Camberwell news and chitter-chatter

[BoxRoom]

Anyone know what has happened to the Bear pub? It seems to have been closed for the past two weeks or so and I was wondering if this was a permanent thing or just for a refurb ?

Aye, after hearing the lease was running out, or somesuch, in still a good few months or so to go, it was a surprise to all of us scattered locals that it got sold.
Still going to be a pub and the new owners are on record (not on Wikipedia so can't verify the truth of hearsay) of saying that it will reopen in March.
There's so much potential in that pub, especially in light of the plans to increase trade and whatnot in the nearby arches, that I was secretly hoping I'd come in to a few bob so I could buy it (despite my immense lack of experience).
When the fellow who was in charge of the Sunday lunches was too ill to manage them any more it was just a sorry state. Why they couldn't have got someone else to do it is a mystery, Sundays used to be absolutely packed.
If the new owners do good enough food they'll be made.

 

[Get Involved]

Aye, after hearing the lease was running out, or somesuch, in still a good few months or so to go, it was a surprise to all of us scattered locals that it got sold.
Still going to be a pub and the new owners are on record (not on Wikipedia so can't verify the truth of hearsay) of saying that it will reopen in March.
There's so much potential in that pub, especially in light of the plans to increase trade and whatnot in the nearby arches, that I was secretly hoping I'd come in to a few bob so I could buy it (despite my immense lack of experience).
When the fellow who was in charge of the Sunday lunches was too ill to manage them any more it was just a sorry state. Why they couldn't have got someone else to do it is a mystery, Sundays used to be absolutely packed.
If the new owners do good enough food they'll be made.

I have read elsewhere that the people behind The Fox in Haggerston are taking it over. Don't know if true. The Fox, E8 - Craft Beer House, 372 Kingsland Road, Haggerston, London

 

[BoxRoom]

I have read elsewhere that the people behind The Fox in Haggerston are taking it over. Don't know if true. The Fox, E8 - Craft Beer House, 372 Kingsland Road, Haggerston, London

That rings a bell.

Well, scaffolding is up at The Bear now. Progress is progressing.

 

[mango5]

Oregano Leaf pizza place is moving into the former Safa premises

Not sure where I got this idea from. The new sign says "Shanghai Taste"
Oh, and the CAN meeting has been postponed to 30th March due to lack of interest

 

[Maharani]

Please advise on good hairdressers in Camberwell. I want to go from long to very short so it's drastic and I want a mod cut so I need somewhere that knows about these sorts of cuts.

Has anyone used the salon next to Kings hospital?

 

[friendofdorothy]

Please advise on good hairdressers in Camberwell. I want to go from long to very short so it's drastic and I want a mod cut so I need somewhere that knows about these sorts of cuts.

Has anyone used the salon next to Kings hospital?

Years ago, I tried quite a few of the Camberwell hairdressers. I'd always say "I don't want to look like a housewife, I want it dykey at the back and femme at the front." Chat was always very stilted and I always ended up looking like a camberwell housewife. Mind that was 20 years ago.

Good luck with the hairdo!

 

[bimble]

Please advise on good hairdressers

can't help because i've got weaslaphobia. Which I only discovered recently is an actual word for fear of hairdressers, which i've suffered from since i was about 8.

 

[3010]

Good to see Stormbird on the list of best South London craft beer pubs:
Top 10 craft beer pubs in south London

 

[mango5]

Which caff would y'all recommend for a breakfast fry up? Jungle Grill, Brunchies, Rock Steady Eddie's? Somewhere else? Does Love Walk café do an FEB? Not looking for trendy Spanglish or Eggs Florentine.

 

[ska invita]

Eddies, for pure character

 

[boohoo]

Eddies, for pure character

Pure characters!

 

[bimble]

Does Love Walk café do an FEB? Not looking for trendy Spanglish or Eggs Florentine.

Yeah it does, very tasty with big fat actual mushrooms (not those silly little sliced things). BUT, for proper servings of emergency hangover FEB you need to walk down ten minutes to Loughborough Junction & go to Sem's cafe.

 

[editor]

Joiners Arms was rammed last night for a friend's birthday. Great to see such a fine pub so full of old school Brixtonites!

 

[wtfftw]

Looked really busy when I went past on Friday as well.

 

[BoxRoom]

That's two exes I've seen at The Tiger now. 1st was an ex-girlfriend and now an ex-boss.
Might down the rest of this booze and leg it.
Cool story, yeah.

 

[editor]

Junction/Joiners last night: Saturday night east of Brixton: live bands at the Joiners Arms and The Junction, Camberwell, SE5

 

[BoxRoom]

Update on The Bear:

 

[BoxRoom]

Cheeky fuckers!

 

[Cold Harbour]

Which caff would y'all recommend for a breakfast fry up? Jungle Grill, Brunchies, Rock Steady Eddie's? Somewhere else? Does Love Walk café do an FEB? Not looking for trendy Spanglish or Eggs Florentine.

Johnnie's Cafe, corner of Kenbury Street and Coldharbour Lane, a seriously good caff.

 

[mango5]

Forget the tube - Camberwell could benefit from re-opening of mainline 'ghost station' - Southwark News

 

[mango5]

This thread has experienced involuntary relocation, proposed on a Peckham thread in the Brixton forum.
You may wish to contribute local chat here The real Camberwell thread

 

[CH1]

Forget the tube - Camberwell could benefit from re-opening of mainline 'ghost station' - Southwark News

Interesting that Boris is keen on a new station for Myatts Fields (for that is who it would serve almost exclusively) on the site of the old Camberwell Station (closed 1916) and yet is completely set against an Overground Station on the site of the East Brixton Station (closed 1975).
Not opposed in principle to a Camberwell Station - but I would call ito question whether the old station site is suitable, unless the prime reason is to serve well-healed commuters.

There is also the overcrowding issue to consider. Those who post on the Loughborough Junction threads are always moaning that people can't get on the trains in the rush hour. Presumably it would be even worse at Camberwell.

When the original Camberwell Station was opened in 1862 Camberwell was a country village, not a densely populated area (and now becoming more so).

I reckon the reason the station closed fairly early on was partly due to the (first) war but also because the popular transport interchanges became established some way off from the station's location. Denmark Hill is a good walk away, so the station is not very accessible to passengers alighting in what we currently call "Cambewell Green".

Full details historical here (sorry if |I am repeating someone's earlier post)
Disused Stations: Camberwell Station

 

[editor]

Interesting that Boris is keen on a new station for Myatts Fields (for that is who it would serve almost exclusively) on the site of the old Camberwell Station (closed 1916) and yet is completely set against an Overground Station on the site of the East Brixton Station (closed 1975).
Not opposed in principle to a Camberwell Station - but I would call ito question whether the old station site is suitable, unless the prime reason is to serve well-healed commuters.

There is also the overcrowding issue to consider. Those who post on the Loughborough Junction threads are always moaning that people can't get on the trains in the rush hour. Presumably it would be even worse at Camberwell.

When the original Camberwell Station was opened in 1862 Camberwell was a country village, not a densely populated area (and now becoming more so).

I reckon the reason the station closed fairly early on was partly due to the (first) war but also because the popular transport interchanges became established some way off from the station's location. Denmark Hill is a good walk away, so the station is not very accessible to passengers alighting in what we currently call "Cambewell Green".

Full details historical here (sorry if |I am repeating someone's earlier post)
Disused Stations: Camberwell Station

It does seem odd that the station has remained closed for so long,.

 

[goldengraham]

There is also the overcrowding issue to consider. Those who post on the Loughborough Junction threads are always moaning that people can't get on the trains in the rush hour. Presumably it would be even worse at Camberwell.

For that reason alone it would require rail authorities to admit Thameslink is currently over capacity at rush hours (something that currently seems to be a problem for them), before anything could reopen at Camberwell.

Why would it only serve people from Myatt's Fields? Plenty of people would live within a 10-minute walk of that station on the Camberwell Green side, including all the new flats going up over there

 

[BoxRoom]

 

[editor]

Is this a renamed pub?

 

[BoxRoom]

Is this a renamed pub?

No, same name, new owners. They're working hard to do the place up at the moment. It really needed a lot of work doing to it, I feared the electrics every time I went in there for one thing.

 

[editor]

No, same name, new owners. They're working hard to do the place up at the moment. It really needed a lot of work doing to it, I feared the electrics every time I went in there for one thing.

I've got really confused with some of the pub renamings around Camberwell in the last couple of years.

 

[BoxRoom]

I've got really confused with some of the pub renamings around Camberwell in the last couple of years.

Was just reminded of Antic wanting to rename The Silver Buckle "Oberon". Until, rather luckily, they uncovered "The Tiger" underneath all the shit. Lucky escape.

 

[editor]

Was just reminded of Antic wanting to rename The Silver Buckle "Oberon". Until, rather luckily, they uncovered "The Tiger" underneath all the shit. Lucky escape.

I think it's much nicer now than when it was the Silver Buckle. Love them or hate them, Antic definitely know how to run a successful pub.