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  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,028

    In here wishing I was in Edgeley having a post match beer.  Stockport is one of the better places to go for a drink.
    This is a typical place for liquid refreshments.  Spirits galore, bottled lagers, nothing on tap.  As for an IPA or other you can forget it.
    The booze is very cheap though, a lager on average is £2.50 for a 600ml bottle.
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,726
    ElfsborgAddick said:

    In here wishing I was in Edgeley having a post match beer.  Stockport is one of the better places to go for a drink.
    This is a typical place for liquid refreshments.  Spirits galore, bottled lagers, nothing on tap.  As for an IPA or other you can forget it.
    The booze is very cheap though, a lager on average is £2.50 for a 600ml bottle.
    I fear your knowledge is outdated 
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,028
    edited March 8
    Croydon said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:

    In here wishing I was in Edgeley having a post match beer.  Stockport is one of the better places to go for a drink.
    This is a typical place for liquid refreshments.  Spirits galore, bottled lagers, nothing on tap.  As for an IPA or other you can forget it.
    The booze is very cheap though, a lager on average is £2.50 for a 600ml bottle.
    I fear your knowledge is outdated 
    The last time I went was 2009? tbf but there were around 7 boozers 5 minutes from the ground and were no problems getting in.

    How was it for you?
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,726
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    Croydon said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:

    In here wishing I was in Edgeley having a post match beer.  Stockport is one of the better places to go for a drink.
    This is a typical place for liquid refreshments.  Spirits galore, bottled lagers, nothing on tap.  As for an IPA or other you can forget it.
    The booze is very cheap though, a lager on average is £2.50 for a 600ml bottle.
    I fear your knowledge is outdated 
    The last time I went was 2009? tbf but there were around 7 boozers 5 minutes from the ground and were no problems getting in.

    How was it for you?
    Ah mate ignore me. I've just remembered the only reason we were in the spoons was because it was the only pub open when we got in at 10am 😂
  • stoneroses19
    stoneroses19 Posts: 7,213
    Seen they've announced Wetherspoons opening pub in the London Dungeons old location by London Bridge. 
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,598
    stoneroses19 said:
    Seen they've announced Wetherspoons opening pub in the London Dungeons old location by London Bridge. 
    How will be able to distinguish between the clientele and the old exhibits?
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,218
    stoneroses19 said:
    Seen they've announced Wetherspoons opening pub in the London Dungeons old location by London Bridge. 
    At least the toilets won’t be upstairs 
  • cafcnick1992
    cafcnick1992 Posts: 7,413
    edited March 11
    stoneroses19 said:
    Seen they've announced Wetherspoons opening pub in the London Dungeons old location by London Bridge. 
    That is a cracking location for a Spoons tbf. I'm sure it'll do very well. Will probably benefit a lot of away fans heading to The Valley too
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,593
    cafcnick1992 said:
    stoneroses19 said:
    Seen they've announced Wetherspoons opening pub in the London Dungeons old location by London Bridge. 
    That is a cracking location for a Spoons tbf. I'm sure it'll do very well.
    Will they be doing lock ins?
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,846
    stoneroses19 said:
    Seen they've announced Wetherspoons opening pub in the London Dungeons old location by London Bridge. 
    Loved going there as a kid in the 70's. I can smell the damp fetid air and feel the cold draughts now. 

    In many ways, nothing much will change.
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  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,735
    stoneroses19 said:
    Seen they've announced Wetherspoons opening pub in the London Dungeons old location by London Bridge. 

    That’ll piss off the rude cow governor in the Shipwrights. 

    Good. 
  • KBslittlesis
    KBslittlesis Posts: 8,597
    Wait? What? Where’s the London Dungeon now then? Don’t tell me it’s no longer? 😫
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,619
    KBslittlesis said:
    Wait? What? Where’s the London Dungeon now then? Don’t tell me it’s no longer? 😫
    It’s moved to the old GLC building on the South Bank, near Waterloo 
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,219
    The Raglan has had a coat of paint on the outside now and looks like there may be a new life ahead for that one?  Hopefully as I could do with a decent pit stop walking up Burrage Road. 
  • KBslittlesis
    KBslittlesis Posts: 8,597
    Lordflashheart said:
    KBslittlesis said:
    Wait? What? Where’s the London Dungeon now then? Don’t tell me it’s no longer? 😫
    It’s moved to the old GLC building on the South Bank, near Waterloo 
    Oh wow! I had no idea. Thank you!
  • stoneroses19
    stoneroses19 Posts: 7,213
    KBslittlesis said:
    Wait? What? Where’s the London Dungeon now then? Don’t tell me it’s no longer? 😫
    They moved it a few years ago, so that all the Merlin attractions were at Southbank. 
  • KBslittlesis
    KBslittlesis Posts: 8,597
    stoneroses19 said:
    KBslittlesis said:
    Wait? What? Where’s the London Dungeon now then? Don’t tell me it’s no longer? 😫
    They moved it a few years ago, so that all the Merlin attractions were at Southbank. 
    Honestly, I’d get lost in my own city now 🫣🤣🤣
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,840
    SuedeAdidas said:
    stoneroses19 said:
    Seen they've announced Wetherspoons opening pub in the London Dungeons old location by London Bridge. 

    That’ll piss off the rude cow governor in the Shipwrights. 

    Good. 
    Dear old Julie.
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,443
    https://www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2025/03/14/former-blackheath-pub-sees-residential-conversion-plan/
  • Rock Spectacle
    Rock Spectacle Posts: 1,440
    Could be fun tomorrow, unless a miracle happens the Anchor is now shut.
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  • msomerton
    msomerton Posts: 2,972
    sad the Anchor and Hope closed, lets hope not many Wigan fans coming down. As it had become more of an away fans pub the last couple of seasons.
  • msomerton
    msomerton Posts: 2,972
    it is becoming a desert around the ground for pubs today, just remember the choices we had when the club moved back to the Valley.
  • bromdog
    bromdog Posts: 131
    I’d say it’s been best off going to Greenwich/maze hill for a pre match pint for a while now. Anchor and hope was only good for a good weather drink as too far out the way. Although hope it opens again soon. 
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,484
    stoneroses19 said:
    Seen they've announced Wetherspoons opening pub in the London Dungeons old location by London Bridge. 
    Should re-name thread - 'Dungeons, and the demise of'
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,028

    My post match beer today after the 8k gate goes down.
    7000 mles away I can see the same poor pub options.
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,219
    When you count it up Charlton really has lost a lot of its watering holes. It’s sad. 

    Had been planning the Anchor post match yesterday so ended up in the Bugle.. apart from just having one person behind the bar post match for about half an hour it wasn’t too bad in there. 

    I often wonder if we had stayed in the Prem would some of them have survived? 
  • InspectorSands
    InspectorSands Posts: 5,185
    Curb_It said:

    I often wonder if we had stayed in the Prem would some of them have survived? 
    Doubt it - wider issues with the pub trade did for most of them and I'm not sure 25 guaranteed paydays would have saved them when they struggled on the other 340 days.

    Horse and Groom went just after relegation from the Prem and I'm not sure it had anything other than a pre-match crowd, maybe it might have clung on a bit longer to become flats rather than a church. And if you go towards Greenwich that whole long line of snuffed out/knocked down pubs continues, mostly unmourned (the Old Friends, anyone?). 

    The exception to all this is probably the White Swan - saddled with an unrealistic rent - but even that struggled some nights. I'm sorry to hear of the Anchor's guv'nor and hope it re-opens soon, the place is a real treasure.

    On the upside, we've gained the River Ale House and Green Goddess, which are great places all week, and not just matchdays.
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,726
    I'm sure the Anti would have survived if we had stayed in the prem
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,443
    edited March 20
    https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/25006544.abbey-wood-abbey-arms-pub-redevelopment-plans-new-homes/
  • Chaz Hill
    Chaz Hill Posts: 5,216
    Even Wetherspoons going through difficult times. Half year profits down along with share price. Sir Tim blaming staffing and utility costs. 

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