731. 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 pub had its five minutes of fame when Homes under the Hammer featured it in an episode. It closed in 1968 and was demolished in 1970. I will amend the page. Crystal Tavern, Rotherhithe New Road Evangelical Christians place 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. Will do. I will amend the restaurant for now. Fab food and hospitality .we had a shock food better than most top . The Finish Lynton Rd Closed 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. The Magnet. 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. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. 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. Dun Cow, Old Kent Rd Doctors (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); It was still trading up to at least the mid-1970s. Something went wrong, please try again later. Duke of Kent 365 Old Kent Road. 83. X.png. Lord Wellington, Weston St Flats Great days! It stood empty until September 2008, when it opened as a British Heart Foundation Furniture and Electrical shop. Like this site? Inspired by the old Croydon night spots thread I wonder how many people were regulars in the various OKR haunts ? When was the Oxford Arms demolished? Earl of Derby, Grange Rd Flats It was called the Old Kent Road Gin Palace in the 1970s. Demolished. An early 19th-century building. Prince of Wales, Lant St Demolished Demolished and the site is now modern flats. 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! For What's On content such as the latest openings, events, and shopping news see here. Britannia, Tooley St Offices The site was on the east corner of Peckham Park Road. 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! 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 Page Updated:- Thursday, 22 December, 2022. . A. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. The situation now seems even worse with the loss of The World Turned Upside Down (the name coming from the Diggers, via a ballard, now reworked as a folk song and part of Billy Braggs repertoire). The Fort, Grange Rd Awaiting conversion It used to have outdoor seating, live music and real ale. Demolished. Green Man pub 276-280 Old Kent Road. Family chainRamblinnshas since taken it over, renaming it theRadnor Armsand giving it a modern and trendy overhaul. G144503 Quick View c1960 Ref. Walworth Road Walworth South East London England on a hot summers day in 1980. Enter your e-mail address to follow 'London Pubology' and receive notifications of new posts. 210a. This is as authentic as it gets. July 10, 2018 09:44AM. Queens Head, 18 Amelia Street Hotel 224. Gin Palace, Old Kent Rd Flats Were back to J.G. Golden Fleece, Weston St Business Premises 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. Sign in. The Oliver House (Toledo) With its five-star dining and award-winning brewery, this 150-year-old restaurant is renowned among locals and visitors. Though more happily, we were off to one of them. 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. The late Dave Prowse (aka Darth Vader) was photographed meeting Muhammed Ali here. Location: Life on the ocean waves (Costa Rica). Since Roman times, the road has been the primary route between London and the Kent coast. However, its sizable presence along with The Green Man (Walworth SE1) and The Dun Cow (Bermondsey SE1), demonstrates well the former prominence of public houses in this part of London. Yankee Silversmith, Neptune House, Brothers, Old Dublin. The Alexandra. The PHS mission statement is 'Promoting the heritage of British pubs and the people connected with them' The pub gained a Grade II listing in December 1973. Unissued / unused material. Havelock Arms, Fort Rd Flats a pub in London's Old Kent Road, 10th March 1947. Still trading. The Horseshoe. Prince Regent, 40 Orb Street Housing The Greyhound pub, which was in Upper Grosvenor Road, caught fire in June 2003, destroying stock and personal contents inside. General Browning MOTH Club - Hackney, London. Old Photos of Sittingbourne, Kent - browse nostalgic, historic local photos online. Our Society was founded in 2001 by a small group of like-minded pub history enthusiasts. . Photographed June 14, 2001. Many apologies to the (late) creator of this site, and to his friends and family. Stroke Of Luck, Brandon St Flats This pub formerly on the corner of Folkestone Road and Clarendon street was a popular haunt back in the day. 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. 15 Bournehall Road, Bushey, WD23 3EH. It was in existence in 1856. It has now been knocked down. The earliest known date was 1869. The premises is now operating as a Londis, but still retains the pub signs and name at present. 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. The Kentish Drovers (or The Kentish Drovers and Halfway House). 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. 567. Demolished. This is despite the fact the building is Grade II listed, and has been since February 1988. Demolished. Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Waterloo, Lost Pubs In London, SE1: Southwark & Waterloo,