Anyway I'm, predictably enough, the weirdo who'll always be found in the Green Goddess whenever I'm anywhere near that area. Yeah I know. It isn't real beer, it's hipster nonsense, blah blah. You know I like real ale too right
Anyway I'm, predictably enough, the weirdo who'll always be found in the Green Goddess whenever I'm anywhere near that area. Yeah I know. It isn't real beer, it's hipster nonsense, blah blah. You know I like real ale too right
Surprisingly as far as I am aware, they never made a pitch to Charlton fans. Which you would have thought they would have done given how close to Maze Hill station.
Surprisingly as far as I am aware, they never made a pitch to Charlton fans. Which you would have thought they would have done given how close to Maze Hill station.
I got the impression that football fans aren't the clientele they were looking for .....
The leaseholder is a complete bastard. Drove the prior tenants out after several years fighting them to stop them building a house in the beer garden. Simply ran out of energy to fight them.
The guy who owns the ultimate company owns lots of pubs across London that he is shutting down or charging criminal rents.
The current tenants have tried to make a fist of it and I age always enjoyed a decent pint and laugh there. Sunday roasts were awesome too.
Very good article. The author reckons this bloke is responsible for around a third of all pub closures in london over the past 10 years, possibly more. Market forces some may say but the way he forces closures and eviction is immoral if it's not illegal.
"at least 29 pubs across London have been closed or redeveloped under the stewardship of companies owned by Aziz. The vast majority never reopened, with the buildings being left an empty husk or changed into flats."
Comments section mentions the Vanburgh and White Swan.
A shame that. I’d never been in it, but when it was Barclays it was managed, at one point, by the dad of a lad who became a great pal when we both joined Barclays ourselves in 1985. He was sadly killed in a car crash just before his 30th birthday and always reminded of his family connection whenever I went past it.
Not local to Charlton, but there is a new book about the pubs over the years in my village. We haven't had more than one pub for over a 100yrs, although there is a suggestion that we had up to 4 at one time.
They may well be closing down faster now than before, but it appears to not be new. There is a link to the book here if you're interested. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/136288055139
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And now it's shutting.
https://www.the-londoner.co.uk/exclusive-the-billionaire-developer-closing-londons-pubs/
The author reckons this bloke is responsible for around a third of all pub closures in london over the past 10 years, possibly more. Market forces some may say but the way he forces closures and eviction is immoral if it's not illegal.
"at least 29 pubs across London have been closed or redeveloped under the stewardship of companies owned by Aziz. The vast majority never reopened, with the buildings being left an empty husk or changed into flats."
Comments section mentions the Vanburgh and White Swan.
At this rate I'll have to start walking all the way into Greenwich where I'll have a choice of spoons or paying £8 a pint.
They may well be closing down faster now than before, but it appears to not be new. There is a link to the book here if you're interested.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/136288055139