By 2007 it had been transformed into a private residence. Location:Upper Grosvenor Road, Tunbridge Wells. Last used by the Rock Island bar and grill, Viet Quan has opened in the former pub premises at the corner of Old Kent Road and Albany Road. Stroll across the road to the kebab shop, pick up a donner and watch the free entertainment. Since the pub closed a decade or so ago the building has been variously an estate agents premises, an art gallery and its current iteration is as a Vietnamese restaurant possibly a very good Vietnamese restaurant, I cannot say, but it is a pity that this pub, of all pubs, is no more. The Rising Sun's building dates back to the 18th and the 19th century. Metropolitan Police officer is accused of assaulting a suspect by pepper-spraying him while he was clinging to a drainpipe on a 15-storey building, a court has heard. Rose & Crown, Southwark Park Road Flats Inspired by the old Croydon night spots thread I wonder how many people were regulars in the various OKR haunts ? What a blast from the past - who remembers a night out in Pipers? Built in 1721, The Arlington claimed to be "the smallest pub in Kent.". The quirky layout has a slide connecting two of its floors. The late Dave Prowse (aka Darth Vader) was photographed meeting Muhammed Ali here. Demolished. Glenn Moore of G M Moore and Associates said the pub would be replaced with a three-storey building with three underground parking spaces. The Dead Pubs website, an excellent resource, lists 39 drinking establishments, which Ive listed in an appendix at the end for reference. Demolished. The hotel has since been converted into 48 self-contained flats but remains listed since October 1973. Renowned for its regulars, the club closed its doors within the last decade. Vast tracts of it are now taken up by council estates and huge branches of familiar retail chains like Tesco, Toys R Us, PC World, B&Q, Halfords and Asda. 2. Former names Windsor, Prince of Wales, Prince of Saxe Coburg. Kevan. The Princess Royal pub has since been demolished, Do you remember the Morehall pub? The Post Office's Valentine's gift to New Cross is its plan to close the Post Office at 199 New Cross Road on 14 February 2018. . An early 19th-century building. But many decent watering holes have shut their doors for good over the years, leaving regulars with nothing but memories. 583. It closed in 1971 and was converted into housing. Kentish Drovers Tavern 720-722 Old Kent Road. Footnotes: RM 2F46AG9 - 1950s, historical, a lady standing on a gravel road at the small village of Chiddingstone, Kent, England, UK, looking at distinctive wooden-framed Tudor buildings. 37-39. Raymouth Tavern, Southwark Park Road Flats The building went before planners at Thanet District Council back in 2008 where Listed Building Consent and plans for three flats and a two-storey house were put forward. Victory, Barlow Street Flats, Cliftonville Tavern, Ilderton Road Flats For many years the OKR was a place I engaged with on a daily basis, as I either lived near it or utilised it as a means of driving to and from town. === St Jamess Road=== Sandgate Street=== Hyndman Street=== Ruby Street=== Murdock Street=== Devon Street=== Devonshire Grove=== Sylvan Grove. On a Thursday afternoon in November the pub appeared to be shut but my colleague (CJ of Sediment notoriety) persisted in his quest for a light half and we found ourselves in a genuine, time warped London boozer. The pub had been closed on several occasions, but after again opening in 2005, advertising that it was "probably the best pub in Dover" the pub finally closed in 2006. Around one third of the built environment was destroyed. Demolished. The Globe, Gt Dover St Demolished Duke of Wellington, Rockingham St Flats The ancient property, in what was once Turn-again Lane, was rebuilt in 1901. There was a pub called The Windsor Castle on Coopers Road, so that might be the one. In 1977 there were 17 pubs in Old Kent Road. Factfile: The pub was deemed an unsafe structure more than two years ago, and plans were put in place to demolish it and flatten the area behind Gillespie's. The fire was treated as arson but no-one was ever brought to justice. Demolished. Still standing, but now closed. Judith Hewitson. His landing was much further West but the result was significant. Factfile: This stunning venue was home to a u-shaped balcony inside, equipped with pool tables, a stage, a bar and a dancefloor. The Prince Regent closed for a few months in the early days of 1940 but was re-opened a year later under the Moody management. However, after that closed the Alma Express Caf opened, which sadly closed within four weeks of opening. Ballard again. Family chainRamblinnshas since taken it over, renaming it theRadnor Armsand giving it a modern and trendy overhaul. A perfectly positioned boozer for those enjoying a pub crawl through the Hamlets in the 1980s and 1990s. I am still intrigued by its blasted quality, by its epic dereliction and anomalous fragments of elegance. This pub was present by the 1850s and closed in 2009. Furst known existence in the 1850s It closed in 2009. Still standing, now a doctors surgery. Prince of Wales, Lant St Demolished The names pf the pubs have been abstracted from Kellys Street Directory for 1977. 11), towards the far, New Cross end of the road. Moving aside from all the challenges current pubs and bars face, we have rounded up some of the well known pubs across the county that are no longer with us. Bobby went on to become a respected drummer and orchestra leader, and spent his whole life in the music industry, though I doubt he will be pleased to be reminded where he started. While several of the buildings remain standing, only two of them in the list are still operating as pubs Lord Nelson (at No 386) and the Windsor (formerly the Prince of Windsor at No 888). New proposals will need to be put forward again to the council before any work starts due to a period of three years lapsing, meaning that permission has expired. Top pubs in Old Kent Road. Perhaps any road in any city, left to its own devices, ends up looking slightly American. It was an important staging post for travelers situated at the junction of several major roads heading out of the city into Sussex and Kent, which were greatly expanded during the late 18th. Rebuilt after the Second World War. Weve found it the best resource for mapping what a massacre there has been of local pubs in the last 15 years in the North Southwark area. The 16th century coaching inn, which is famous for its traditional ales, was under ownership of the Spa Hotel. It was in 1962 that permission was given for the two neighbouring pubs to be re-fronted and to merge under the name of Elephant and Hind, a name later changed to Bar Ellie and then the Port of Call. The former Shepherd Neame boozer was closed in 1997 and is now a four bedroom house. Artist Allan Tannenbaum, who photographed New York in the seventies and eighties, remembers the "misery of long lines to buy gasoline." He wrote that conditions in Bed-Stuy were especially bad: "It seemed as if the entire infrastructure was in decay."Ferdinando Scianna. Waterloo, Lost Pubs In London, SE1: Southwark & Waterloo,