Disused public toilet in Tottenham to open as High Cross pub

[editor]

I like.

Located in the Tottenham Green Conservation Area, the former public toilet at the junction of Tottenham High Road and Monument Way is, despite its disused status, a local landmark in Tottenham.

After being vacant for a number of years, the building has been renovated by Haringey Council. The project has been part funded by the Mayor of London’s Growth on the High Road project, which aims to improve Tottenham High Road and make it a more attractive place to shop, meet and socialise.

The new pub, called The High Cross takes its name from the historic monument close by – marking the centre of what was Tottenham village in the 17th Century – and aims to maintain much of the toilet’s original features from the 1920s.

Co-founder, Chris Johnson said that they’re keeping the ‘Ladies’ and ‘Gentlemen’ signs outside and will light them up at night, while inside they’ve kept a lot of the original tiles as well as the original dividing walls.

A public toilet in Tottenham is set to become a new pub

 

[alan_]

Should incorporate "cottage" into the name somewhere

 

[Pickman's model]

at least the new pub will contain toilets so passers-by will be able to use the facilities once more.

 

[JimW]

Great for a night on the piss!

 

[sealion]

It's good to see a pub opening up rather than closing down, but this will be a magnet for hipsters and other monied wankers that are moving into the area.

 

[editor]

It's good to see a pub opening up rather than closing down, but this will be a magnet for hipsters and other monied wankers that are moving into the area.

Better that than no pub at all. Pubs can change clientele.

 

[Pickman's model]

It's good to see a pub opening up rather than closing down, but this will be a magnet for hipsters and other monied wankers that are moving into the area.

wish they'd reopen the auld plough.

 

[Pickman's model]

Better that than no pub at all. Pubs can change clientele.

usually the wrong way tho. you won't find many long-term tottenham locals attracted to drinking in hipster hell-holes charging through the nose for artisan wank.

i can't think of a single pub in hackney which has seen a return from hipsters or other gentrifiers to their previous clientele.

 

[sealion]

Pubs can change clientele.

They can also price out locals and long term patrons when the middle classes roll up.

 

[Pickman's model]

They can also price out locals and long term patrons when the middle classes roll up.

yeh that's just it, people will be priced out from the off.

 

[sealion]

wish they'd reopen the auld plough.

Not familiar with that one but sounds like you miss it.

 

[marty21]

usually the wrong way tho. you won't find many long-term tottenham locals attracted to drinking in hipster hell-holes charging through the nose for artisan wank.

i can't think of a single pub in hackney which has seen a return from hipsters or other gentrifiers to their previous clientele.

Tbf, The Crooked Billet did keep a lot of the old regulars , I went there before it was made over, and a crew of the proper old regulars still come and are made welcome.

 

[editor]

They can also price out locals and long term patrons when the middle classes roll up.

Still preferable to the pub being turned into luxury flats. Over time, a pub can do downmarket just like it can go upmarket.

 

[Pickman's model]

Tbf, The Crooked Billet did keep a lot of the old regulars , I went there before it was made over, and a crew of the proper old regulars still come and are made welcome.

Was past the auld jackdaw in Homerton and it's been transformed into some sort of shithole. The chip shop on the other side of the road looks exactly the same as it did in '93.

 

[marty21]

Was past the auld jackdaw in Homerton and it's been transformed into some sort of shithole. The chip shop on the other side of the road looks exactly the same as it did in '93.

That is true , proper hipster now, I have been there once

 

[DJWrongspeed]

pub in a toilet, i don't get, where will the toilets be????

 

[fishfinger]

In the pub.

 

[klang]

pub in a toilet, i don't get, where will the toilets be????

in the pub.

 

[klang]

fastest fingers first.

 

[The39thStep]

There was a bar in Manchester that was previously a public toilet. Don't know if it's still going though.

 

[WouldBe]

It will turn out to be a right shithole.

 

[IC3D]

Rhe

There was a bar in Manchester that was previously a public toilet. Don't know if it's still going though.

The Temple of Convenience, think it's still there

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Tbf, The Crooked Billet did keep a lot of the old regulars , I went there before it was made over, and a crew of the proper old regulars still come and are made welcome.

Yes I agree about the Billet. Not sure if it was by default or design but they didn't go "full hipster" - had a range of beers including some cheap/normal ones.

 

[IC3D]

Mixed feelings about this pub. Tottenham is facing an onslaught from developer's now.
This is the heart of the Latin community in London I believe it's been saved now

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Can't say I feel much love for the hipster bars popping up, they're alien to the area I've known for 30 odd years and the labour council have shown total contempt for residents this side of Haringey

 

[klang]

including some cheap/normal ones.

that's what I'm hoping for at the Toilets. Just about to move there, so this will be the closest pub to me.

 

[Pickman's model]

Mixed feelings about this pub. Tottenham is facing an onslaught from developer's now.
This is the heart of the Latin community in London I believe it's been saved now

London's Latin Americans Are Bearing the Brunt of Gentrification

Can't say I feel much love for the hipster bars popping up, they're alien to the area I've known for 30 odd years and the labour council have shown total contempt for residents this side of Haringey

to be fair the council have long been contemptuous of residents in the western half of the borough too

 

[The39thStep]

Rhe

The Temple of Convenience, think it's still there

yup thats the one
The Temple: the Victorian Urinal that became a Quirky Bar | Urban Ghosts

 

[IC3D]

to be fair the council have long been contemptuous of residents in the western half of the borough too

Your probably aware they decimated wood green library and moved council services there. That place used to be packed with students from local colleges.

 

[Pickman's model]

Your probably aware they decimated wood green library and moved council services there. That place used to be packed with students from local colleges.

yeh, in the western half of the borough.

 

[IC3D]

Massive lot of council land in Hornsey turned into luxury flats and a Sainsbury's. I could go on but feeling a bit ranty