Any particular reason why? i suppose being beside a Wetherspoons isn't ideal but the pub has lasted a fair few years seemingly ok, and Portobello appear to be quite an ambitious company looking at expansion rather than closures.
Local rumour mill has it that the block containing P&P has been bought by same developer that owns former police station next door, looking to cram even more flats in on combined site.
Thats bad news. Are the flats in the Police Station finished? My mate lived in that building under a Guardianship scheme until about 2 years ago. The place needed pulling down really but we had some good late night craic in there.
Never started AFAIK
The last time that Wetherspoons refurbished The Crown & Sceptre including full redecoration and new carpets I think the whole job took only a week. Not sure if they can still justify paying those overtime rates?
The fire was due to a cannabis farm in the building #ironic
Nooo! Any idea when/howlong? I arrange a monthly meeting in there, and it's like herding cats at the best of time. This will really complicate my life. . . arggh!
I was told about this the other week, we had a chuckle about the irony of it. The whole bottom floor with the Police cells used to be 'out of bounds' (bar the odd ketty 5am wander in the dark) to people who lived there so it may well have been grown where they used to keep people who'd been nicked. Funny how such buildings can be flipped so easily in the relentless pursuit or lack of cold hard money.
Back in the day my mates and I used to buy hash from a dealer in a squat in Canterbury Crescent overlooked by Brixton Nick. Aside from being able to provide good quantities of excellent Rocky the weed they grew in their garden was also pretty decent. A few years later I got to know the guy who was the dealer for Hendon Police College. Just saying.
I am a sceptic when it comes to Wetherspoons plans.
I was in Forest Hill on business and popped in there about 5.30 pm on 11th October - there was a big queue for the bar as with Holland Tringham, but it struck me the Capitol felt ultra dreary so I popped out again.
I enquired when I was in there last night and told it wont be closing this year as its too close to Xmas. Whether thats true or the company line I don't know!
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Just been through the Elephant and seen that Wetherspoon's refurbishment of the Rockingham Arms is scheduled to last ten weeks! Not reopening until 5 Dec.
It needs a new wooden floor in there - looks an absolute tip.
It would take longer to extricate the general foul odor of the place if that's their intention.
There were roadworks at St Leonard's yesterday I think, which won't help. Long story short, too many cars.
True. The only Wetherspoons i have been in where twice i have walked into the toilet to find a drunkard clearing up his mess where he has shit on himself and on the floor.
