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The Victoria pub on fire
DA9
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My great aunt used to live opposite before Woolwich Road was widened. I’ll be sad when it finally disappears, but looks like another nail in the coffin.0
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It's a sad sight, it looks even worse from behind0
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Am I right I’m thinking I read somewhere the other day that planning permission got turned down for here?0
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Not sure, I did mention that the Anti might go up in flames if planning permission got turned down. I’ve got an alibi for this evening.SE9 said:Am I right I’m thinking I read somewhere the other day that planning permission got turned down for here?4 -
The Victoria yesterday
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So sad as I grew up directly opposite it, and helped em empty the barrels when it closed, but this tends to happen when an old pub sits on prime building plots, allegedly....5
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Looks OK to me. I've lived in Manchester and Newcastle and definitely drunk in worse pubs. The Victoria even seems to have a roof.
I concede that the pool table is likely to have a bit of a slope, but stop whingeing.10 -
What’s going on there ?0
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I'm no expert but I'd say building works.ShootersHillGuru said:What’s going on there ?14 - Sponsored links:
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When was the Vic last open for business?
I certainly didn't go there again once we left the Valley in '85.
My last memory was playing Dexy's Midnight Runners on the jukebox and walking across that "House of Fun" floor feeling that I must have drunk twice as much as I actually had.
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Isn’t it being turned into flats, but keeping the pub front?DaveMehmet said:
I'm no expert but I'd say building works.ShootersHillGuru said:What’s going on there ?0 -
This is the last article i think from last year on what the plans are for it.
https://charltonchampion.co.uk/tag/victoria-pub/
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Proper old pub front. Really pleased they’re keeping it.0
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Only went in there once before a game. Premiership era. Had a small tv on top of fruit machine showing hard core porn. Very strange as pub was packed and nobody seemed concerned. I left immediately by the way.14
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Acab said:Only went in there once before a game. Premiership era. Had a small tv on top of fruit machine showing hard core porn. Very strange as pub was packed and nobody seemed concerned. I came immediately by the way.
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What was the name of the pub that is now a vets....down by the Thames barrier?0
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'Lads of the Village' & then named 'The Thames Barrier Arms'.HastingsRed said:What was the name of the pub that is now a vets....down by the Thames barrier?4 -
Lads of the Village first, then changed its name to Thames Barrier Arms in 1982HastingsRed said:What was the name of the pub that is now a vets....down by the Thames barrier?1 -
My local. Great music nights with Rick the DJ.Lordflashheart said:
Lads of the Village first, then changed its name to Thames Barrier Arms in 1982HastingsRed said:What was the name of the pub that is now a vets....down by the Thames barrier?1 - Sponsored links:
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Thanks....same name as a pub I've been to (several times) down by Stone Crossing station.clive said:
'Lads of the Village' & then named 'The Thames Barrier Arms'.HastingsRed said:What was the name of the pub that is now a vets....down by the Thames barrier?1 -
That’s a good little boozer as well, not been there for years mindHastingsRed said:
Thanks....same name as a pub I've been to (several times) down by Stone Crossing station.clive said:
'Lads of the Village' & then named 'The Thames Barrier Arms'.HastingsRed said:What was the name of the pub that is now a vets....down by the Thames barrier?1 -
'Lads of the Village', eh?clive said:
'Lads of the Village' & then named 'The Thames Barrier Arms'.HastingsRed said:What was the name of the pub that is now a vets....down by the Thames barrier?
I bet that's got some history.0 -
Dad told me he went out with the landlords daughter from the Lads of the Village pub when he was stationed at Woolwich barracks. He’s sill going strong (not with her) at 94 and just renewed his season ticket.
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I used to love it in there before a match. With it's topsy-turvey floor it felt like walking into the Crooked House on Southend seafront. The last pub I know to sell cheese rolls from one of those plastic boxes at the back of the bar. They were shrink wrapped in cling film and sometimes quite tough to chew like they'd been there for days, but they always tasted divine.1
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Before one premiership game
There was a wedding reception
I think something to do with Landlord
didn’t shut the pub
So we wished them well drunk a few
pints & helped them finish the buffet2 -
A good old cheese and raw onion crusty roll wrapped in cling film. Halcyon days, it’s all Italian meat platters and olives nowadays.Stig said:I used to love it in there before a match. With it's topsy-turvey floor it felt like walking into the Crooked House on Southend seafront. The last pub I know to sell cheese rolls from one of those plastic boxes at the back of the bar. They were shrink wrapped in cling film and sometimes quite tough to chew like they'd been there for days, but they always tasted divine.Lib club used to do decent crusty rolls on matchdays.2 -
Yeah, they're sinking piles in by looks of itguinnessaddick said:
Isn’t it being turned into flats, but keeping the pub front?DaveMehmet said:
I'm no expert but I'd say building works.ShootersHillGuru said:What’s going on there ?0 -
Had some mental times in the Barrier Arms. You had to call em or do a special knock to get in there in the end.Lordflashheart said:
Lads of the Village first, then changed its name to Thames Barrier Arms in 1982HastingsRed said:What was the name of the pub that is now a vets....down by the Thames barrier?0
