Remember playing a gig there, in the very early 80’s.
Used to use the Raglan quite a bit in the 80’s. A stop off on the way home from an away game, with @TelMc32. Remember one day parking up on Burrage Road and going to the game. Walking pasted in the evening on the way to the pub (after being on the beer for most of the day) and said to the car to start and it didn’t. When I finally got home and asked what time do you call this? I said that the car wouldn’t start, so we went to the pub.
On a similar theme, and going in the other direction from Eltham Hill towards Lewisham there was a proliferation of pubs in Lee, all pretty much in stumbling distance of each other - The two Tiger's Heads, the Prince Arthur and Duke of Edinburgh within a couple of hundred yards of each other - The Swan, The Greyhound and the Royal Oak all on one short street within spitting distance of The Dacre Arms and The Woodman.
this was in the late 80's / Early 90s:-
New Tigers Head (gone) Old Tigers Head (maybe gone) Prince Arthur (gone) Duke of Edinburgh (still there) The Swan (now a bar) The Greyhound (gone) The Royal Oak (gone) The Dacre Arms (still there) The Woodman (gone)
And after the Woodman there was Sports (Rose of Lee) Mrs H lived around the corner from The Rose of Lee when I first met her (1987) been in all of the above except the New Tigers Head.
The OTH re-opened last Thursday. A friend of some friends of mine, Rob, is now running it.
He's put real ale back in and is doing reasonable food - the Sunday roast was great. He's priced it to under-cut the Northbrook.
From memory…..shouldn’t be too difficult to undercut the Northbrook. Was pretty trumpy.
On a similar theme, and going in the other direction from Eltham Hill towards Lewisham there was a proliferation of pubs in Lee, all pretty much in stumbling distance of each other - The two Tiger's Heads, the Prince Arthur and Duke of Edinburgh within a couple of hundred yards of each other - The Swan, The Greyhound and the Royal Oak all on one short street within spitting distance of The Dacre Arms and The Woodman.
this was in the late 80's / Early 90s:-
New Tigers Head (gone) Old Tigers Head (maybe gone) Prince Arthur (gone) Duke of Edinburgh (still there) The Swan (now a bar) The Greyhound (gone) The Royal Oak (gone) The Dacre Arms (still there) The Woodman (gone)
And after the Woodman there was Sports (Rose of Lee) Mrs H lived around the corner from The Rose of Lee when I first met her (1987) been in all of the above except the New Tigers Head.
The OTH re-opened last Thursday. A friend of some friends of mine, Rob, is now running it.
He's put real ale back in and is doing reasonable food - the Sunday roast was great. He's priced it to under-cut the Northbrook.
From memory…..shouldn’t be too difficult to undercut the Northbrook. Was pretty trumpy.
Does the Tigers still have sports? Much preferable option than Blackheath. Prefer the relaxed vibe of the tigers compared to more formal station or northbrook.
On a similar theme, and going in the other direction from Eltham Hill towards Lewisham there was a proliferation of pubs in Lee, all pretty much in stumbling distance of each other - The two Tiger's Heads, the Prince Arthur and Duke of Edinburgh within a couple of hundred yards of each other - The Swan, The Greyhound and the Royal Oak all on one short street within spitting distance of The Dacre Arms and The Woodman.
this was in the late 80's / Early 90s:-
New Tigers Head (gone) Old Tigers Head (maybe gone) Prince Arthur (gone) Duke of Edinburgh (still there) The Swan (now a bar) The Greyhound (gone) The Royal Oak (gone) The Dacre Arms (still there) The Woodman (gone)
And after the Woodman there was Sports (Rose of Lee) Mrs H lived around the corner from The Rose of Lee when I first met her (1987) been in all of the above except the New Tigers Head.
The OTH re-opened last Thursday. A friend of some friends of mine, Rob, is now running it.
He's put real ale back in and is doing reasonable food - the Sunday roast was great. He's priced it to under-cut the Northbrook.
From memory…..shouldn’t be too difficult to undercut the Northbrook. Was pretty trumpy.
Does the Tigers still have sports? Much preferable option than Blackheath. Prefer the relaxed vibe of the tigers compared to more formal station or northbrook.
The one ting that is proving controversial is that he's only planning to show rugby. He has a formula that's turned around a lot of other pubs, so he's pretty adamant about that.
He's running live music every Saturday night but has to have a noise limiter in the room.
He's been a bit hamstrung by the previous guys, who apparently were holding rave nights until 4am. The neighbours have their pitchforks out and he's treading round them a bit.
On a similar theme, and going in the other direction from Eltham Hill towards Lewisham there was a proliferation of pubs in Lee, all pretty much in stumbling distance of each other - The two Tiger's Heads, the Prince Arthur and Duke of Edinburgh within a couple of hundred yards of each other - The Swan, The Greyhound and the Royal Oak all on one short street within spitting distance of The Dacre Arms and The Woodman.
this was in the late 80's / Early 90s:-
New Tigers Head (gone) Old Tigers Head (maybe gone) Prince Arthur (gone) Duke of Edinburgh (still there) The Swan (now a bar) The Greyhound (gone) The Royal Oak (gone) The Dacre Arms (still there) The Woodman (gone)
And after the Woodman there was Sports (Rose of Lee) Mrs H lived around the corner from The Rose of Lee when I first met her (1987) been in all of the above except the New Tigers Head.
The OTH re-opened last Thursday. A friend of some friends of mine, Rob, is now running it.
He's put real ale back in and is doing reasonable food - the Sunday roast was great. He's priced it to under-cut the Northbrook.
From memory…..shouldn’t be too difficult to undercut the Northbrook. Was pretty trumpy.
Does the Tigers still have sports? Much preferable option than Blackheath. Prefer the relaxed vibe of the tigers compared to more formal station or northbrook.
Lived around the corner from The Northbrook 2009-10 before it was done up, was pretty reasonable then though a tad rough around the edges but I liked it and it was a convenient place to meet Mrs H after she finished work....close to the station....the Indian over the road was good as well.
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Remember one day parking up on Burrage Road and going to the game. Walking pasted in the evening on the way to the pub (after being on the beer for most of the day) and said to the car to start and it didn’t. When I finally got home and asked what time do you call this? I said that the car wouldn’t start, so we went to the pub.
He's running live music every Saturday night but has to have a noise limiter in the room.
He's been a bit hamstrung by the previous guys, who apparently were holding rave nights until 4am. The neighbours have their pitchforks out and he's treading round them a bit.
Who'd A Thought It Public House
- Surrounded by prominently residential accommodation.
- Total site area approx. 0.254 of an acre or 1,028 sq m (11,060 sq ft).
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