New Cross (and Deptford), chat and discussion

[Orang Utan]

has anyone been to The Duke before?

Never been in there - it looks a bit Greenwichy - it's in that bit of Deptford with the redeveloped wharves with tiny yuppyboxes built on them.
There is a new pub opening soon in the old job centre on the high street, called imaginatively, The Job Centre. Six weeks til opening, I hear.
And has anyone checked out the reopened Montagu Arms yet?

 

[Orang Utan]

Also, great news, the Deptford & New Cross Free Film Festival runs from 25th April until 4th May. Excellent programming:
http://www.freefilmfestivals.org/whats-on/new-cross.html

 

[ska invita]

Never been in there - it looks a bit Greenwichy - it's in that bit of Deptford with the redeveloped wharves with tiny yuppyboxes built on them.
There is a new pub opening soon in the old job centre on the high street, called imaginatively, The Job Centre. Six weeks til opening, I hear.
And has anyone checked out the reopened Montagu Arms yet?

that night looks good though, and a look at their website shows lots of live music going on - Greenwichy or not a music pub is worth supporting/trying out...

Job Centre eh....sounds like an Antic thing...

 

[Orang Utan]

that night looks good though, and a look at their website shows lots of live music going on - Greenwichy or not a music pub is worth supporting/trying out...

Job Centre eh....sounds like an Antic thing...

Yeah, I'm not in london that weekend, but I should give the place a chance

 

[Orang Utan]

Anyone been to Little Nan's? It seems to be run by cunts
https://m.facebook.com/events/470535693046522/
I thought it was a bit dodgy as there is a stencil of a Young Conservative torch outside and their cocktails appear to be royalist. Eeeeuuuuccch. Let's run them out of town.

 

[ska invita]

Anyone been to Little Nan's? It seems to be run by cunts
https://m.facebook.com/events/470535693046522/
I thought it was a bit dodgy as there is a stencil of a Young Conservative torch outside and their cocktails appear to be royalist. Eeeeuuuuccch. Let's run them out of town.

the conservative torch has been there for at least 20 years as it used to be a tory club, but even in the 90s it was some kind of dive bar... i thought this place was called The bunker these days though? i was due to go to a night there next month and its say Bunker on the flyer http://www.wherevent.com/detail/Matthew-Turner-Beautifully-Crafted-The-Bunker

 

[Orang Utan]

Bunker is separate from little Nan's - just in the same building

 

[Maggot]

Can anyone recommend a decent pub in Deptford for watching football in?

I work in Deptford some evenings, and often finish in time to catch the end of a match before heading home. The Black Horse shows games but is not a great pub.

 

[Orang Utan]

Plenty of betting shops!

 

[Thaw]

The Marquis of Granby is good for football but is more New Cross than Deptford I suppose.

 

[Orang Utan]

The Job Centre is opening today:
http://jobcentredeptford.com
I looked in on Monday and it was empty as fuck, so I'm amazed that they think they're going to be ready.
I will check it out tonight and report back

 

[Thaw]

Do you have to wait for half an hour on an uncomfortable plastic chair and then fill in lots of forms before they will consider serving you? Prove you've tried ordering drinks at other bars that week before you can get a beer?

"...an eclectic mix of vintage décor and quirky design features inspired by its function as a place that once served the unemployed"

I'm a bit bored by the whole Antic quirky retro schtick now. The Sun and The Tiger in Camberwell, the Ravensbourne and CCC in Catford, the Effra in Brixton...they're a bit samey. I haven't been to the Royal Albert in New Cross but I can imagine.

 

[the button]

I haven't been to the Royal Albert in New Cross but I can imagine.

Pricey and full of wankers.

 

[Orang Utan]

Yeah, I hate that place. You can't even hear yourself think!
Best pub in Deptford/New Cross is Bird's Nest by far.
Dog & Bell seems alright, esp quiz night with Les off of Vic & Bob. Too far away to regularly visit though.

 

[the button]

Yeah, I hate that place. You can't even hear yourself think!

Yeah, it's not as if it's loud music either. Just loud wankers.

 

[Orang Utan]

And bar staff ignoring you to do shots of Sambuca

 

[the button]

Edgy.

 

[Maggot]

I like the Albert, decent beers. I haven't noticed it being particularly wanky.

 

[Orang Utan]

Decent beer is the last thing you want in a pub

 

[Orang Utan]

The Job Centre was alright actually. It was unfinished and grubby, but that's Antic's Free The Paedos schtick, isn't it?
Lots of beers. Only Symonds cider on tap.
I even drank a beer for research purposes - a Thornbridge IPA called Jaipur.
I think it will be a decent boozer if they don't exclude the local winos. It was very welcoming to all last night though. A free shot of rum for everyone. Though why they told us it was to commemorate D-Day is a mystery.

 

[Belushi]

I like the Albert, decent beers. I haven't noticed it being particularly wanky.

I used to go there years ago when it was the Paradise bar.

 

[ska invita]

I used to go there years ago when it was the Paradise bar.

spent many a night there....ms invita managed the paradise bar bar bit bitd for a spell... there was something good on there pretty much every night of the week...new x was on a good thing in the 90s

 

[Puddy_Tat]

a nice set of photos of historic bits of new cross / deptford taken recently here (tweeted by transpontine)

 

[ska invita]

just reminiscing about the paradise bar...mainly went to the intelligent dnb night on the monday and drank water! space cadet style... wednesdays jazz jam could be great....occasionally je suis music with joe egg on a sunday...

 

[ddraig]

i played there once briefly and had to get dragged off decks as was end of night

 

[ska invita]

i played there once briefly and had to get dragged off decks as was end of night

what did you play? Jungle?

 

[ddraig]

presume so! can't remember
good venue that

 

[ska invita]

talking of 90s new x....


found this too

 

[Orang Utan]

I heard a disconcerting rumour about the future of the Bird's Nest on Friday.

 

[Orang Utan]

Though they are doing themselves no favours booking an act every Friday called DJ Awe & Dr Rape