Coincidentally I drove past it early this morning before 7am, two trustafarian types over the road staring at the pub with rucksacks etc with them, it’s a prime site for a squat, and the two I saw were prime candidates to do so IMO
Cafc could save that gaff on its own if we weren’t so utterly awful
the valley, the pickwick, the anti, horse and groom, con club, lib club and the white swan all seemingly thriving (relatively) but then lost since the prem days
Cafc could save that gaff on its own if we weren’t so utterly awful
the valley, the pickwick, the anti, horse and groom, con club, lib club and the white swan all seemingly thriving (relatively) but then lost since the prem days
The White Swan only made money on match days hence why the guy leasing it didn't renew in early 2020, just before lockdown.
I doubt 25 good days a year would be enough whatever division we were in.
Cafc could save that gaff on its own if we weren’t so utterly awful
the valley, the pickwick, the anti, horse and groom, con club, lib club and the white swan all seemingly thriving (relatively) but then lost since the prem days
The White Swan only made money on match days hence why the guy leasing it didn't renew in early 2020, just before lockdown.
I doubt 25 good days a year would be enough whatever division we were in.
The very high level of rent didn't help either. Mendoza have no interest in pubs and prefer to set them up to fail.
Away from matchdays the Swan suffered a bit from some poor management in its later years - the food offer (crucial to survival) was inconsistent, later on the ales weren't all that great (particularly noticeable after the River Ale House opened, and that would have drained off a bit of trade too). It'll never be a goldmine - a pub surrounded by parks and council estates won't be - but done right there's still potential, as the revival of the Lord Herbert in Plumstead shows.
Prizing it from Mendoza's hands will be tough, but they haven't helped themselves by wilfully neglecting the place and allowing organised crime to take place there.
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the valley, the pickwick, the anti, horse and groom, con club, lib club and the white swan all seemingly thriving (relatively) but then lost since the prem days
I doubt 25 good days a year would be enough whatever division we were in.
Away from matchdays the Swan suffered a bit from some poor management in its later years - the food offer (crucial to survival) was inconsistent, later on the ales weren't all that great (particularly noticeable after the River Ale House opened, and that would have drained off a bit of trade too). It'll never be a goldmine - a pub surrounded by parks and council estates won't be - but done right there's still potential, as the revival of the Lord Herbert in Plumstead shows.
Prizing it from Mendoza's hands will be tough, but they haven't helped themselves by wilfully neglecting the place and allowing organised crime to take place there.
https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/23859185.white-swan-charlton-save-developers/?ref=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR06dgnPUSIBqfBuDcoY-rjlfCTb72Y8driEUMhRVYpigCBpBP5Uu8-3Q1o_aem_Afkg4XS9as468CMimCGgv5Pbn28gc8k47RPyfmlun0wghkzaHfXk9_juMXKeiyIWm0U
https://acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/ViewCase.aspx?Caseid=3331598&CoID=3277824
Reasons to object… one, two, three ..
https://www.whiteswanmusicandarts.org/your-objection?fbclid=IwAR3R3jcmhJao9jC8ywB4eWrQYoWKzFqxKTKV518_l7zl8o3tcwQZ2Z-KjN8_aem_AZGvthP2uCmv9D0b1bQTv0zwKX_VllNQR8w8gG8qESifEOIxG6q13-St_68Zdj22V5I