The least worst option for The Thomas a Becket would be to be made over as a gastro-pub, but Im guessing that the area wont support that socially aspirant catering model. The old tavern, the Castle Inn is at the end of the street at the entrance to the Castle itself. 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. Demolished. The Hole In The Wall in the High Street was a popular watering hole in the town from the 1960s to the 1980s. Neptune, Neptune Street Gone This is despite the fact the building is Grade II listed, and has been since February 1988. 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). Last edited by kiwi on Thu Apr 29, 2021 1:15 am, edited 1 time in total. Giraffe, 45 Penton Place To be flats. Woolworths can be seen on the right of this picture of High Street, Strood, in October 1980 . 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. Officers with dogs sealed off the road while the crowd was calmed and four people were arrested. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Duke Of York, 37 Bagshot Street Flats === Asylum Road=== Gervase Street=== Leo Street. 386, and The Windsor at No. This pub was part of a former hotel The Granville Hotel which opened its doors in 1869 and enjoyed almost a century of success until its closure in 1946. What s next, Whitechapel Road? The Oliver House is located at 27 Broadway St, Toledo, OH 43604. Ballard again. This was the club for people who like a night filled with alternative, heavy and classic tunes. Many a good nights drinking and dancing there. The structure remains, but has since been divided into flats. 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. Now demolished. Most of my Thursdays as a youth, ended at The Gin Palace. (Photo by Reuterphoto). Castle pub 205-209 Old Kent Road. Movement has been seen on site, but news as to what its future holds is not yet known. A comprehensive list of pubs in Gillingham, Kent. Thank you very much for the update. The two remaining pubs are The Lord Nelson (Walworth SE1, fig. Despite permission for this being granted in May of that year, work has not commenced. === St Jamess Road=== Sandgate Street=== Hyndman Street=== Ruby Street=== Murdock Street=== Devon Street=== Devonshire Grove=== Sylvan Grove. In 1968 there was a pub in the Old Kent Road that had a staircase in the actual pub. Hand In Hand, Meadow Row Awaiting demolition But change was in the air back in 2010 when approval was granted to get rid of the bar for it to be replaced with offices to rent. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Brunswick Arms: 2008: 22 Stamford Street. 11), towards the far, New Cross end of the road. The Royal Fountain Hotel in St Margaret's Street, Canterbury - where the entrance to the Marlowe Arcade now stands - was perhaps Kent's first ever pub. World Turned Upside Down 145 Old Kent Road. 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. Duchess of Kent, Deverell St Flats "When it was going full blast, it was a model of what was happening on highways everywhere in the country," George (Larry) Larned, a State Transporation Department historian, told the New York Times in 1987. Samsons Castle, Grange Rd Business premises The Oxford Arms. All. It opened in 1856, built as a Victorian gin palace, It was rebuilt in the 1930s. 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. The pub gained a Grade II listing in December 1973. The pub probably closed around 2000 and was permanently closed for several years. Walworth Road Walworth South East London England on a hot summers day in 1980. G144018 Quick View Ye Old Five Bells, Church Street c1900 Millwall Fc. You might be confusing it with the noodle place that ran for a while in the Green Man, that was general Asian. Old Photos of Gillingham, Kent - browse nostalgic, historic local photos online. a pub in London's Old Kent Road, 10th March 1947. Required fields are marked *. 16.1 miles away. [Beer house and brewery.] 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. Rarely much trouble INSIDE - but quite often the police would have the road blocked off to traffic because of the fighting in the street. G144053 Quick View the Strand c1955 Ref. Factfile:This bar is a part of Folkestone's more recent history, being a part of the bar and club scene dating from 2009 to 2011. Still standing, but now closed. It became a Thai restaurant. Still standing, but now closed. The Montague is still alive and well in New Cross. Demolished. Historic Macy Store and Diner is located at 1004 Winchester S Rd., Canal Winchester, OH 43110. The Greyhound pub, which was in Upper Grosvenor Road, caught fire in June 2003, destroying stock and personal contents inside. Ledgers in 1996 (Image: Ian Brown). Enjoy it while it lasts. G144503 Quick View c1960 Ref. 623. Kings Head, 204 Walworth Road Bookies 64-66. London Places. The line of the old Grand Surrey Canal, which was finally closed in 1971 and then drained, has been incorporated into the park, with one branch of it forming a pleasant pedestrian and cycle path from Camberwell right up to Peckham Library. Weve found it the best resource for mapping what a massacre there has been of local pubs in the last 15 years in the North Southwark area. 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. At one point, there were 39 pubs. 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. News you can trust since 1887. It was called the Old Kent Road Gin Palace in the 1970s. @import url(http://www.google.com/cse/api/branding.css). 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. === East Street=== Madson Street=== Kinglake Street. Crown, 115-117 Brandon Street To be flats Factfile: This boozer closed its doors nearly 40 years ago in the early 1980s but was officially listed as a Grade II in 1988. Bridge House, Borough Rd Hotel Demolished. Currently, there are only two pubs still trading on Old Kent Road. This pub formerly on the corner of Folkestone Road and Clarendon street was a popular haunt back in the day. We have split them up into areas for your ease. Built in 1721, The Arlington claimed to be "the smallest pub in Kent.". Rising Sun Tavern 799 Old Kent Road. 15 Bournehall Road, Bushey, WD23 3EH. I'm going for sunday lunch there in a couple of weeks. Yes, it has taken over six years (at three blogs a week, you work it out!) However, after that closed the Alma Express Caf opened, which sadly closed within four weeks of opening. It was one time a Whitbread outlet and the bars had been improved by David Hanney in 1978. As far as Im aware, the Landlady is a very charming lady with the Surname of ORourke. Hi you dont happen to know if the landlords are with a surname Rogers? The Kelsey Arms in St Johns Road was a popular pub with locals living in the area and was a 19th century town house pub. 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. These pubs were known as tied houses, those which remained free of any tie were free . [Public house (possibly).] The Elm Bar The Elm Bar DOVER KENT ARCHIVES. 279. The pub is still in use. (Given its city limits location, this crossroads was also a place of execution, especially notable for politically-motivated disembowellings under Henry VIII, killings that would have happened more-or-less where the big Tesco stands today.) The pub was rebuilt, reopened the following year and once again named the Mogul, It closed its doors for good in 2007 and was turned into housing. The Gloucester, Gavel St Flats Something went wrong, please try again later. The Dun Cow at No. It became a night club in 1994. 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. 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. It is the perfect place to enjoy stunning sunsets over the sea with continental lagers and terrific home cooked food. The former Railway Bell was also popular with football fans, but when it originally shut was plagued by flytippers who used the land at the rear to dump unwanted items. Do you want to stay up to date with everything that's happening across the county with KentLive? OLD KENT ROAD MAPS AND RESEARCH SOUTHWARK MAPS INCLUDING EH LISTING ETC OLD KENT ROAD EH LISTINGS GEORGE LIVESEY STATUE THE WHITE HOUSE . Welcome back! The Sherwood Rothsay Rd Demolished 588. 145. BIZ: Trout Brook Brew House in the Yalesville section of Wallingford. Hey there, just to let you know the Lord Nelson hasnt closed, its still going strong :). 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. 1 minute ago. Demolished. [5] The six volumes are available on the British History website. 82-86. 74-76. The pub is still in use. Demolished. The Turks Head. The Ship, Long Lane Flats 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. How an argument in a taxi between two brothers changed a family's life forever. Many will remember how popular it was with the Navy boys, including the Dutch and Norwegians, during Dover's Hellfire Corner days in the Second World War. Brunswick Arms, Stamford St Awaiting demolition [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. 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. August 28, 1954. Factfile:This pub closed back in 2006 after a shooting in the May of that year. Without your continued support, there would be no point in writing the articles which have been so well-received. Factfile: This stunning venue was home to a u-shaped balcony inside, equipped with pool tables, a stage, a bar and a dancefloor. Demolished. I thought Id try starting a series of posts based on the Monopoly Board. Issac Bell, Tarn St Demolished Thomas a Becket pub 320-322 Old Kent Road. Photo credits for some of the pics below from SarfLondonDunc Flickr Set of Pubs and Dead Pubs. Victory, Townsend St Closed It is understood the pub closed in 2012 and it is not known what the future holds for the premises. Anybody remember the man who used to play the piano in the late 1950s? Flats The bar continued to operate until around 1991. Sign in. 4 Theobald St, Borehamwood, WD6 4SE. Jolly Chaulkers, Surrey Docks Closed 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 Brunswick Tavern. The city centre site is now called the Boozy Cow, a cocktail bar known for its burgers and alcoholic milkshakes. 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. . Will do. When was the Oxford Arms demolished? The site is now home to the Big Boys Fine Burger Co restaurant in the ever-popular Old High Street. It was demolished in 1988. WEST SIDE 2. Many popular boozers are no longer with us - how many of these do you remember? I used to wander around this store as a lad and have fond memories. tollgates at the Green Man Pub, Old Kent Road c.1865. 8-10. Still standing, now a bar called Virgo's. 210a. General Browning MOTH Club - Hackney, London. See Appendix for more information about the individual pubs. 6. The historic Thomas a Becket pub in the Old Kent Road has reopened as a Vietnamese restaurant. PC Luke . The Hungry Horse. Fox and Hounds, Great Guildford St Offices Brunswick Tavern: 148 . 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. 512-516. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Demolished. Their four year old daughter was alone with her. Clear Spirit Vodka Bar and Lounge. It was always popular with punters who were able to enjoy a pint, watch Sky Sports and listen to live music. He had two classic vanguards, with original paperwork, but dodgy VIN numbers and for our sins, we obtained an old Capri from him complete with dodgy MOT. 610. 47-48 Mill Road: 1852: 1999-Pub: 23 Jeffery Street: 1980s (Name from) 1990s: Railway Hotel: It was demolished in 2004. 320-322. Here, occupying a remote. 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. Factfile:Most people who once drank here will know it now no longer exists. William IV 583 Old Kent Road. Sitting in its place is a Tesco Express store, which includes a car park at the front. The building looks set to finish later this year. For lists of pubs by postcode area, visit my London Pubology site. Antigallican, Tooley St Offices //-->. The ancient property, in what was once Turn-again Lane, was rebuilt in 1901. Fire swept through Sheppey Comprehensive School in April 1980. Great to receive your comments. Raymouth Tavern, Southwark Park Road Flats A. Demolished. never did find out the name of that pub..anyone? Havelock Arms, Fort Rd Flats Manor Club, Chatham / Krystals / OMG / Glam House. 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. Demolished. LOG IN. Carr has sent us a series of photographs taken . Around one third of the built environment was destroyed. 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. Bars Taverns Brew Pubs. Stroll across the road to the kebab shop, pick up a donner and watch the free entertainment. Although just to clarify, it wasnt ever Thai, always Vietnamese. 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. /* 468x60, created 25/01/09 */ It was at one time run by brewers Whitbread and was well used under landlords the Goddens. Yankee Silversmith, Neptune House, Brothers, Old Dublin. Factfile: The Trafalgar used to be at 48 Royal Road but is said to have closed in the early 1970s and was converted into a house ever since. Duke Of Suffolk Hawkstone Rd Flats The Downs Tavern in Culverden Down had been selling alcohol since the 1900s. my great grandfather james harrington ran the 103 brewery in 1891the moved to the Wheatsheaf Tavern, 2 Commercial Road, Whitechapel The Mogul opened in 1858 and closed in 1986 after a fire. Moving aside from all the challenges current pubs and bars face, we have rounded up some of the well known pubs across the county that are no longer with us. . CLOSED NOW. Britannia, Tooley St Offices 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. 37-39. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. 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! It was very cliquey and exclusive, usually men only, but in later years opened further to the public. Britannia: 154 Tooley Street. The smoking ban which was implemented nationally in 2007 was blamed for the demise of pubs. Still standing, now a mosque. $$. Kentish Drovers Tavern 720-722 Old Kent Road. Another Ramsgate pub turned into a residential address is The Westgate Tavern which closed its doors for the final time in the 1970s. Also known for gangland trouble of the 60s. The Swan (later the site of Caesar's). 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. The Thomas a Becket sign - a reproduction of a stained glass window from Canterbury Cathedral - Sight(s) Featured in This Guide: 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. Demolished. Writing these pages means there is a lot to check. Demolished. Many who grew up along the road had their very first pint in this pub. 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. Duke Of Clarence, 154 Manor Place. It is now the Tunbridge Wells Mosque which opened in 1995. 279 opened in 1856 and was well known as a gin palace, and later became a champagne bar and featured DJs such as Steve Walsh and Robbie Vincent. Landlord Matthew Liles was jailed in 2014 after he glassed a man in the face. Enter your e-mail address to follow 'London Pubology' and receive notifications of new posts. Still trading. 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. The Lord Nelson has been on the same ownership for the last 25+ years and has never closed. The Brighton. Lord Wellington pub 512-516 Old Kent Road. 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). I finally realised that you cover the modern Pubs more than I could ever do especially as I never drink in any of them. [3] Gerano's (New Compton Street) Chez Victor (Wardour Street, Soho) The downstairs bar at the Ritz Hotel The Bunch of Grapes Windsor Castle Cavour Hambone Club aka The Ham Bone (Ham Yard, Soho) 1925 Hotel de France, now the site of Heaven 1927 The Adelphi Rooms 1930s Black Cat 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. Of course, like many other pubs on this road, it has long since closed. Demolished. It was an important staging post for travelers situated at the junction of several major roads heading out of the city into Sussex and Kent, which were greatly expanded during the late 18th. Also, David Bowie rehearsed his Spiders From Mars band here in the early Seventies. The Prince Consort. kiwi . Surrey Arms, 5 Surrey Square Flats Bridge House: 30 Borough Road. Email us if you spot an error or can add another closed pub in North Southwark! The Globe, Gt Dover St Demolished Despite opposition from local residents concerned about noise and late-night disturbance - although the threatened lap dancers failed to materialise - the pub was a popular venue until landlord Surrey Free Inns called in the administrators. Demolished. Fleece, Abbey St Flats 338. For many years the OKR was a place I engaged with on a daily basis, as I either lived near it or utilised it as a means of driving to and from town. Earl of Derby, Grange Rd Flats 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. Green Man pub 276-280 Old Kent Road. The Elephant and Castle. 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 demolished in 2013. 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. 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. Green Man, Old Kent Rd Restaurant 40. Required fields are marked *. Send message 3 Most relevant Martin Rynds I remember gigging there with my first band in the early1980's.The Landlady was Beryl. Manor Tavern, Galleywall Road Flats During the 1950s, 40,000 people a day traveled between Hartford and Meriden. 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. Collectively, their faces bore the traces of hundreds of years worth of drinking in this pub. 82-86. The haunted Thomas A Becket Pub on the Old Kent Road in South London. Formerly known as The Victoria Hotel, the pub opened in the early 1880s, but has been boarded up for several . The Magnet. 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. The pub closed in 2004 and the building is in use as a surgery. Demolished. The earliest known date was 1869. Shard Arms Old Kent Road 1950s (thanks to Fred Roll for the pic), HENRY COOPER DURING TRAINING AT THE THOMAS-A-BECKET PUB, OLD KENT ROAD, LONDON, 7TH FEBRUARY 1966. Lord Wellington, Weston St Flats For anyone who was living in the county as the 1980s morphed into the 1990s, progress and achievement certainly came at a high price. It's one of Britain's oldest roads and its origins can be traced back to an ancient route once used by the Celts. Judith Hewitson. The King's Arms. The popular Prince Regent in Market Lane run by the Moody family for years. S531041M Quick View from Terrace Road c1960 Ref. The site, on the corner of Rock Villa Road, was a Courts furniture store for many years before its controversial conversion into a 400-capacity super pub at Christmas 2000. Demolished. 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. The Lord Wellington. Theres no fake-history on this Website. Demolished. 1905 Wellington Public Baths opened on Old Kent Road at the junction with Marlborough Grove. The premises is now operating as a Londis, but still retains the pub signs and name at present. The Horse and Groom. Old Kent Road, Bricklayers Arms. The pub closed in 2008 and became a restaurant. July 10, 2018 09:44AM. The Grapes in Winchelsea Street, off Folkestone Road, was once one of two pubs in Dover with that name. Cock & Monkey 86 Neptune Street Demolished. My Aunty had her wedding reception in the upstairs hall of this pub. Tonbridge High Street in August 1980. Thought to be the oldest pub in Kent, Ye Olde Yew Tree Inn in the pretty village of Westbere, dates all the way back to 1348, nearly 670 years. Another boozer of decades ago which is now a residential property. It used to have outdoor seating, live music and real ale. The quoted passage is from this section on the Old Kent Road. The Duke of Wellington was situated at 201 London Road. Demolished. Your email address will not be published. Formerly the Perseverance and the Avenue, Paul Barrett bought the property and following alterations, reopened it as a free house in October 1981. 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. Southwark Park Tavern, Southwark Park Road Gone The Windmill Tavern was located in North Street but is now a private house. It was a tobacco shop with an exclusive bar at the back, which at first was not signposted outside. The name derived from St Thomas-a-Waterings, a stream and pond (roughly at the junction with Shornecliff Road). Happy new year 2010! It was renamed Frog and Nightgown after the 1950s radio show called Rays a Laugh used that name in the programme. It has sat derelict ever since, and despite scaffolding being erected more than a year ago, the pub remains empty. It stood on the corner with Ilderton Road. 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. The Duke of Kent. Demolished. Paula was only 41. The Britannia. Unissued / unused material. The building is now understood to be a residential property. 135 Franklin Ave. Kent, OH 44240. Now, sadly, we understood there were just two. It stands on the corner of Trafalgar Avenue. These are just some of the many blogs I also enjoy reading on a regular basis. News. The Swan (later the site of Caesars). Given its industrial vitality and importance as a route into town from the coast, its no wonder there were so many places to drink, as Walford observes in Old And New London. Location: Life on the ocean waves (Costa Rica). Demolished. Windsor Castle, Coopers Rd Flats HP10 . 697b. The Walmer Castle was welcoming customers way back in 1729, although research indicates it was known before then as the Hare and Hounds.. Like its neighbour, the Walmer Castle, it used to open around four in the morning and this continued at least until 1900. 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. Raven At The Tower, Tower Bridge Rd Flats The history of Old Kent Road stretches back more than 2,000 years. Guys Arms, Guy St Flats Lord Nelson, Canon Beck Road Closed 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. The pub was, for many years, south east London's boxing nursery. Corporeally, Chippenham and Penge. Still standing, now a bar called Virgos. It became a club after 2008. A vaulted hall of a bar, a snooker table in an bleakly-lit adjacent room, a small stage bedecked with tinsel, ready for whatever live entertainments the landlord had corralled for the evenings punters, and a small cluster of daytime regulars. This property is also said to be in private residential use. Thank you Ewan ure spot on intend when lockdown is over to go and pay a viisit was thirteen when my Aunty had her wedding reception in the Windsor and havent been back since but intend to rectify that!!! 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