Thank you for reading the blogs. 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. Hand In Hand, Meadow Row Awaiting demolition The old Shepherd Neame-owned building was renovated and vacated between 2008 and 2009. It should be noted that since this post was written, it seems that The Lord Nelson pub has closed. The Zetland Arms, Kingsdown Kingsdown is a dream coastal village, whose narrow main street tumbles downhill to one of the most famed beauty spots on the Kent coast. This was the club for people who like a night filled with alternative, heavy and classic tunes. Last used by the Rock Island bar and grill, Viet Quan has opened in the former pub premises at the corner of Old Kent Road and Albany Road. 8-10. Jolly Waggoners, Surrey Docks Closed [Beer house and brewery.] Sir William Walworth, 297-299 Walworth Road Shops The Brunswick Tavern. The late Dave Prowse (aka Darth Vader) was photographed meeting Muhammed Ali here. 731. A sad wino by choice on the cheap supermarket brands. Liddels Brewery. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. 386, and The Windsor at No. 16.1 miles away. Demolished. Factfile: The pub was deemed an unsafe structure more than two years ago, and plans were put in place to demolish it and flatten the area behind Gillespie's. A perfectly positioned boozer for those enjoying a pub crawl through the Hamlets in the 1980s and 1990s. Prince & Princess Of Wales, 109 Kinglake Street Shop 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. It was demolished in 2013. Sign in. What s next, Whitechapel Road? . The Alma was a one time Charrington outlet, but was serv8ing Thomson and Sons by 1974. Demolished. The pub closed in 2004 and the building is in use as a surgery. Swan pub 82-86 Old Kent Road [not listed in Kellys 1977]. The PHS mission statement is 'Promoting the heritage of British pubs and the people connected with them' 583. It was in existence in 1856. According to Dover Kent Archives, the pub called its orders for the final time in 2009. What a blast from the past - who remembers a night out in Pipers? St Johns Tavern Commercial premises I'm going for sunday lunch there in a couple of weeks. 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. (At my current pace, this should take me a few years at least, though some of the locations may not require particularly substantial entries.). [2] These days streets do not tend to traverse most of the southern half of a country, but that is what the original Roman road did. 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. The Kentish Drovers (or The Kentish Drovers and Halfway House). CLOSED NOW. Location:Upper Grosvenor Road, Tunbridge Wells. The pub was rebuilt after the Second World War. An early 19th-century building. By 1900 life was quieter and the magistrates allowed opening at five in the morning. The 30-year-old, born in 1980, did not experience the national turmoil of the Vietnam War, grew up in an era of relative affluence, and is an avid techie. I finally realised that you cover the modern Pubs more than I could ever do especially as I never drink in any of them. The trend of country pubs is creeping back in, with picturesque boozers pulling in the punters. 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. 82-86. Paula was only 41. Demolished. 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. The pub probably closed around 2000 and was permanently closed for several years. The Lord Wellington. === East Street=== Madson Street=== Kinglake Street. Become a contributor by submitting them here. It was renamed Frog and Nightgown after the 1950s radio show called Rays a Laugh used that name in the programme. 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. The recent turbulent changes in the brewing industry can make it difficult to track down which brewery originally owned the pub. The pub had its five minutes of fame when Homes under the Hammer featured it in an episode. The Black Bull (or The Bull). 37-39 Old Kent Road. The Manor House Tap. 224. Darts and pool leagues were a big feature back in its heyday. [Public house (possibly).] 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. Do you have any anecdotes, historical information, updates or photos of closed or lost pubs in The 16th century coaching inn, which is famous for its traditional ales, was under ownership of the Spa Hotel. In 1977 there were 17 pubs in Old Kent Road. The George, Keyworth St Demolished for University building 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 . The site is now a block of flats. Brunswick Arms: 2008: 22 Stamford Street. Jane Grant writes to Derelict London: "I did indeed drink in there regularly with my husband and two friends in the mid-late 1990s.The landlord was permanently drunk and the wrong side of the bar, he did bent MOTs and sold dodgy cars. To distinguish the two, I have slightly renamed my own blog "London Pubology". This may have something to do with its untended nature; even the Holloway Road doesnt look this abandoned by civic authority. Demolished. LOG IN. 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. 338. The documentary will feature previously unbroadcast interviews with Paula (pictured in 1991) about her life, given in 1998 and . 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. In 1968 there was a pub in the Old Kent Road that had a staircase in the actual pub. Demolished. 32 Old Dover Road: 1728: 1965+ (Name to) Gators: 11 Dover Street: 1983 . [1] As you know, the original 1935 Monopoly board was based on properties in Atlantic City, USA, though the British version followed very shortly after, going into production in 1936. 871. It became a club after 2008. The US-founded store, which opened its first UK branch in 1909, selling goods ranging from hardware to boiled sweets, records to toys, was a fixture until the company entered administration. The Thomas Becket (Walworth SE1), now closed [though since reopened]. The Duke of Wellington was situated at 201 London Road. This is despite the fact the building is Grade II listed, and has been since February 1988. Prince of Windsor pub 888 Old Kent Road. Tonbridge High Street in August 1980. The Greyhound pub, which was in Upper Grosvenor Road, caught fire in June 2003, destroying stock and personal contents inside. 64-66. Picture: Rory Kehoe / Google Along the. The drawing is dominated by a patchwork of field boundaries, with open dotting indicating . These pubs were known as tied houses, those which remained free of any tie were free . It reopened as the Guinea Butt and just last year was taken over and rebranded as gastro pub the Guinea. 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. ACCOUNT. It closed in 1968 and was demolished in 1970. Dockhead Stores, Tanner St Closed WEST SIDE The pub is still in use. 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. Globe, 20 Darwin Street Flats . You won't get many e-mails. PUB Open 2014+ . Kings Head, 204 Walworth Road Bookies Havelock Arms, Fort Rd Flats Your email address will not be published. Demolished and the site is now modern flats. Hi you dont happen to know if the landlords are with a surname Rogers? The Britannia. The earliest known date was 1869. It stood empty until September 2008, when it opened as a British Heart Foundation Furniture and Electrical shop. The Thomas a Becket sign - a reproduction of a stained glass window from Canterbury Cathedral - Another Market Square drinking establishment long gone was the Antwerp Hotel, where horses were kept in its stables to haul coaches to Canterbury. Their four year old daughter was alone with her. The old tavern, the Castle Inn is at the end of the street at the entrance to the Castle itself. 103. Family chainRamblinnshas since taken it over, renaming it theRadnor Armsand giving it a modern and trendy overhaul. The rare and beautiful Licensed Victuallers Almshouses (1827) still graces Asylum Road, even if it is now offset by a supermarket car park, and unexpected oases of genteel villas and terraces form tributaries off the churning thoroughfare. For anyone who was living in the county as the 1980s morphed into the 1990s, progress and achievement certainly came at a high price. Become a contributor and submit them here. So send em some stories and pics if you have some! Duke of Kent 365 Old Kent Road. William IV 583 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. Manor Club, Chatham / Krystals / OMG / Glam House. The Bristol Arms was located in Calverley Road, just outside the town centre. 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. Dun Cow, Old Kent Rd Doctors The pub was known as 'The Mansfield Arms' from 1894 until 1973, 'The Regent' until 1983 and 'Blueberry's' until 1988. Demolished. Old Photos of Gillingham, Kent - browse nostalgic, historic local photos online. The Hungry Horse. Wilds Rents, Wilds Rents Flats 799. The Gloucester, Gavel St Flats Little Crown, Albion Street Closed 567. Raymouth Tavern, Southwark Park Road Flats The smoking ban which was implemented nationally in 2007 was blamed for the demise of pubs. The Suffolk Arms. Hop Pole, Gambia St Business premises Figure 68. It was called the Old Kent Road Gin Palace in the 1970s. Then the surive all guide to get home. 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. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. 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. My Grandmother lived in Palamon Ct, Coopers Rd Estate can anybody remember the name of the pub that was situated in Coopers Road please? Swan and Sugarloaf, Parkers Row Flats People Leave. Sight(s) Featured in This Guide: Dagenham 1 : 21120 This rough field sketch, or 'foul' copy, was produced on several pieces of irregularly cut paper joined together and laid on the verso of the triangulation map for southern England. Also, David Bowie rehearsed his Spiders From Mars band here in the early Seventies. It has now closed and has remained boarded up and empty since 2007. Thanks Dalston-type gentrification seems unlikely, but who knows? 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. 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. Demolished. It stands on the corner of Trafalgar Avenue. 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. 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. 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. Yankee Silversmith, Neptune House, Brothers, Old Dublin. Top pub very welcoming land lord. The quirky layout has a slide connecting two of its floors. Another Ramsgate pub turned into a residential address is The Westgate Tavern which closed its doors for the final time in the 1970s. It was later demolished. It dated from 1869. It has sat derelict ever since, and despite scaffolding being erected more than a year ago, the pub remains empty. Brooklyn Bridge in the fog, 1986. The names pf the pubs have been abstracted from Kellys Street Directory for 1977. 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. Demolished. X.png. Many a good nights drinking and dancing there. Demolished. Duke of Clarence, London Rd Awaiting conversion by South Bank University 512-516. It could get a bit noisy, but never as bad as the riot in May 1853, when there was fighting on all floors of the pub. 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