- R.J.M. 9. 1 minute ago. The pub gained a Grade II listing in December 1973. 888. Fab food and hospitality .we had a shock food better than most top . Also, David Bowie rehearsed his Spiders From Mars band here in the early Seventies. The Old Kent Road remains one of the strangest of all London roads, as well as one of the oldest; it incorporates part ofWatling Street, that Roman highway which went all the way from Dover to the wild Welsh Marches. /* 468x60, created 25/01/09 */ The earliest known date was 1869. 82-86. Many popular boozers are no longer with us - how many of these do you remember? The Oliver House (Toledo) With its five-star dining and award-winning brewery, this 150-year-old restaurant is renowned among locals and visitors. The Old Neptune, Whitstable A beer garden on the beach Where: Marine Terrace, Island Wall, Whitstable, CT5 1EJ What: The Old Neptune pub gives you the chance to enjoy a pint on the beach. 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. List of Old Kent Road pubs. Thomas a Becket pub 320-322 Old Kent Road. The World Turned Upside Down was situated at 145 Old Kent Road. Thomas A'Becket several times with my cousins. 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. Darts and pool leagues were a big feature back in its heyday. Brighton: 8 Old Kent Road. Then the surive all guide to get home. It was listed as Grade II in 1972. 82-86. 50 Saint Albans Road, Barnet, EN5 4LA. It used to have outdoor seating, live music and real ale. The ancient property, in what was once Turn-again Lane, was rebuilt in 1901. The Sherwood Rothsay Rd Demolished News. Windsor Castle, Coopers Rd Flats Old Kent Road, Bricklayers Arms. Swan and Sugarloaf, Parkers Row Flats PC Luke . 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. Brooklyn Bridge in the fog, 1986. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Photo 6x4 The Crown Blackheath\/SO9786 A Pub on Station Road, Cradley Hea c2009 at the best online prices at eBay! 16.8 miles away. There were but few houses in the Kent Road a century ago. 11), towards the far, New Cross end of the road. 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. 602. 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. Little Crown, Albion Street Closed The side streets are shown (at the side of the marker ===), giving a rough idea of where each pub is (or was) situated. ACCOUNT. If you find that it changes again, please keep me updated. Renowned for its regulars, the club closed its doors within the last decade. Plans were refused for it to become shared accommodation for ex-servicemen in 2017 by Folkestone and Hythe District Council's planning committee. S531040 Quick View High Street c1955 Ref. Most of my Thursdays as a youth, ended at The Gin Palace. It was a tobacco shop with an exclusive bar at the back, which at first was not signposted outside. 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. Three Jolly Gardeners, Union St Flats None of these pubs is any longer open for business, although, rather surprisingly, the buildings of three of them still exist in some form.6 Of course, this was just a fraction of the total number which once ran the length of the road. Still standing, now a restaurant. a pub in London's Old Kent Road, 10th March 1947. Officers with dogs sealed off the road while the crowd was calmed and four people were arrested. 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. 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. Information about the park is taken from Andrew Crowe, The Parks and Woodlands of London (1987), pp. Raven, Tower Bridge Road -Flats It referred to the pub, once a blacksmiths, that over time lent its name to the entire area. 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. 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 fire was treated as arson but no-one was ever brought to justice. It was listed as Grade II in 1972. 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. It reopened as the Guinea Butt and just last year was taken over and rebranded as gastro pub the Guinea. Yankee Silversmith, Neptune House, Brothers, Old Dublin. 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. WEST SIDE As far as Im aware, the Landlady is a very charming lady with the Surname of ORourke. The Horseshoe. While several of the buildings remain standing, only two of them in the list are still operating as pubs Lord Nelson (at No 386) and the Windsor (formerly the Prince of Windsor at No 888). Since Roman times, the road has been the primary route between London and the Kent coast. Rebuilt after the Second World War. 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. In recognition, and as you have said I can use any of your pictures, which I have not done so far I have added a link from the deadpubs site (links page); and about blooming time. Duke Of Clarence, Jamaica Road Closed Factfile:This pub has been boarded up for around four to five yearsand remains derelict to this present day. Bristol's Historic Inns by Helen Eason 1982 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. It stood empty until September 2008, when it opened as a British Heart Foundation Furniture and Electrical shop. There are, in addition, a number of bars (not to mention bar/restaurants), though it can be difficult to get a sense of whether some of these are still in business, as many open late in the evenings or for occasional events only and give every appearance of not being in business (such as Virgos, Walworth SE1, or Clear Spirit Vodka Bar & Lounge, Peckham SE15). The building is now understood to be a residential property. Not only this, the rising cost of a pint is said to have forced many people to buy their drink from an off licence or the supermarket - drinking it at home. 10. Email us if you spot an error or can add another closed pub in North Southwark! Location: Nearer to inner peace than I was. Update The building was demolished in September 2021. 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. The Duke of Wellington was situated at 201 London Road. It was very cliquey and exclusive, usually men only, but in later years opened further to the public. Totally unspoilt interior, full of the most enormous Victorian mirrors. It has sat derelict ever since, and despite scaffolding being erected more than a year ago, the pub remains empty. Like this site? 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. Duke Of Clarence, 154 Manor Place. Will do. Fire swept through Sheppey Comprehensive School in April 1980. The Magnet. 4 Theobald St, Borehamwood, WD6 4SE. (At my current pace, this should take me a few years at least, though some of the locations may not require particularly substantial entries.). The Globe, Chatham St Flats Covering the north side of the Thames, East Ham and Ilford are to the left, and Rainham to the right. LOG IN. 559. The Duke of Kent. ////google_ad_slot = "1882116331"; In May 2017 the pub which first opened its doors in 1857 suddenly closed for the final time, much to the dismay of the community. More impressive yet is The Thomas Becket (Walworth SE1, fig 69). Family chainRamblinnshas since taken it over, renaming it theRadnor Armsand giving it a modern and trendy overhaul. I look forward to reading each installment through to Park Lane and Mayfair. Waterloo, Lost Pubs In London, SE1: Southwark & Waterloo,