Peckham news, rumours and general chat
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Ventured up to that bar yesterday.
Strange old place. Just driving into the car park which has a rubble strewn entrance makes it feel rather seedy.
Bar itself is ok but it has a bit of a 'Mad Max' feel to the whole place although just with very safe Art students sitting around.
I can imagine it feeling very different if it was packed and the girl behind the bar reckons that they get up to 800 people there on occassion.
Not sure I would go back again as I tend to like a roof that does not move in the wind on the bars I drink in but as a one off experience it was interesting. And it freaks me out how near the Dome seems from there.
Strange old place. Just driving into the car park which has a rubble strewn entrance makes it feel rather seedy.
Bar itself is ok but it has a bit of a 'Mad Max' feel to the whole place although just with very safe Art students sitting around.
I can imagine it feeling very different if it was packed and the girl behind the bar reckons that they get up to 800 people there on occassion.
Not sure I would go back again as I tend to like a roof that does not move in the wind on the bars I drink in but as a one off experience it was interesting. And it freaks me out how near the Dome seems from there.
Onket
Je suis [CONTENT REMOVED]
Anyone fancy a pub crawl?
The other week me & fogbat did-
The Greyhound
The Hope
The Nags Head
The White Horse
But I reckon we could easily add-
The Clayton Arms as a starting point
The Bun House after The Greyhound
And maybe the carpark place after The Hope (although it's not a pub, so could well be exempt)
I'm not sure when though. Can't do this weekend and I'm on holiday next weekend. Plus I'll have to clear it with the missus, obviously!
What do people think? This isn't meant to be a massive U75 thing, just us who are in the area.
The other week me & fogbat did-
The Greyhound
The Hope
The Nags Head
The White Horse
But I reckon we could easily add-
The Clayton Arms as a starting point
The Bun House after The Greyhound
And maybe the carpark place after The Hope (although it's not a pub, so could well be exempt)
I'm not sure when though. Can't do this weekend and I'm on holiday next weekend. Plus I'll have to clear it with the missus, obviously!
What do people think? This isn't meant to be a massive U75 thing, just us who are in the area.
DeadManWalking
Active Member
What no Wetherspoons?
dynamicbaddog
run for your life
I'll be up for this!
Onket
Je suis [CONTENT REMOVED]
DeadManWalking
Active Member
I'm going to be playing a few records on Friday in the Nun's Head if anyone's local and fancies listening to a bit of ska and reggae
DeadManWalking
Active Member
This is the first time we're doing not nothing big just a friends playing tunes, if it goes ok they may ask us back. I'll let you know if they do.
Mr Blob
Well-Known Member
isn't that the one the police raid on the High st for drug dealing
who remembers the Sainsbury there?
DeadManWalking
Active Member
It is a great cinema, one of the few independents. never seen people smoking dope in there but they don't mind you having a few beers in there. Makes me laugh to hear people pretending to cough as they they crack a can or pop a bottle of wine.
I remember the original Sainsburys that used to be next to the Baptist Chapel. It was all marble and tiled flooring. I think it was the second or third Sainsburys to be opened.
But that was back in the days when Rye Lane was one of the top London shopping spots outside of the West End.
In terms of Moncriefe street there used to be a man called Bill who ran a friut and veg stall at the junction with the lane.
Andrew Hertford
Chocolate Jesus
I too remember the original Sainsburys from when I lived in Dewar Street in the 1970s, it still looked pretty much as it must've done in the 1890s.
I've got brilliant memories of Peckham; I used to drink in the White Horse or the Nun's Head, where a bloke used to come round on Sunday evenings selling prawns out of a basket. I can also remember an art shop on the High Street that was run by one of the rudest men I've ever met, he seemed to habitually verbally abuse his customers.
If you know Peckham, try reading 'The Ballad of Peckham Rye' by Muriel Spark, written in the 1960s.
I've got brilliant memories of Peckham; I used to drink in the White Horse or the Nun's Head, where a bloke used to come round on Sunday evenings selling prawns out of a basket. I can also remember an art shop on the High Street that was run by one of the rudest men I've ever met, he seemed to habitually verbally abuse his customers.
If you know Peckham, try reading 'The Ballad of Peckham Rye' by Muriel Spark, written in the 1960s.
FitzroviaNews
Fitzrovia News
Is there life in Peckham?
hipipol
Peckham Wry
Most certainly - aside from the fact that the question is simply a direct quote from Alexie Sayle - Hello John Got a New Motor - Peckham is a splendid place where the Angels still lurk in the trees on the Rye, just where Blake first spotted them
bromley
...isn't as good as Lewisham.
Really? How long ago was that and what sort of shops were there? I take it they weren't selling hair!
Mr Blob
Well-Known Member
That's right, it was a Sainsbury where you asked the service assistant for your sugar, bread etc and they took the item off the shelf. Very traditional
I remember the original Sainsburys that used to be next to the Baptist Chapel. It was all marble and tiled flooring. I think it was the second or third Sainsburys to be opened.
Mr Blob
Well-Known Member
Some of my friends say 'cos its so cheap it attracts a few people who want somewhere to relax with dope- don't know how true
fogbat
The Talibum
Really? How long ago was that and what sort of shops were there? I take it they weren't selling hair!
I thought it was the early part of the 20th century. Stoaty's not that old, is he?
Looking at old photos of the place is weird. Many of the same buildings, but such a different feel.
Mr Blob
Well-Known Member
But that was back in the days when Rye Lane was one of the top London shopping spots outside of the West End.
That's right, does anyone remember that department store on Rye Lane the Houndsditch?
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