. London Borough of Southwark England. And it is probably doomed. @import url(http://www.google.com/cse/api/branding.css). Old Photos of Sittingbourne, Kent - browse nostalgic, historic local photos online. 615. Will do. It was renamed Frog and Nightgown after the 1950s radio show called Rays a Laugh used that name in the programme. There were but few houses in the Kent Road a century ago. (My route from home to the Old Kent Road, that is.). Mentioned in Pigot's Directory 1840 under "Taverns and Public Houses", The Prince of Orange presumably honoured the prince, who was reported off Dover, with five hundred ships and transports, on 3 November 1688. The Oxford Arms. 47-48 Mill Road: 1852: 1999-Pub: 23 Jeffery Street: 1980s (Name from) 1990s: Railway Hotel: EAST SIDE Still trading, since known as The Henry Cooper, Scene, Vogue Bar, Klub Traffik and now Club Favour. 386. It's one of Britain's oldest roads and its origins can be traced back to an ancient route once used by the Celts. LOG IN. Duke Of York, 37 Bagshot Street Flats London Pubs. Samsons Castle, Grange Rd Business premises 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. Top pub very welcoming land lord. Bobby went on to become a respected drummer and orchestra leader, and spent his whole life in the music industry, though I doubt he will be pleased to be reminded where he started. Does anyone know what the name was? The Duke of Kent pub that became a mosque is very sadly being demolished at the present time. 6. Previous articles from the Folkestone Herald suggests it was an instrumental part of the community feel in the Folkestone East area, with meat raffles on Sundays. Brunswick Tavern 148-150 Old Kent Road. 602. Built in 1721, The Arlington claimed to be "the smallest pub in Kent.". Become a contributor by submitting them here. 37-39 Old Kent Road. The White Lion pub has sat derelict for more than a decade (Image: Google Maps) Location:Cheriton Road, Cheriton Factfile: This pub closed back in 2006 after a shooting in the May of that year. It is thought it was in its prime in the 1950s where a picture has showed people of all ages gathered outside of it. Demolished. Kings Stag - Bushey. Theres a pub called the Windsor still open on the old Kent road just before it goes onto new cross road. Another boozer of decades ago which is now a residential property. The George, Keyworth St Demolished for University building Both pub buildings are impressive examples of Victorian pub building, with the latter a particularly striking example. Victory, Barlow Street Flats, Cliftonville Tavern, Ilderton Road Flats Historic Macy Store and Diner is located at 1004 Winchester S Rd., Canal Winchester, OH 43110. Information about the park is taken from Andrew Crowe, The Parks and Woodlands of London (1987), pp. Still trading. The Gem Bar & Restaurant (formerly The Canterbury Arms). Collen Bawn 196 Southwark Park Road Doctors My Grandmother lived in Palamon Ct, Coopers Rd Estate can anybody remember the name of the pub that was situated in Coopers Road please? Many apologies to the (late) creator of this site, and to his friends and family. 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