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The pub on the corner of Lyham Road and Crescent Lane, opposite the old Duke Of Cornwall, is being torn down right now. That's fast work - I walked past it less than a fortnight ago, and it was still open for business.
Lost pubs, cinemas, theatres and squats of Brixton
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innit
c'mon, little life giver
The Royal Oak? That's a shame 
That must mean the Prince of Wales is the only pub left on the street, iirc.
Waggon & Horses - appears to be in use as an artist's studio
Prince of Wales - still infested by old men
Royal Oak - being pulled down
Duke of Cornwall (flats, not so good akshully, we looked at a couple and they were incredibly poky)
Only one pub left out of (at least) 4.
That must mean the Prince of Wales is the only pub left on the street, iirc.
Waggon & Horses - appears to be in use as an artist's studio
Prince of Wales - still infested by old men
Royal Oak - being pulled down
Duke of Cornwall (flats, not so good akshully, we looked at a couple and they were incredibly poky)
Only one pub left out of (at least) 4.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
The Royal Oak? That's a shame
That must mean the Prince of Wales is the only pub left on the street, iirc.
Waggon & Horses - appears to be in use as an artist's studio
Prince of Wales - still infested by old men
Royal Oak - being pulled down
Duke of Cornwall (flats, not so good akshully, we looked at a couple and they were incredibly poky)
Only one pub left out of (at least) 4.
That's outrageous and so fucking sad
So where's the next nearest pub for locals to drink in?
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hiraethified
That's awful. Do you mind if I use that pic for the lost pubs of Brixton feature? Was the name of this boozer the Royal Oak?
innit
c'mon, little life giver
Have just remembered that there was originally 5 pubs on the street - one was being used as a restaurant but then closed down. It's been posted about in the past, but I can't remember the name of the restaurant and I don't know the name of the original pub.
So of 5 pubs, only one remains
So of 5 pubs, only one remains
innit
c'mon, little life giver
I just checked, looks like it was indeed the Royal Oak
link with pic
ETA you've already got the 5th on your lost pubs page - the Red Lion.
DJWrongspeed
radio eros
It just seems to have closed suddenly and then the demolition crew arrived within a matter of weeks.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
The Prince of Wales on Lyham Rd is still open as far as I know - other than that, the nearest would be Windmill / Hand in Hand / Sultan / Telegraph.
An eclectic selection
I meant near near. There's a lot of old people who lost their drinking hole when the White Horse became yuppified. They didn't want to drink in The Windy as it was down a dark street, and The Hope was the nearest.
Soon elderly people will have nowhere left to drink because pubs will be either too far, or be music pubs or be full of yuppies
I can't really get nostalgic about this one! I used to live very, very close to it and it was a dump of a place, with little plastic george cross flags hanging off the fascia. You'd get people staring at you as you walked past.
It was scary looking, and I never went inside. The pub across the road, which is now a block of flats, looks like it was a more interesting building.
It was scary looking, and I never went inside. The pub across the road, which is now a block of flats, looks like it was a more interesting building.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Well lots of pubs are like that, especially "regulars" type of pubs. Just because you can't get nostalgic doesn't mean it's not a loss for someone. Would agree that most of the pubs up there were shitholes (especially the ones frequented by screws) but they're still someone's local which they may have been going to for decades
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hiraethified
I have to say that the only pub still open on the road - The Prince of Wales, complete with large, permanent-looking St George flags outside - didn't look like the friendliest boozer I'd ever seen. I'm guessing that it's used by a lot of the security staff from the prison...
Yeah I suppose... maybe I'm a snob...
innit
c'mon, little life giver
Well, the Prince of Wales is 2 minutes walk away (maybe 5 for someone with mobility problems)
Personally I'd class that and the Hand in Hand as being near near (certainly as near as I am to my nearest pub)
innit
c'mon, little life giver
I went in there once with gaijingirl, han and PieEye (maybe a few other peeps as well, eme might even have been there)
Everyone else said they liked it but I thought it was a bit of an unfriendly hole.
Still, the regulars seemed to be having a whale of a time.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
They used to use the Red Lion and they've got their own pub, but as the Red Lion's no longer there, then if they're drinking there, definitely not a pub I'd go in
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
*cough cough*
A lot of these "regular regular" pubs are suspicious of new people. They think they're cops
innit
c'mon, little life giver
I do agree that's tragic
It's hard to imagine how one street could ever have sustained 5 pubs though! I guess they weren't expected to really make much profit in those days - just make a living for their landlord.
It's a real mark of social change too, in that I guess lots of men would have spent a lot of their evenings in the pub (or at least a few hours before going home).
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
I do agree that's tragic
It's hard to imagine how one street could ever have sustained 5 pubs though! I guess they weren't expected to really make much profit in those days - just make a living for their landlord.
It's a real mark of social change too, in that I guess lots of men would have spent a lot of their evenings in the pub (or at least a few hours before going home).
I don't really know what they used to be like as I didn't drink in them myself, but no doubt it was a few regulars that kept most places heads above water - just about
I'm not sure where I'd go drinking now if my local were to close
boohoo
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Happy for you to use the photo. I took it at about 11 in the morning so I'd be interested to see how much has been demolished since then!
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hiraethified
I used to drink in the Hand and the Sultan when i lived in Kingswood Road about 15 years ago and they were both really dodgy, especially the Hand. But now the Hand is my local, it's a great pub and a great mix of people, a good mix of newish customers and locals and everyone seems to know each other and get on really well.. The Sultan can still be a bit lairy late on the weekends 
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
I used to drink in the Hand and the Sultan when i lived in Kingswood Road about 15 years ago and they were both really dodgy, especially the Hand. But now the Hand is my local, it's a great pub and a great mix of people, a good mix of newish customers and locals and everyone seems to know each other and get on really well.. The Sultan can still be a bit lairy late on the weekends
How do you know they're not STILL dodgy, but you just don't notice it now because you've been accepted as a regular?
I'd love to know who tiled the Hand in Hand. Must be the best tiled pub loos I've ever seen in Brixton
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Why didn't you do the rest of the closed pubs of Lyham Road while you were there? Just curious
that's bollocks, you know
I know what a dodgy pub with a tinge of BNP-ness and nastiness feels like, and has nothing to do with being a regular or otherwise
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