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Melinda said:
Oh when did it close down?! :) No great loss!

Lewisham closes down at 6.00pm, there is a such paucity of decent bars and restaurants .
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I used to like the Fox and Firkin I have'nt been in there for a drink for years but I hear it's still an alright pub:)
 
Oddly enough....

Here in Southwark it turns out as a baby, though I lived only a mile or so away, it was in LEWISHAM!!!!!!:mad::mad:
I doubt I shall survive this knowledge......


PS The Evelyn bit is cos John E had a house there and a garden which was much vaunted by garden lovers of the day
Suspect ol Doc Johnson wrote most of his dictinary in Lewisham too, having filled his own house off Fleet St with retired whores, alky struck off doctors and geezers with less than the usual number of limbs - too busy there for the ol lexicographical research like
 
I'm full of nostalgia having read this thread....Chiesmans.....the Odeon (where despite it being enormous you could queue for ages on a Saturday and not get in). There was also a funny little two screen cinema "Studio 6 & 7" I think it was called.

If you venture a bit out of the centre of Lewisham, the Jolly Farmers near the hospital is a nice pub and the Ladywell Tavern is being rennovated, promising "real ale, good food" so we live in hope.
 
dynamicbaddog said:
I used to like the Fox and Firkin I have'nt been in there for a drink for years but I hear it's still an alright pub:)
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I loved the Fox! They had a pianist and right old sing song on a Friday night!

My Friday would be- The Fox >> Dew Drop Inn, NewCross >> The Venue, New Cross.

Clarsy- thats me!
 
Mountsfield Park looking gloriously wintry in the snow.










Any one have photos of Manor House Gardens?
 
Melinda said:
I loved the Fox! They had a pianist and right old sing song on a Friday night!

My Friday would be- The Fox >> Dew Drop Inn, NewCross >> The Venue, New Cross.

Clarsy- thats me!
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Oh I used to really enjoy that singalong at the Fox :D:oops:

And that Friday night sounds like a typical night out for me circa 1988. Happy days :)
 
Andy the Don said:
You are upset by this..??

Think on the bright side no more pools of blood to avoid early Saturday & sunday morning. It was a shit pub anyway.
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it was cheap and alright during the day or for super early "going out to some where proper" drinks and whenever i went there someone would give me a line or two..it had it's perks for me :D .that wetherspoons on the high street i won't go near.
 
Melinda said:
YAY! Spangles is/ was too!

Shippy too I think!

Were you an Upstairs Venue Person or a Downstairs Mainfloor Person?
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definately was - i stopped going in early 92 - before the change of management and the tribute bands.

but yes - drink at the dewy first, and then upstairs.:cool:
 
I got a letter today from Wavelengths leisure centre in Deptford where I am a member, looks like I'm going to have to use the centre at Ladywell from the start of May cos Wavelenghts is shutting down for 6 weeks while they finish the new pool. From what I remember the pool at Ladywell is really good but it's a shame they don't have a steam room or a sauna there like they do at Wavelengths -I'm going to miss that:(.
Still I'm looking forward to the new 25 metre pool that we're be getting at Wavelengths when it reopens:cool:
 
DBD- Im reasonably sure that Ladywell have a steam room....? Either a steam room or a Turkish Bath. Possibly :oops:

I usually got to Beckenham Spa because it feels like a lush treat. It won 'Best Public Swimming Pool in the UK 2004' in The Independent.

Anyway, what happened to the decision to build a Secondary school on the Ladywell baths site? And are Forest Hill Baths still closed?
 
Melinda said:
And are Forest Hill Baths still closed?
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Yes - going to be demolished.

I'm glad I'm not that into swimming any more - with Forest Hill & Deptford both closed, Ladywell (my nearest one) must be well overcrowded and I won't go to The Bridge in Sydenham any more since the time I found a turd in the showers.:eek:
 
Melinda said:
DBD- Im reasonably sure that Ladywell have a steam room....? Either a steam room or a Turkish Bath. Possibly :oops:
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I've been told they used to have a Turkish Bath at Ladywell but they closed it down when Wavelenghts opened their steam room :((which is probally why the sauna/steam room gets really packed sometimes) There is a sauna at The Bridge but I'm not going there, I went there once before and it was tiny and looked like it had'nt been cleaned for months:eek:
I might check out Beckenham Spa while Wavelengths is shut...
 
Hmm, Ladywell baths. Not gossip, but a historical anecdote: Ladywell baths were used as a temporary mortuary for some of the victims of the Lewisham train crash in 1957. Here endeth the cheery thoughts for a Saturday afternooon. :D
 
Roadkill said:
Hmm, Ladywell baths. Not gossip, but a historical anecdote: Ladywell baths were used as a temporary mortuary for some of the victims of the Lewisham train crash in 1957. Here endeth the cheery thoughts for a Saturday afternooon. :D
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That's interesting, though sad. :(

It would have been the old Ladywell baths, which are being redeveloped (as housing I think) - the current building is, I would say, 1960s.
 
oryx said:
Yes - going to be demolished.

I'm glad I'm not that into swimming any more - with Forest Hill & Deptford both closed, Ladywell (my nearest one) must be well overcrowded and I won't go to The Bridge in Sydenham any more since the time I found a turd in the showers.:eek:
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Demolished? Says who? The last I heard they were going to be refurbished.
 
Ooh! From looking up the pools stuff- I found out about the Blackheath Bike and Kite Festival.
The weekend of the 14/ 15 June, 11- 4pm.

Should be worth a look. Anyone up for a Blackheath meet up? Drinks @ The Princess of Wales on the Heath?
 
That pub changed its name I'm sure - used to live near it, years later went back and there was the sign with big pic of she who died beside the "oily bedhopper" as Big Phil, The Kilted Greek would have it.

Its not bad but the Hare and Billet is funnier
 
The Hare and Billet is lovely and they do food too.
It got made over 21s the summer I turned 15 and finally looked old enough to pass for 18. The bastards!

The 3 Tuns changed hands a few years back- its a chain bar now. Oneils, The POW is still the POW!
 
Melinda said:
Ooh! From looking up the pools stuff- I found out about the Blackheath Bike and Kite Festival.
The weekend of the 14/ 15 June, 11- 4pm.

Should be worth a look. Anyone up for a Blackheath meet up? Drinks @ The Princess of Wales on the Heath?
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sounds good, I'll be up for that:)
 
The Kite things spectacular

loads of interesting stuff, piles of kites being flown by one guy

If its real windy some of them need to be nailed down
 
Yup, its the new Citibank building :) Went up 2 years ago?

Spillover from the original Citibank tower across the road.

Ugly as hell and sign of the ties, from there all the way down to the transport interchange will be filled with ugly towers- under the Gateway project
 
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