According to the plans the pub will be very near where the new Charlton pier goes once the riverside development gets underway.
Don't hold your breath for a Charlton pier. The proposed site is too near to a working pier also the wash from the clippers is causing problems to the shoreline.
The issue is it strikes me as a very much 1 drink pub aside from when Charlton play. We tend to drink at the abbey arms now and then train it down.
me and my Boy take in the Abbey too - perfect for the train
Years ago (1980 ish ??) my mates Nan used to play the piano in the Anchor - we had a right laugh watching her! You don't see that now do you!! (Like Mrs Mills if you are old enough)
Used to drink in there in the late 70s/early 80s. The owner of The Antigallican and the Prince of Orange by Greenwich Station, Les Burnett, bought it and done it up. He and his missus, Nora, moved in to the apartment on the upper floors - very swish it was. Richie (still a good mate), who ran the Anti as Les' business partner,moved down to run it and it was a great pub back then. Richie had a bust up with Les and left and I haven't been in there for over 40 years. Makes me feel very old!
The writing was on the wall when they hadn't had any draft ale for the last few months. Used to eat there every match day and feel sorry for the cooks who will have lost their jobs as well as the bar staff. There were a few of us who were regulars on match days (Ken, Nigel and Steve) even after it became a nominated away fans pub.
The writing was on the wall when they hadn't had any draft ale for the last few months. Used to eat there every match day and feel sorry for the cooks who will have lost their jobs as well as the bar staff. There were a few of us who were regulars on match days (Ken, Nigel and Steve) even after it became a nominated away fans pub.
it’s on the council’s heritage list, which still counts for something, rather than the national Historic England one.
“Historic hostelry which has served boatyard workers, ferrymen and lightermen since Tudor times, owned by the Lords of the Manor (Charlton House). Unusually the pub had its own private jetty as most customers arrived by river. Current building dates from 1899 and is a distinctive riverside asset with its golden dome and substantially intact with historic features such as timber casement and sash windows. Qualifies due to historic interest, architectural interest as a substantially intact, evocative example and environmental significance as a characterful, locally valued feature in an area with few such facilities. Forms part of the Charlton RiversideConservation Area.”
Remember when my wife was pregnant with our first child some 24 years ago (where has that time gone?) Terry always had a decent spread of food out and with my wife sitting down inside, got a plate to get some food for her. Squeezing past Terry Hills (RIP) and his gathering, went to grab something, when Terry Brooker announced, that isn’t for your wife. Was thinking to myself, WTF’s going on here. Brought out a platter just for my misses and said she shouldn’t be going anywhere near what they touch, and told Hillsy et al, not to go anywhere near it Proper gentleman, as were his kids, and a proper pub. RIP.
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I wonder if the stars have aligned for Jamie recently of Sydenham's Fox and Hounds and further back of the Anchor & Hope's pizza shack to give it a go
“Historic hostelry which has served boatyard workers, ferrymen and lightermen since Tudor times, owned by the Lords of the Manor (Charlton House). Unusually the pub had its own private jetty as most customers arrived by river. Current building dates from 1899 and is a distinctive riverside asset with its golden dome and substantially intact with historic features such as timber casement and sash windows. Qualifies due to historic interest, architectural interest as a substantially intact, evocative example and environmental significance as a characterful, locally valued feature in an area with few such facilities. Forms part of the Charlton Riverside Conservation Area.”
https://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/downloads/download/8/local_heritage_list
Terry always had a decent spread of food out and with my wife sitting down inside, got a plate to get some food for her.
Squeezing past Terry Hills (RIP) and his gathering, went to grab something, when Terry Brooker announced, that isn’t for your wife.
Was thinking to myself, WTF’s going on here.
Brought out a platter just for my misses and said she shouldn’t be going anywhere near what they touch, and told Hillsy et al, not to go anywhere near it
Proper gentleman, as were his kids, and a proper pub.
RIP.