. According to Dover Kent Archives, the pub called its orders for the final time in 2009. The site is now a block of flats. Manor Tavern, Galleywall Road Flats Flats London; UK; Politics; Crime; Transport; Health; Education Become a contributor by submitting them here. 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. Windsor Castle, Coopers Rd Flats World Turned Upside Down, Old Kent Rd Pizza place, Archduke Charles, Elba Place Demolished Rebuilt after the Second World War. Demolished. It's one of Britain's oldest roads and its origins can be traced back to an ancient route once used by the Celts. Sight(s) Featured in This Guide: Corporeally, Chippenham and Penge. Currently, there are only two pubs still trading on Old Kent Road. Red Lion, Surrey Docks Gone The Bristol Arms was located in Calverley Road, just outside the town centre. - R.J.M. 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. The Swan (later the site of Caesar's). Top pub very welcoming land lord. Prince & Princess Of Wales, 109 Kinglake Street Shop Since the pub closed a decade or so ago the building has been variously an estate agents premises, an art gallery and its current iteration is as a Vietnamese restaurant possibly a very good Vietnamese restaurant, I cannot say, but it is a pity that this pub, of all pubs, is no more. Although just to clarify, it wasnt ever Thai, always Vietnamese. Of course, like many other pubs on this road, it has long since closed. Developers Churchgate bought it, applied to build flats on top of the Grade II listed building, and then failed to do so. Cock & Monkey 86 Neptune Street Demolished. It closed in 1940 when the licensee Frank Ashbee was killed by German shelling on his way to the pub. 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 Rising Sun's building dates back to the 18th and the 19th century. Prince of Windsor pub 888 Old Kent Road. Pub History Society Welcome A warm welcome to the Pub History Society (PHS) website. 365. One of the pub's good deeds resulted in enough raffle money being raised to buy a guide dog for a blind man in Folkestone back in 1995, and another 20 by 1998. Old Photos of Sittingbourne, Kent - browse nostalgic, historic local photos online. It was demolished in 2013. 13.3 miles away. This may have something to do with its untended nature; even the Holloway Road doesnt look this abandoned by civic authority. 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). A second building would be constructed in the rear garden, creating a one-bed flat on the ground floor and a two-bed flat above. Bushwick Avenue, 1974. Covering the north side of the Thames, East Ham and Ilford are to the left, and Rainham to the right. Despite attempts to save it over the years, the old boozer was flattened at Christmas 2017 and now the site is being redeveloped to provide nine homes. Quebec Curve, Redriff Road Restaurant Friday night was alternative night, and it was then that they basically played the playlists from Kerrang and MTV2. Manor Club, Chatham / Krystals / OMG / Glam House. Antigallican, Tooley St Offices The pub is still in use. It was rebranded as Old Dog & Frigate in 1994 and again as Drift in the City in 2009 but . If you find that it changes again, please keep me updated. A. New proposals will need to be put forward again to the council before any work starts due to a period of three years lapsing, meaning that permission has expired. The drawing is dominated by a patchwork of field boundaries, with open dotting indicating . Demolished. /* 468x60, created 25/01/09 */ 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! 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. Learn how your comment data is processed. 731. Lilliput Hall, Old Jamaica Road Flats Your email address will not be published. (Photo by Reuterphoto). Built on Mulgrave Street in 1840, it was overlooking the beach at the time and received the second liquor license issued in New Zealand. 583. Their four year old daughter was alone with her. It recently came out that their retrospective application for change of use to a restaurant was refused, so it may need to go back to being a pub. Dalston-type gentrification seems unlikely, but who knows? It has since been converted to flats, The White Lion pub has sat derelict for more than a decade, The Happy Frenchman in Christ Church road has seen many incarnations in its 160 year history. Historic Macy Store and Diner is located at 1004 Winchester S Rd., Canal Winchester, OH 43110. Brown Bear: 36 Southwark Bridge Road. 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. Furst known existence in the 1850s It closed in 2009. Now, in its place is a multi-storey of modern space for businesses, with Josh De Haan's company View London being the anchor tenant. Paper Moon, Blackfriars Rd Awaiting demolition Millwall Fc. Demolished. The Brunswick Tavern. Ironically, this building was formerly the headquarters of the local branch of the National Front. 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. Though more happily, we were off to one of them. The World Turned Upside Down. 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. In 1968 there was a pub in the Old Kent Road that had a staircase in the actual pub. 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. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Demolished. Do you have any anecdotes, historical information, updates or photos of closed or lost pubs in The Shard Arms, since known as Cockneys. Fire swept through Sheppey Comprehensive School in April 1980. 888. Something went wrong, please try again later. 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. Bridge House: 30 Borough Road. The Oxford Arms. It was known for its burgers, hot dogs, and milkshakes. 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. The Prince Consort. I was a fireman at Old Kent Road Fire Station in the mid 60s and tried on more than one occasion to drink in all of the pubs on one side of the road starting near the Bricklayers Arms but only ever making it as far as some- where near New Cross in a somewhat over relaxed state. Picture: Rory Kehoe / Google Along the. 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. Demolished. 1 minute ago. Little Crown, Albion Street Closed 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. 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. 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. By the 1980s, about 90% of public houses were tied to one brewery or another. Above: The attractive Georgian pub called the Lord Nelson stands beside Old Kent Road. The Elephant and Castle. There are 450 pubs listed with a short description of the pub and its facilities. It was closed when I wrote the post, so glad to hear its still going! 222 Fore St, Enfield, London, N18 2QD. The site is now home to the Big Boys Fine Burger Co restaurant in the ever-popular Old High Street. 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. The Dun Cow confuses me every time I walk past it (my route from home takes me around the corner there). 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 names pf the pubs have been abstracted from Kellys Street Directory for 1977. The pub has been boarded up for more than a decade, after it closed its doors in 2004. A walk along The Old Kent Road today a fairly short trot between New Cross and the Bricklayers Arms roundabout is impressive by virtue of the vast contrasts in tone and scale. There was a pub called The Windsor Castle on Coopers Road, so that might be the one. My Grandmother lived in Palamon Ct, Coopers Rd Estate can anybody remember the name of the pub that was situated in Coopers Road please? Demolished. Good memories for me. Hotels near University of Kent, Canterbury on Tripadvisor: Find traveler reviews, 15,837 candid photos, and prices for 644 hotels near University of Kent in Canterbury, England. 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. Jolly Cricketers, Bush Road Closed List of Old Kent Road pubs. Neptune, Neptune Street Gone Happy new year 2010! 100 Medway Road: 1869-1980s+ Bright Star : 1870-1870+ Britannia: 158 High Street: 1862-Open 2020+ . It was converted for use as a mosque in 2008. Known for its huge logo on the side of the premises, the George and Dragon has been closed for years. 1898 Thomas a Becket pub rebuilt. Victory, Barlow Street Flats, Cliftonville Tavern, Ilderton Road Flats 578. === Dunton Road=== Humphrey Street=== Rowcross Street. Sitting in its place is a Tesco Express store, which includes a car park at the front. Still standing, now a restaurant. On May the 10th and 11th 1941 the Elephant and Castle suffered heavy attacks in the Blitz. Hand In Hand, Meadow Row Awaiting demolition But this can be no surprise, you dont need me to tell you that pubs are dying all over the country as we forsake social drinking in favour of thrashing our livers in the comfort of our own homes. 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. Like this site? 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. Old Jamaica Road Flats Your email address will not be published in 2009.. Manor Club, Chatham / Krystals / OMG / Glam House short description of Thames... 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