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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="005fd5a3.jpg"> <div> <B>  </B><B> </B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial Rounded MT Bold" ><B>www.derelictlondon.com</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="02c5d430.jpg" border=0 width="93" height="67" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=50 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="006d2b03.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#C0C0C0" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> Derelict London Pubs - South East London my son</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="croydon_pubs.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Croydon Pubs"><U><I><IMG SRC="2863e97e0.jpg" border=0 width="489" height="382" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>East Croydon CR0 - Lesley Arms</B></div> <div> The Lesley Arms was originally built by Croydon Brewers' Nalder & Colyer to be their show-piece pub </div> <div> (their brewery tap in Surrey Street, Croydon being unsuitable for this treatment). The pub was  listed </div> <div> by English Heritage recently although only the outside is protected, the interior having been destroyed</div> <div> many years ago.Recent works undertaken presumably to prevent complete collapse of the building.</div> <div>  Croydon Council have granted permission to turn the building into flats and/or some sort of hostel.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2c45391b0.jpg" border=0 width="313" height="283" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2c46051e0.jpg" border=0 width="261" height="286" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Bermondsey SE16 - The Barnaby</B></div> <div> Originally called the Canterbury Tavern.</div> <bR> <div> Before and after every home match the pub has long been rammed with Millwall fans, </div> <div> whether it be to drown their sorrows or raise a glass to three points.Now its destined to become flats.</div> <bR> <div> The landlady of The Barnaby, for 10 years called the decision to close the pub <I>"a real blow for the </I></div> <div> <I>community, Millwall fans from all over have always come here on match days. Now there is not </I></div> <div> <I>really anywhere for them to go,"</I> she added. <I>"The nearest pub they could go to is a good half hour </I></div> <div> <I>walk to the ground. They used to leave here at 2.45pm and be in the Den for kick-off at 3pm. "There </I></div> <div> <I>is always such a great atmosphere here. Everyone is friendly. It is a family pub really."</I></div> <bR> <div> Pete recalls this pub in the 1970's:<I> "This is about as Old London as you can get, and was even more </I></div> <div> <I>so back in 1978. The pub was heaving that Friday night, and you didn't see many black faces. Well, </I></div> <div> <I>you didn't see any black faces, or Arab faces, or, indeed, any faces other than the eponymous "faces"</I></div> <div> <I> of the manor (yes, they spoke like that round there). Millwall supporters to a man (not many women to </I></div> <div> <I>be seen, either), this was the heart of National Front territory in those days"</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id159.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="a7a09ce0.jpg" border=0 width="265" height="206" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="id159.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U> <IMG SRC="a77edcd0.jpg" border=0 width="237" height="205" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="a79a6cf0.jpg" border=0 width="166" height="207" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Charlton SE17 (The Victoria)</B></div> <div> Front, inside and back of The Victoria</div> <bR> <div> Jane Grant writes <I>"I did indeed drink in there regularly with my husband and two friends in the mid-late 1990s. </I></div> <div> <I>The landlord was permanently drunk and the wrong side of the bar, he did bent MOTs and sold dodgy cars.</I></div> <div> <I> He had two classic vanguards, with original paperwork, but dodgy VIN numbers and for our sins, we </I></div> <div> <I>obtained an old capri from him complete with dodgy MOT. He was a classic of his kind and the destruction </I></div> <div> <I>of the old building will take a magnitude of memories with it. The whole pub sloped downwards, but it appeared </I></div> <div> <I>better the more you drank!"</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Matt Helm writes </I><I>"I had one scary night down in Charlton/Woolwich one night where we were locked in one of the</I></div> <div> <I>pubs at around 1:30am until the bloke outside with a grudge & sawn off shotgun sobered up and went home (can't</I></div> <div> <I>remember if it was The Victoria or The Thames Barrier Arms)! "</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="284d14cf0.jpg" border=0 width="276" height="207" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Greenwich SE10 (The Rose of Denmark)</B></div> <div> I found an article in the Epping Forest Guardian which had  a negative opinion of the <B>Rose of Denmark</B>! </div> <div> <I>"The atmosphere inside the pub was one of ice-cold indifference. Various lone old men sat about with </I></div> <div> <I>looks on their faces like the world was about to end. Decor-wise, things are looking really knackered.</I></div> <div> <I>But the real killer is the service. the toneof the barmaid's  verbal assault was similar to one employed </I></div> <div> <I>by a mother chastising a misbehaving toddler."</I></div> <bR> <div> UPDATE! Currently being refurbished - maybe as a pub!</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1267.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="17e827dd0.jpg" border=0 width="295" height="221" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A><I> </I><A HREF="id1267.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="17ec2be00.jpg" border=0 width="299" height="224" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Woolwich SE18 (Mancinis aka The Gatehouse)</B></div> <div> May 2007- Being converted into apartments. Originally built as quarters for Woolwich Dockyard officers and  later </div> <div> used  the police in 1778-84<B>.</B> Ian Pennington recalls visiting it 10 years ago:<I> " one of the group of us ordering some food, </I></div> <div> <I>pie and chips probably, receiving it, then splashing some vinegar from a bottle on the table over it........</I><I><B>the vinegar seemed</B></I></div> <div> <I><B> to have dead fleas or creepy crawlies of some sort in it</B></I><I>. And of course my mate only noticed this after he'd covered</I></div> <div> <I> his chips with it."  </I>The pub ended its days as a gay haunt apparently.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2c1b1fd80.jpg" border=0 width="287" height="216" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2c3d30da0.jpg" border=0 width="304" height="218" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Camberwell SE5 - The Old Dispensary</B></div> <div> A bit more upmarket than most of the local alternatives. CamberwellOnline Blog in 2004 wrote</div> <div> "Coupled with the slightly high bar price and the feeling of luxury, it’s obvious that this place is aimed at </div> <div> Camberwell’s more affluent residents. Thing is, I’m not sure there is a big market for that. I guess we’ll</div> <div> find out." Well we  have found out as its been boarded up for the last few months.....</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="plumstead_the_ship.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Plumstead The Ship"><U><B><IMG SRC="23d123c80.jpg" border=0 width="291" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  </B></U></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="plumstead_the_ship.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Plumstead The Ship"><U><I><IMG SRC="23d52dc80.jpg" border=0 width="301" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B>Plumstead SE18 - The Ship</B></div> <div> Russell writes:<I>" The Ship in Plumstead Common reopened for a short time in the late 1990s as the Commoner's Rest, but closed</I></div> <div> <I> shortly afterwards. It only lasted a few months when it reopened as the Ship once more in about 2000. I remember it as a pub which </I></div> <div> <I>had the worst reputation for fights in the Plumstead Common area. It also had a stage for live acts but I don't remember seeing any there."</I></div> <div> <I>Deborah writes: </I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="sans-serif" ><I>I can remember The Ship being a real punk hang out back in the day and they did</I></FONT><I> </I></div> <div> <I>have live bands on there in the early 80's"</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Fizzy Panther writes: </I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Rough old place at times, one of the owners, I think his name was Jerry/Gerry was stabbed by a local </I></FONT></div> <div> <I>resident one night, and the band carried on playing!!!!! They did indeed have live bands - 'The Boys', 'Mick and Kiwi', 'Yakety Yak' </I></div> <div> <I>played here on a regular basis and they also had Karaoke, Discos and regularly held Hen and Stag nights there. They also had a</I></div> <div> <I>talent contest in conjunction with a local newspaper - ran on for weeks - Plumstead's version of X-Factor but the prize was far less </I></div> <div> <I>glamorous and generous. </I></div> <div> <I>A couple called Vince and Eileen ran it for a time and then two guys from Bermondsey (Tony and Gregg I think their names were)</I></div> <div> <I>ran it with a manager called 'Boots'. They had bouncers on the doors to try and filter out the troublemakers but you all know what</I></div> <div> <I>booze (and yes, drugs) can do to perfectly rational adults on occasion! They had a late licence, if I remember correctly the bar </I></div> <div> <I>used to stayed open until midnight on a Thursday, Friday and Saturday night - very rare in the 80s and early 90s! They also had </I></div> <div> <I>live female strippers on a Sunday lunchtime, surprisingly it was always busy then!!!! </I></div> <bR> <div> <I>The pub closed for a long while due to a series of drugs raids by our boys in blue from Plumstead Nick, and a cute little sniffer dog,</I></div> <div> <I>I remember it well!!! It had for some years had a reputation as a well known drugs and trouble pub, but it was also one of the </I></div> <div> <I>liveliest pubs in the area at the time, you can't have your cake and eat it too!!!"</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id166.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="1b6433e50.jpg" border=0 width="307" height="229" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="id166.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="284932e60.jpg" border=0 width="306" height="230" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Deptford  SE8 (The Thames)</B></div> <div> An old engraving on the roof reads "The Rose & Crown"</div> <div> Mark Goodwin writes: <I>"The Thames was owned by an old bloke called Dennis who also owns The Hoy just round the </I></div> <div> <I>corner with this son who now runs it. He thought he would sell up why the going was good, I noticed literally all the</I></div> <div> <I>buildings surrounding The Thames are demolished but the pub still stands s I think its Grade II listed. They also used </I></div> <div> <I>to have strippers in there at lunchtimes many a year ago. Apparently Waitrose are moving in on or around this site."</I></div> <bR> <div> Tom writes: <I>"I grew up in the rose and crown Deptford now called the thames. My dad ran it for about 10 years. I have </I></div> <div> <I>tried to find out several times who wns the deads for the property but to no avail. 5 years ago I would have bought it</I></div> <div> <I>but now seems like a lost cause. Used to be a great pub in the 80’s. "</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1513.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Thames Barrier Arms The Antigallican"><U><I><IMG SRC="23cb22fd0.jpg" border=0 width="290" height="253" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A><I> </I><A HREF="id1513.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Thames Barrier Arms The Antigallican"><U><I><IMG SRC="285052fe0.jpg" border=0 width="338" height="254" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Charlton SE17 - Thames Barrier Arms</B></div> <div> Previously called The Lads of The Village.Now a vets! The sign on the corner says "Roebuck Arms" but Bev Smith explains that </div> <div> the pub was used in filming for an episode of the TV series "Londons Burning". So, the sign is just an abandoned prop......</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id949.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="16ae2fd70.jpg" border=0 width="303" height="215" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="id949.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="28541fd70.jpg" border=0 width="287" height="215" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Slade Green DA8 (The Railway Tavern)</B></div> <div> Slade Green was at on time one of the biggest and busiest railway depots in Britain, and at one time teeming with steam trains</div> <div> being shunted here and there. The Railway Tavern was obviously then a thriving public House. Southwark Coucil had intentions</div> <div> to develop it as a hostel for asylum seekers, but Bexley Council objected and it never happened.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1263.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="2859eef30.jpg" border=0 width="238" height="243" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A><I> </I><A HREF="id1263.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="285848f60.jpg" border=0 width="328" height="246" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Woolwich SE18 (The Star)</B></div> <div> The Star in Woolwich used to have strippers and was a great place for underage drinkers...</div> <bR> <div> Vic Merson writes:<I> "I remember attending a St Johns Ambulance function upstairs. It was full of medical bores, so my mate and I left early</I></div> <div> <I> removing half the contents of the fusebox on the way out plunging them into semi-darkness......."</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1262.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="17f02c280.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="296" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Woolwich SE18 (Dockers Bar)</B></div> <div> The Dockers Bar was only called that for a fateful few weeks while it was open.originally called the Lord Howick and later </div> <div> renamed The Million Hare, and it was said that it was the only pub in Woolwich that you wiped your feet before you left.</div> <div>  "A truly dreadful place to drink in." Now reopened as The Pitch and Pint. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> update -  Another name change to Clancys!</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1261.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="25b221f00.jpg" border=0 width="289" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="id1261.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="25b328f10.jpg" border=0 width="296" height="241" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Vauxhall SE11 (The Elephant & Castle)</B></div> <div> I remember seeing this pub from the train everytime I travelled to London as a youngster misguided thinking this was the</div> <div>  area called Elephant & Castle. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Now converted into a Starbucks - see Derelict London book for "then & now pics"!</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>Carole James writes: </B><I><B>"</B></I><I>In 1974 as a very sheltered 19 year old girl from a small rural town in New Zealand, never having been in any </I></div> <div> <I>hotel before in my life, I was taken to the Elephant and Castle one night quite late. We went in the door only to flounder around in a large</I></div> <div> <I>piece of black cloth which was apparently the blackout curtain from the war days, it was on a semi circle of pipe and was a trap to the </I></div> <div> <I>uninitiated. Once inside I thought I was in some kind of time warp. It was like an episode of some historic British programme except it</I></div> <div> <I>was real. Heavily pungent with workers underarm smell, and misty with cigarette smoke, lighting which seemed to come from only a</I></div> <div> <I>handful of low wattage light bulbs in various elderly forms of light fittings, a bar which was as robust looking as the rock of Gibralter, </I></div> <div> <I>and for which I was almost too little, people who were clearly on "their territory" and wondering who the hell you were, a couple of dogs</I></div> <div> <I>on the floor (dogs? in a public house?) and a lady who you could charitably say had seen better times and on perhaps the fifth too many</I></div> <div> <I>port and lemons, warbling away to an out of tune upright piano. Her hair had been dyed a sort of straw yellow but an inch either side of</I></div> <div> <I>her parting had reverted to iron grey and white, I remember the pub being busy, warm, smelly from sweaty under arm people if you were </I></div> <div> <I>close to them, smoky, poorish people in monetary terms but not in spirit or spirits! it has remained indelibly engraved on my mind most </I></div> <div> <I>probably because it was the first pub I had ever gone into. It was also one where I couldnt understand most of the English being spoken</I></div> <div> <I>around me because it wasnt in a New Zealand (English) accent. I kept expecting to hear an air raid siren. I remember coming back </I></div> <div> <I>outside into the black night and having the cleaner cold air hit my face, having to walk past brick buildings with windows which had </I></div> <div> <I>pieces of corrugated iron over them and wondering if I would ever safely get back to the Hotel in "town". But I still hold that pub very </I></div> <div> <I>fondly in my mind."</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="608" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 98 WIDTH="602"><div>                     <IMG SRC="24cc961e0.png" border=0 width="406" height="30" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Want present day pics of your old haunts? Researching your family tree and need location pics? Pictures taken to order - low cost - any job considered (not just derelicts!). Much cheaper than professional photographers</B></div> <div> Contact: Paul at derelictlondon.com     <A HREF="mailto:derelictlondon@yahoo.co.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:derelictlondon@yahoo.co.uk"><U><IMG SRC="24ce931a0.png" border=0 width="147" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="429" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="425"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="425" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id278.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jack Stamps/The Propellor"><U><IMG SRC="231222da0.jpg" border=0 width="290" height="218" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> <A HREF="id278.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jack Stamps/The Propellor"><U><IMG SRC="284721d90.jpg" border=0 width="289" height="217" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Purley CR2  (The Propellor)</B></div> <div> Rob Buxton writes: <I>"I grew up in Croydon and as a child in the early 70s I always enjoyed driving past the </I></div> <div> <I>Propeller with my parents. The Propeller is on the same road as a building I knew as Imperial House – a grand </I></div> <div> <I>building which was once the terminal building for the old Croydon Airport. I remember the Propeller being a </I></div> <div> <I>well maintained pub (from the outside), but the main attraction for me was a huge propeller mounted on top of </I></div> <div> <I>a tall post outside the pub and which acted as the pub sign. My dad used to tell me that the propeller was from a</I></div> <div> <I>Spitfire that flew during the war; a story I believed for years. It saddens me to see the Propeller in such a sorry state."</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2b0227dd0.jpg" border=0 width="295" height="221" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Catford Bromley Rd SE6 (The Green Man)</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id946.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="17f622ec0.jpg" border=0 width="290" height="236" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Maze Hill SE10 (The Victoria)  est 1886</B></div> <div> Was known locally as the "wooden house" many years ago, (known as the wooden house after theLuftwaffe blew </div> <div> the back end of the pub off with a doodle bug in the 2nd world war and it was lashed up with timber to keep it </div> <div> running). Now Demolished (Autumn 2006)</div> <bR> <div> Rob Day writes: <I>"Back in 1977 "The Vic" was the only pub in Greenwich where a 15-year-old male with spiky bleached </I></div> <div> <I>hair and an earring could get served and not get his head kicked in, and the only pub in South London with a jukebox </I></div> <div> <I>crammed with singles by then little-known punk acts like the Clash, Pistols, Stranglers, ATV, etc etc. The right hand bar </I></div> <div> <I>was run by a guy called Harry who stocked the jukebox, and populated entirelyby underage drinkers (apart from Harry)</I></div> <div> <I>sporting the latest Oxfam-couture. The left hand bar was run by a proper old school landlord who looked exactly like </I></div> <div> <I>Mike Reid and was usually empty, but was beautifully fitted out with the original circular bar and a stained glass skylight </I></div> <div> <I>at the back - not that I gave a shit at the time. Celebs in attendance at that time included members of </I><I><B>Squeeze</B></I><I> (including </I></div> <div> <I><B>Jools Holland</B></I><I>),</I><I><B>Dire Straits</B></I><I> and many other local bands who have quite rightly sunk without trace: </I><I><B>Corduroy</B></I><I>; </I><I><B>Doctor</B></I></div> <div> <I><B> and the Medics</B></I><I>; Simon and the Virgins; the list goes on..."</I></div> <bR> <div> Harry Rogers writes: (<U>The</U> Harry mentioned above):  <I>"The item on your site which refers to my bar (Harry's Bar) was not </I></div> <div> <I>actually at the Queen Victoria .Harry's Bar was actually in the next pub along called The Bricklayers Arms which has since</I></div> <div> <I>been gutted and renamed twice though I don'tknow what it was called. As for the clientele yes on certain nights the customers</I></div> <div> <I>were quite young but on others they ranged from 16 to 60 and some great nights were had by all. To read more about the </I></div> <div> <I>bar go to </I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><I>http://www.packetofthree.com</I></FONT><I> where an interview with me will shortly be published."</I></div> <bR> <div> You can read Harry's blog here:  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog&friendID=79998443</U></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id948.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Woolwich pubs"><U><I><IMG SRC="1a412aea0.jpg" border=0 width="298" height="234" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A><I> </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id948.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Woolwich pubs"><U><IMG SRC="23b866ea0.jpg" border=0 width="358" height="234" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B>Woolwich SE18 (Crown & Cushion)</B></div> <div> The pub has recently been repainted allover white and received a wrap round advert  for the Woolwich Arsenal development. </div> <div> There is a longstanding dispute with the council, who want to demolish the building, and local residents who want it saved as</div> <div> a reminder of the old Woolwich which has almost been obliterated.</div> <bR> <div> Andrea Thorne writes:<I> My husband and I used to be Managers/Landlords of the Crown & Cushion 1965-1967. We were the youngest </I></div> <div> <I>publicans in London . Both of us being 20 years of age when we took over. It’s sad to see it in such a bad shape.</I></div> <div> <I>I was back in the UK about 10 years ago and made a trip to the pub it hadn’t changed much.My daughter was born in the local hospital </I></div> <div> <I>and spent her first year there in the flat above. I remember her getting very sooty from the power station smoke when I put her out in the</I></div> <div> <I>back yard. We now live in the USA."</I></div> <bR> <div> Deborah remembers this pub as a skinhead haunt in the early 80's. </div> <bR> <div> Bev writes in Summer 2008: "<I>Seems like the developers got their way. This pub in now in the process of demolition, </I></div> <div> <I>and as of yesterday, there wasnt a lot of it left (along with the rest of "old" Woolwich). Regeneration??? More like weapons</I></div> <div> <I>of mass destruction!"</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1461.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Royal Oak Lee"><U><B><IMG SRC="1b6a32eb0.jpg" border=0 width="306" height="235" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>   </B><A HREF="id1461.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Royal Oak Lee"><U><B><IMG SRC="1b6b1feb0.jpg" border=0 width="287" height="235" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Lee SE12 (The Royal Oak)</B></div> <div> Matt writes:<I> "That was a great place to go for a drink at 1am, loads of young studenty types and a tiny back </I></div> <div> <I>garden/window box that smelt of damp and skunk."</I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2b9f27dd0.jpg" border=0 width="295" height="221" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Bellingham SE6  (Tigers Head)</B></div> <div> An unusual closure of a JD Wetherspoon pub. I stumbled on a very uncomplimentary comment on the clientele:</div> <bR> <div> <I>"Older chavs will visit the Tigers Head pub where every day of the week you can enjoy a couple of fights, a police raid, </I></div> <div> <I>numerous flashes of boob (it is the only way the poor cows know how to pull a man and the only kind of signal the male</I></div> <div> <I>chav will respond to) and don't forget a kebab for the journey home."</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="2f74263d0.jpg" border=0 width="294" height="317" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Bromley (The Greyhound)</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2ba92fe50.jpg" border=0 width="303" height="229" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Nunhead SE15  (Railway Tavern)</B></div> <div> The building has been demolished - just the sign remains</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2bab28de0.jpg" border=0 width="296" height="222" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Plumstead SE18 (Rose and Crown)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2bad4efb0.jpg" border=0 width="334" height="251" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="2bafbcfa0.jpg" border=0 width="188" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Eltham Common SE3 (The Welcome Inn)</B></div> <div> A local family "Harvester" restaurant/bar, It suffered a fire in approx 2006 and was internally completely gutted. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id924.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="239b23e40.jpg" border=0 width="291" height="228" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Elephant & Castle SE1 (Bar Uptown)</B></div> <div> Reopened as The Ministry of Salsa but now the entire block has been demolished as part of the Elephant's </div> <div> regeneration</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1827.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="289848fc0.jpg" border=0 width="328" height="252" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> <A HREF="id1827.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="2897f7fa0.jpg" border=0 width="247" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Tower Bridge SE1 (Raven at the Tower)</B></div> <div> Just a few minutes walk from one of the world's most famous tourist icons: Tower Bridge</div> <bR> <div> <B>Any places you think should be on this site? Let me know! </B></div> <div> <B>Also info (however trivial) or stories/personal memories  on any of  the buildings would </B></div> <div> <B>be appreciated.</B> </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1454.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Beaconsfield Bermondsey"><U><B><IMG SRC="239d2be50.jpg" border=0 width="299" height="229" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="id1454.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Beaconsfield Bermondsey"><U><B><IMG SRC="285d13e60.jpg" border=0 width="275" height="230" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Bermondsey SE16 (Earl of Beaconsfield)</B></div> <div> J Flood writes:<I> this pub used to be my grandfathers during the 2nd  world war. My father used to take me there on </I></div> <div> <I>a no.  70 tram.. I remember playing on the flat roof watching the southern railway trains go by.. I used to enjoy </I></div> <div> <I>visiting my granddad as I used to be given all the used metal beer bottle tops (different colours) which as kids </I></div> <div> <I>we stuck to our clothes like medals I do remember the pub was popular with the dockers and although the pub </I></div> <div> <I>received a couple of incendiary bombs during the big german raid on the surrey docks remained open . </I></div> <div> <I>although I understand my dad tried to persuade my grandad to leave because of the risk so close to the docks </I></div> <div> <I>but evidently stayed to give the dockers their beer. At least that is the story I grew up with..i also remember a </I></div> <div> <I>pianola in the bar and pictures of my grandad on the walls I suppose all gone now…"</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1462.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pubs"><U><B><IMG SRC="1fc51fdd0.jpg" border=0 width="287" height="221" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Deptford SE8 (Princess of Wales)</B></div> <div> MD69 writes:<I>"This pub used to belong to my grandparents, and they were the last owners before selling it to developers </I></div> <div> <I>a few years ago.The pub was haunted according to members of the family by a Victorian child (although I never saw </I></div> <div> <I>the alleged spirit myself) and has beenused in various TV productions, such as Hale and Pace and The Bill. It was a</I></div> <div> <I>traditional family pub in design, over 4 floors with 6 bedrooms  and 3 bathrooms, and was family run until it's closure."</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id278.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jack Stamps/The Propellor"><U><B><IMG SRC="239c20f80.jpg" border=0 width="288" height="248" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id278.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jack Stamps/The Propellor"><U><I><IMG SRC="25ab31f90.jpg" border=0 width="305" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B>West Norwood SE27 - Jack Stamps</B></div> <div> Previously called The Thurlow Arms and  used as a gig venue in the 1980's for small up and coming bands The Thompson Twins </div> <div> played here in 1981 before going on to have several UK hits.In the Jack the Ripper investigation in 1888 there is a passing mention</div> <div> of this pub: <I>"One man was arrested last night at coffee shop opposite the Thurlow Arms public-house, at West Norwood. Suspicion</I></div> <div> <I>appears to have been excited by his face being much scratched, and by marks, apparently, of blood upon his clothes."</I></div> <bR> <div> Many a funeral wake was held here due to the close proximity to West Norwood Cemetery. The front of the pub accomodated a flower </div> <div> stall for a few years after the pub closed but in 2008 the building has been converted into a Tesco supermarket.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="manor_tavern_bermondsey.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Manor Tavern Bermondsey"><U><B><IMG SRC="23bc23da0.jpg" border=0 width="291" height="218" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </B></U></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="manor_tavern_bermondsey.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Manor Tavern Bermondsey"><U><I><IMG SRC="23c02cd90.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="217" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B>Bermondsey SE16 - Manor Tavern</B></div> <div> Stephen writes: <I>The pub was between a small nature reserve and Galleywall Primary School . I was involved in trying </I></div> <div> <I>to maintain the nature reserve for a period in 2004/05. On checking out the nature reserve, which was semi-derelict, I realised</I></div> <div> <I>part of the pub wall had fallen into the nature reserve. I went around to the pub and spoke to the landlord; he took me into </I></div> <div> <I>the pub yard, which had a very large dog and numerous dog turds. I looked at the stump of the collapsed wall and propped </I></div> <div> <I>against it were a number of scaffolding poles that seemed to be holding up part of the side and back of the pub, which had</I></div> <div> <I>a big crack in it. Because we wanted to try to make the reserve work and get children involved, I spoke to a building </I></div> <div> <I>inspector who visited the pub with me, and he told the landlord that the side of the building was dangerous and needed </I></div> <div> <I>to be repaired. Within a couple of weeks of this the pub had been burned. Galleywall School has closed and I understand </I></div> <div> <I>the area is due for development."</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1513.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Thames Barrier Arms The Antigallican"><U><I><IMG SRC="23cd30fe0.jpg" border=0 width="304" height="254" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A><I> </I></div> <div> <B>London Bridge SE1  - The Antigallican</B></div> <div> Surrounded by mass redevelopment in Tooley St</div> <div> The name harks back to the days when sailors returned from Trafalgar.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1506.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="S London Pubs"><U><I><IMG SRC="25742d840.jpg" border=0 width="301" height="388" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Old Kent Road SE16 - Thomas A Beckett</B></div> <div> This was one of South London's most famous pubs as it had a boxing gym upstairs frequented by all the top names</div> <div> in British boxing such as Henry Cooper. I also remember going to see punk bands play in the downstairs bar on a Sunday</div> <div> evening in the late 80's</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="st_johns_tavern_london_bridge.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St Johns Tavern London Bridge"><U><B><IMG SRC="23c623840.jpg" border=0 width="291" height="388" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B></div> <div> <B>London Bridge SE1  - St Johns Tavern</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1506.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="S London Pubs"><U><B><IMG SRC="2576f6f00.jpg" border=0 width="246" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="id1506.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="S London Pubs"><U><B><IMG SRC="285feaf00.jpg" border=0 width="234" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> 2007 above</div> <div> <IMG SRC="2d34f6ed0.jpg" border=0 width="246" height="237" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2d35ebed0.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="237" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> 2008 above</div> <div> <B>Camberwell SE5 - William The Fourth </B></div> <div> A derelict pub  has undergone an unusual transformation by a local arts project</div> <div> and covered in white camoflage material. The stuff used by the army when fighting in snow covered areas.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1506.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="S London Pubs"><U><I><IMG SRC="257830da0.jpg" border=0 width="304" height="218" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Bermondsey SE16 - Gloucester Arms </B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="croydon_pubs.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Croydon Pubs"><U><I><IMG SRC="267d2ff70.jpg" border=0 width="303" height="247" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Addiscombe CR0 - The Black Horse</B></div> <div> I got to this pub a few weeks too late....</div> <bR> <div> Joanne writes: <I>"I worked just at the back of the pub in the Co-op car park (of all places) and spent many</I></div> <div> <I>a happy lunchtime in there or in their beer garden ! The day I remember most was 9/11 ! My mate and I </I></div> <div> <I>had had a particularly bad morning at work (for some reason everyone was in a mood that morning), and</I></div> <div> <I>it came over the radio what had happened and tbh it didn't really register until we got back to the office</I></div> <div> <I>and tried to access the news sites ! the rest, tragically is history. While I'm not old enough to really</I></div> <div> <I>remember where I was when JFK was shot, I'll always remember where I was when I heard about </I></div> <div> <I>the one event that imho has brought about the biggest (not necessarily the best) changes the world </I></div> <div> <I>has seen in the last 50 years."</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Martin writes: In 1970 I worked for a week at the Black Horse in Addiscombe. The saloon bar customers </I></div> <div> <I>were pleasant, and the public bar seemed mostly have been to prison and were very unpleasant. I find </I></div> <div> <I>this interesting as I spent a lot of time in later years representing such people who were nice as pie.</I></div> <div> <I>Shows you don't see the real person till you serve them drinks. The owners were pretty ghastly too. </I></div> <div> <I>I left because the place was so unpleasant. Beer was 1s and 8 pence a pint."</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2bd12ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Beckenham BR3 - The Clock House </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>courtesy of Ian Muir</I></FONT></div> <div> It has now been demolished to make way for flats.The pub was onlybuilt in the middle 60s. </div> <div> The ground lay derelict after the original pub on that site called The King Arthur blown up by</div> <div> a flying bomb during the war killing over 40 people, many bodies were not found.</div> <div> www.beckenhamhistory.com</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id941.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="pubs"><U><I><IMG SRC="118c26f80.jpg" border=0 width="294" height="248" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>East Greenwich SE10 - Duke of Wellington</B></div> <div> pic courtesy of  Jess</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="croydon_pubs.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Croydon Pubs"><U><I><IMG SRC="26812ee30.jpg" border=0 width="302" height="227" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A><I>  </I><A HREF="croydon_pubs.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Croydon Pubs"><U><I><IMG SRC="2865aae30.jpg" border=0 width="170" height="227" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>West Croydon - The Half Moon</B></div> <div> Justin writes:<I><B> </B></I><I>Having lived in Croydon most of my life this pub was a no go when i was younger. A while back the </I></div> <div> <I>landlord/owner put some money in the place and done a real good job of attracting a more broader crowd. My </I></div> <div> <I>then girlfriend (now my wife),who lived near the pub, had a few good nights there.Sadly this was short lived as </I></div> <div> <I>the pub was located in an area which has a very negative stigma for many reasons and closed down and was </I></div> <div> <I>vandalised within days which just compounds this stigma.</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id681.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="ce02fe40.jpg" border=0 width="303" height="228" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Greenwich SE10 (Millers)</B></div> <div> Gareth writes<I>: I remember Millers well from the mid 80’s when a group of us who worked in Lewisham at a </I></div> <div> <I>company called Fisher Controls (now also long gone there’s a Tesco there!) regularly drank on Saturday nights</I></div> <div> <I>in particular. There was loud music and at the time I think we mistakenly believed it was a great place to pick </I></div> <div> <I>up girls. Still I have some happy memories of the place.If I remember rightly the old Merryweather fire engine </I></div> <div> <I>factory was very close (but that had closed by then).</I></div> <bR> <div> Richard writes<I>: Used to drink in the Millers regular most Thursdays around 93/94, always a good laugh, but my</I></div> <div> <I>main recollection is of the DJ ALWAYS playing Nina Simones, My Baby Just Cares For Me at chucking out time!</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="nunhead_derelict_pubs.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nunhead Derelict Pubs"><U><IMG SRC="29da2ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>South Norwood SE25 - The Greyhound Tavern </B></div> <div> pic courtesy of Pete McGill</div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="29edeafa0.jpg" border=0 width="234" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Bermondsey SE16 - The Red Cow  </B><I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Arial" ><I>pic courtesy of Suzi Bassett</I></FONT></div> <div> <I>Pat writes: I used to DJ in the Red Cow from about 1973 through to 1981. My younger brother Dj'd at the Barnaby. </I></div> <div> <I>Two great pubs in their time, now they and others like then have gone, the soul is slowly going out of the place. </I></div> <div> <I>The owner George Cottle ruled the place and we never saw any trouble there, A place for great barmaids too. </I></div> <div> <I>One New Years day I started playing at 12.00, and finished that night at 11.00, the same crowd stayed for the</I></div> <div> <I>whole session. The DJ "box" there was like sauna in the summer, but the never ending stream of pints that </I></div> <div> <I>followed playing requests made it worth it. Loved it there, roast potatoes and cheese on Sunday lunchtimes"</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id948.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Woolwich pubs"><U><IMG SRC="2ab506cf0.jpg" border=0 width="262" height="207" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2ab620cf0.jpg" border=0 width="288" height="207" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Woolwich SE18 (Princess of Wales)</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2c6d26610.jpg" border=0 width="550" height="97" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="2c6f1dd20.jpg" border=0 width="285" height="210" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2c7106d20.jpg" border=0 width="262" height="210" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Vauxhall SE11 - The George and Dragon</B></div> <div> Set in the middle of a housing estate this was the only pub in London to have its own swimming pool!</div> <bR> <div>  <IMG SRC="2c8ffabb0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="187" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2c8dfabb0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="187" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Peckham SE15 - Pharoahs</B></div> <bR> <div> Previously  known as “The Walmer Castle Public House” until re-opening after temporary closure for refurbishments in 2002.</div> <bR> <div> In Victorian times, the Old Bailey archives record a case at this pub where a counterfeit shilling was tendered by a customer who</div> <div> got sentenced to 15 months hard labour as a result. </div> <bR> <div> The pub was run in the 1980's by Chris Finnegan a British Olympic boxing champion. Someone writes to Derelict London:  "In the </div> <div> 80's I remember a couple of Chelsea and West Wam footballers fighting a man over a girl in here one evening".</div> <div> Infamous skinhead/Oi! band The Last Resort played a gig here in the early 80's.</div> <bR> <div> In late 2002 a double shooting incident occurred at the premises and various rumours of criminal activity and late night clubs followed.</div> <div> A fire was the final straw......</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2d25fabb0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="187" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </B></div> <div> <B>Oval SE11 - The Surrey Tavern</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <IMG SRC="2d2af5d60.jpg" border=0 width="245" height="214" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </B></div> <div> <B>New Cross SE14 - Duke of Albany </B></div> <div> This pub was used In the film Shaun of The Dead and known in the film as The Winchester Arms.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2d2ffabb0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="187" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Peckham SE15 - Bricklayers Arms</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="2d6412df0.jpg" border=0 width="274" height="223" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2d6697de0.jpg" border=0 width="151" height="222" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <B>Maze Hill SE10 - The Old Friends</B></div> <div> I popped in here for a pint one afternoon  and didnt hang around too long. A few Charlton fans were bragging about a preplanned </div> <div> ruck they had with Southampton fans at Maze Hill Station.This was quite high profile press coverage on this fight at the time. </div> <div> Perhaps they were bluffing but I didnt fancy cross examining them.....</div> <bR> <div> A review on the net describes the place as a "Dire, chipboard pub for horrible old people and a dwindling number of punters from</div> <div> the estate behind. Chalk sign put up for St George's Day: "England, love it or leave it." If the Old Friends is England, I'm off."</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2decfac90.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="201" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>South Bermondsey SE16 - The Golden Lion</B></div> <div> Another Millwall fans pub recently closed</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2deefac40.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="196" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Walworth SE17 - The Kings Head</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2df0e1fb0.jpg" border=0 width="225" height="251" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2df2f0fb0.jpg" border=0 width="240" height="251" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Bermondsey SE16 - The </B><B>New Concorde </B></div> <div> Quite a lunchtime haunt for students of the adjacent Southwark College. Ive been informed on </div> <div> good authority that the Gallagher Brothers were seen drinking in there in the mid 90's though I cant </div> <div> think what would draw Oasis to the back streets of Bermondsey.</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2df4fadc0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="220" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Walworth SE17 - The Stroke of Luck</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2df6fac90.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="201" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Oval SE11 - The Rising Sun</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2df8fad50.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="213" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2dfa1dd60.jpg" border=0 width="285" height="214" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Oval SE11 - The Cricketers</B></div> <div> A great "toilet/transit van" circuit pub for bans in the 80's and 90's. Great venue. I remember seeing Dave Vanian </div> <div> from The Damned chatting to fans outside on the pavement before playing a gig with his other band The Phantom</div> <div> Chords. I will have to dig out my old snaps of this!</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2dfcfabb0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="187" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Sydenham SE26 - The Greyhound</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2dfefabb0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="187" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Sydenham SE26 - Regency Club</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="24075a9d0.jpg" border=0 width="602" height="413" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Woolwich SE18 - The Woolwich Infant</B></div> <div> From the road this pub looked defunct but upon closer inspection was actually open. Inside isnt much better either. </div> <div> I was in a hurry anyway so didnt have time to stop for a drink....Had a ferry to catch!</div> <div> someone recently wrote to me about this pub:</div> <bR> <div> <I>'The Woolwich Infant' is still a live Pub. I know it does not look like much from the outside, but  it is still a very popular Pub </I></div> <div> <I>with the local  Gay and Lesbian Community. It is owned and managed by a Lesbian couple.</I></div> <bR> <div> and then it had a makeover:</div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="29d859c30.jpg" border=0 width="601" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Oh no its closed down again: (Nov 2006)</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="29eb5ab60.jpg" border=0 width="602" height="694" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> 2008 and its a cheque converter shop!</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Here's some pics taken by Steven White:</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1517.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="282a21e20.jpg" border=0 width="289" height="226" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Sydenham SE26 - Sir Ernest Shackelton </B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1517.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="283130e30.jpg" border=0 width="304" height="227" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Walworth SE17 - Archduke Charles</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1517.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="286831e30.jpg" border=0 width="305" height="227" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Kennington SE11 - Court Tavern </B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="nunhead_derelict_pubs.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nunhead Derelict Pubs"><U><IMG SRC="2a052ee30.jpg" border=0 width="302" height="227" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2a0733e60.jpg" border=0 width="307" height="230" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Peckham SE15 - Queen Elizabeth  </B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="nunhead_derelict_pubs.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nunhead Derelict Pubs"><U><IMG SRC="2a092be00.jpg" border=0 width="299" height="224" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B> Walworth SE17- Prince & Princess of Wales </B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="608" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 98 WIDTH="602"><div>                     <IMG SRC="24cc961e0.png" border=0 width="406" height="30" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Want present day pics of your old haunts? 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