leanderman
Street Party: July 2
'Every snipe praises his own bog,' as Khrushchev liked to say.
Pubs we've lost 2014-2015: The Grosvenor, Stockwell and the Canterbury Arms, Brixton
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cuppa tee
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Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
There's been talk of it wrt The Canterbury at least on other threads. I think the thing is that it requires a huge amount of commitment to raising money and then ultimately running the pub, and as far as I can tell (although I'd be pleased to be shown to be wrong) that doesn't appear to be there. Maybe the Grosvenor might be different?
I guess you could use it just to try and delay the sale. I'm not sure it's a great idea though - if it's regularly used purely as a stalling tactic I think they'd just repeal the law.
DJWrongspeed
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The Ivy House , Peckham Rye was a pretty unique set of circumstances unfortunately. What the Grovesnor needs is a new landlord who is in sympathy with the place and can make it work albeit with the owners approval.
Gramsci
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You need to read some of the comments. Its not as straightforward issue as the journalist says.
clandestino
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I have, since posting that. It does seem more nuanced than I first thought.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
What we need is pubs where you can go for a drink without quiz nights, jazz, gigs, comedy etc. Hard to find now in Brixton.
I guess people don't like to talk these days
I guess people don't like to talk these days
Gramsci
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I was surprised when I started reading some of the comments.
Seemed to me that the owner wanted to move on and also that some of these buildings in London are now worth big bucks. Which they didn’t years ago. So its must be tempting to sell to a developer. Blaming it on new people complaining about noise was not main issue.
Like Conway Taverns are doing with the Canterbury Arms. No one is forcing the owners to sell it to a property developer.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
It's (short-term) economics
Gramsci
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Yes it is. There is a property bubble in London that is getting bigger. If you have a premises that a property developer might be interested in nows the time to sell.
Monkeygrinder's Organ
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The Grosvenor and The Canterbury both have areas you can do that in (although the Canterbury does show the football), as well as the music areas.
clandestino
no llevar papel
Trinity Arms?
Marquis Of Lorne?
Elm Park Tavern? (apart from on the quiz night, obviously...)
The pubs on New Park Road?
han
love is the answer
The pubs on New Park Rd are all still proper locals, a dying breed, though give it 10 years and they may be gastropubs :-(
I wish we had somewhere like the Ivy House in Brixton, owned and run by the community. It's exactly what we need. Anyone got a spare few million quid?
I wish we had somewhere like the Ivy House in Brixton, owned and run by the community. It's exactly what we need. Anyone got a spare few million quid?
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
Trinity and EPT both had quiz nights on last night. Effra Social had a soul funk gig; Effra Tavern its usual jazz. Apparently Electric Social had something on too.
We ended up in the White Horse, which was standing room only (and barely that) with a DJ spinning the hard disks. Beer was average. Ended up in Mango Landing which was empty, had good music as ever, and where we could talk.
God I sound old and grumpy.
Next time we'll try the NPR pubs.
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
pretty scummy comment yourself there. I am moving out of the area, but reading these boards for 5 years and having to endure this holier than thou, I was here first, I hate gentrification nonsense is something I wont miss. Gentrification is unstoppable. Change is inevitable. Deal with it you desperate to be offended hippy that is actually making money off your websites, beers, blogs and the rest. The hippy doth protest too much.
Field Work
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I've had some of the best nights of my life in the Grosvenor. No joke. Legendary place.
isvicthere?
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Ditto.
isvicthere?
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hiraethified
The nasty poster doth talk ignorant shite.
FYI: every single penny of profit raised by the beer goes to the local soup kitchen, and profits from all future batches will continue to go the soup kitchen and other local deserving causes.
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
then sent them to the QH aroun 6ish
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hiraethified
The Albert is usually OK for a chat and a drink in the week, There's barely ever any pub quizzes/bands/art performances or anything else going on from Sunday to Monday, although the music can be noticeably louder later in the evening.
I imagine the Trinity is the nearest thing to a quiet pub in Brixton, although some of the long term bar-leaning types can get rowdy there.
I imagine the Trinity is the nearest thing to a quiet pub in Brixton, although some of the long term bar-leaning types can get rowdy there.
Mr Retro
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We were in The Canterbury yesterday and planning permission for the flats isn't granted or refused so they are still in limbo not knowing what's going to happen.
Also one of the regulars was saying The Beehive in Stockwell is going to be turned into flats. Not sure if that's certain but he was saying its a done deal.
Also one of the regulars was saying The Beehive in Stockwell is going to be turned into flats. Not sure if that's certain but he was saying its a done deal.
boohoo
No.
Shit - sad news. That is a proper little locals pub.
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
Oh no
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