Lord Wellington pub 512-516 Old Kent Road. Popular restaurant Luben's Pizza has since taken it over. The Montague is still alive and well in New Cross. This Thomas a Becket was famous as a boxers pub, with a gym on the first floor: Henry Cooper patronised this gym, along with various sixties gangland soldiers (also James Fox, preparing for his role as Chas in Performance). 148. London Pubs London Places London City Vintage Photos Shard Arms Old Kent Road 1950s (thanks to Fred Roll for the pic) Learning Photography Creative Photography Henry Cooper Joanna Lumley Jacqueline Bisset I used to wander around this store as a lad and have fond memories. In its day it had been a Watney's Brewery pub. Factfile: This boozer closed its doors nearly 40 years ago in the early 1980s but was officially listed as a Grade II in 1988. Still trading. Your email address will not be published. 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. Thank you for reading the blogs. 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. The 'Enerey', The 'Thomas' and the Frog (had a great lock in there once), were all occasional haunts of mine back in the 80's. Still standing, now a restaurant. Trinity Arms, Swan St Flats It has now been knocked down. The Dun Cow confuses me every time I walk past it (my route from home takes me around the corner there). The house band still plays, including the ancient drummer and the blind keyboard player, both of whom I think have a financial iterest in the place. Needless to say, youve done a much better job with the camera than I managed. [Beer house.] Demolished. Judith Hewitson. Enter your e-mail address to follow 'London Pubology' and receive notifications of new posts. The 'Enerey', The 'Thomas' and the Frog (had a great lock in there once), were all occasional haunts of mine back in the 80's. There was another pub just off the New Cross end of the OKR, near the New Cross fire station, that was run by a couple of old ladies. His landing was much further West but the result was significant. A list was not available for Walworth area. 799. Bristol's Historic Inns by Helen Eason 1982 Hi you dont happen to know if the landlords are with a surname Rogers? Manor Club, Chatham / Krystals / OMG / Glam House. Clear Spirit Vodka Bar and Lounge. Still standing, now a mosque. A comprehensive list of pubs in Gillingham, Kent. [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. 16th December 2010. Went to their first Sunday lunch. 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. (Photo by Reuterphoto). This is as authentic as it gets. Demolished. Follow us on Despite permission for this being granted in May of that year, work has not commenced. 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. Although closed by 1999, it was still standing. The Dead Pubs website, an excellent resource, lists 39 drinking establishments, which Ive listed in an appendix at the end for reference. WEST SIDE The documentary will feature previously unbroadcast interviews with Paula (pictured in 1991) about her life, given in 1998 and . Thanks Adrian for a very comprehensive list. The William IV. 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. Welcome back! The side streets are shown (at the side of the marker ===), giving a rough idea of where each pub is (or was) situated. Old Photos of Sittingbourne, Kent - browse nostalgic, historic local photos online. The club is said to have attracted stars such as Eric Clapton and the Four Tops. 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. On May the 10th and 11th 1941 the Elephant and Castle suffered heavy attacks in the Blitz. London Places. Rose & Crown, Southwark Park Road Flats HP10 . Happy new year 2010! [41] It was commonly known beforehand as Mustang Sally's. Wilds Rents, Wilds Rents Flats The haunted Thomas A Becket Pub on the Old Kent Road in South London. It opened in 1856, built as a Victorian gin palace, It was rebuilt in the 1930s. Duke Of Clarence, 154 Manor Place. It stood empty until September 2008, when it opened as a British Heart Foundation Furniture and Electrical shop. Swan pub 82-86 Old Kent Road [not listed in Kellys 1977]. The first recorded use of the name "Elephant and Castle" was in 1765. Demolished. The Rising Sun's building dates back to the 18th and the 19th century. Of course Stones Bar is just one of the names it underwent during its times. 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. Built in 1721, The Arlington claimed to be "the smallest pub in Kent.". Also, we lived around the corner to the Lord Raglan in Raglan Passage, corner of Cronin Road, SE15, where my Grandad had a fish n chip shop.. Old Photos of Gillingham, Kent - browse nostalgic, historic local photos online. However, The Thomas Becket has reopened as a pub. 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. Royal George, Abbey St Demolished The 16th century coaching inn, which is famous for its traditional ales, was under ownership of the Spa Hotel. 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. Movement has been seen on site, but news as to what its future holds is not yet known. Kings Stag - Bushey. 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. Frog and Nightgown, Old Kent Rd Demolished The Windmill Tavern was located in North Street but is now a private house. In 2021 it was in use as a Vietnamese restaurant and bar. 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. Havelock Arms, Fort Rd Flats The Burger Bros took over the venue last year, but the building is now vacant after the restaurant encountered problems with its upkeep. 16.1 miles away. The World Turned Upside Down was situated at 145 Old Kent Road. [Beer house and brewery.] The Thomas Becket. 1y Edited Thomas a'Becket on the Old Kent Road SE1 In 1977 there were 17 pubs in Old Kent Road. Friday night was alternative night, and it was then that they basically played the playlists from Kerrang and MTV2. 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 . Still standing, now a bar called Pardis and a separate restaurant. 4 Theobald St, Borehamwood, WD6 4SE. - R.J.M. Tanners Arms, Willow Walk 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. It was at one time run by brewers Whitbread and was well used under landlords the Goddens. The building dates from about 1840. 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. Duke Of York, 37 Bagshot Street Flats /* 468x60, created 25/01/09 */ The historic Thomas a Becket pub in the Old Kent Road has reopened as a Vietnamese restaurant. The name derived from St Thomas-a-Waterings, a stream and pond (roughly at the junction with Shornecliff Road). Bridge House: 30 Borough Road. The Francis Frith Collection Francis Frith . I am still intrigued by its blasted quality, by its epic dereliction and anomalous fragments of elegance. The Swan (later the site of Caesars). The Lord Nelson. [3] Much of the land taken up by the old railway lines through South Bermondsey has already been reclaimed for housing developments. The drawing is dominated by a patchwork of field boundaries, with open dotting indicating . 64-66. Something went wrong, please try again later. 578. 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. Antigallican, Tooley St Offices When was the Oxford Arms demolished? The pub probably closed around 2000 and was permanently closed for several years. 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. Ah Manor. Location: Life on the ocean waves (Costa Rica). Really useful, thanks. 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. Demolished. The Downs Tavern in Culverden Down had been selling alcohol since the 1900s. You might be confusing it with the noodle place that ran for a while in the Green Man, that was general Asian. Crown, 440 Southwark Park Road To be flats The Half Moon. The Francis Frith Collection Francis Frith . It used to have outdoor seating, live music and real ale. Factfile: This stunning venue was home to a u-shaped balcony inside, equipped with pool tables, a stage, a bar and a dancefloor. Above: The attractive Georgian pub called the Lord Nelson stands beside Old Kent Road. 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. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Many a good nights drinking and dancing there. 145. 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. 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. Somehow it disappeared from my sidebar. Brunswick Tavern: 148 . The building looks set to finish later this year. The Frampton Arms on Well Street was one of East London's first pubs with gay barstaff and entertainment. Photo by William Henry Whitmore Davis But the most famous 'old' pub in the capital is The Thistle Inn. Demolished. The Greyhound pub, which was in Upper Grosvenor Road, caught fire in June 2003, destroying stock and personal contents inside. Most of my Thursdays as a youth, ended at The Gin Palace. Anybody remember the man who used to play the piano in the late 1950s? It was called the Old Kent Road Gin Palace in the 1970s. 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. Metropolitan Police officer is accused of assaulting a suspect by pepper-spraying him while he was clinging to a drainpipe on a 15-storey building, a court has heard. Jones and Higgins, a Department Store that was in Peckham but closed in 1980. There were but few houses in the Kent Road a century ago. The Oliver House is located at 27 Broadway St, Toledo, OH 43604. Location: Nearer to inner peace than I was. 15 Bournehall Road, Bushey, WD23 3EH. Demolished. Dover-Kentsays the ground floor of the premises was occupied by other bars in its time, such as Tom Brown's, Cartoon, Toffs, Toby House and Heroes. Though more happily, we were off to one of them. Jason Kevan. The Ship, Long Lane Flats Dockhead Stores, Tanner St Closed Millwall v West Ham - The pubs get done down The Old Kent Road Stories From The Terraces 223 subscribers Subscribe 45 Share 10K views 1 year ago #WestHamUnited #ICF #MillwallFC West Ham. This is the London Pubology blog, very slowly dedicating itself to all things in the intersection of PUB and LONDON. Factfile:This pub closed back in 2006 after a shooting in the May of that year. Green Man, Old Kent Rd Restaurant 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. People living nearby told Kent Live after the pub closed drug takers have been getting into the site, including during the last period of snow, and could clearly be seen injecting drugs. The Alma was a one time Charrington outlet, but was serv8ing Thomson and Sons by 1974. Just to say, the Thomas a Becket hosts a Vietnamese restaurant, not Thai. 849. 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. CLOSED NOW. Demolished. 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. Free shipping for many products! And there is real street life to be found along the OKRs northern stretch, with busy independent shops which proliferate as you come within sight of the Bricklayers Arms roundabout. 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. Another Ramsgate pub turned into a residential address is The Westgate Tavern which closed its doors for the final time in the 1970s. Bridge House, Borough Rd Hotel 32 Old Dover Road: 1728: 1965+ (Name to) Gators: 11 Dover Street: 1983 . Collen Bawn 196 Southwark Park Road Doctors 365. For lists of pubs by postcode area, visit my London Pubology site. It was named after Major Martin Yorke who bought the Spa hotel in 1772, after serving under Lord Clive of India and making his fortune with the East India Company. Houses in Canterbury Road c1960 Ref. 386, and The Windsor at No. The pub gained a Grade II listing in December 1973. Landlord Matthew Liles was jailed in 2014 after he glassed a man in the face. Currently, there are only two pubs still trading on Old Kent Road. According to Dover Kent Archives, the pub called its orders for the final time in 2009. 338. Long before they came on the scene the Prince Regent was serving drinks since back in 1826. Queens Arms, Spa Road Gone 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 82-86. It became a Thai restaurant. Another boozer of decades ago which is now a residential property. The building still stands on the corner of Albany Road. PUB Open 2014+ . At one point, there were 39 pubs. 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. Factfile: The pub was left derelict for years before it was destroyed in a fire back in May 2014. 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 William Gomm, Abbeyfield Road Gone. It was here that the horse-drawn coaches left each morning to take travellers to St Margaret's and beyond. a pub in London's Old Kent Road, 10th March 1947. On a Thursday afternoon in November the pub appeared to be shut but my colleague (CJ of Sediment notoriety) persisted in his quest for a light half and we found ourselves in a genuine, time warped London boozer. 74-76. The Britannia. 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. 100 Medway Road: 1869-1980s+ Bright Star : 1870-1870+ Britannia: 158 High Street: 1862-Open 2020+ . ACCOUNT. Officers with dogs sealed off the road while the crowd was calmed and four people were arrested. Rarely much trouble INSIDE - but quite often the police would have the road blocked off to traffic because of the fighting in the street. Queens Head, 18 Amelia Street Hotel The Duke of Wellington was situated at 201 London Road. Paper Moon, Blackfriars Rd Awaiting demolition The Anglo-Saxons knew it as Watling Street; later generations knew it . 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