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Anchor & Hope

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  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,320
    RIP to Mark 

    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
  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,648
    swords_alive said:
    RIP Mark.

    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.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,730
    RIP Mark. A tub of whelks, chips and a pint was my pre-match meal for a while.
  • charlton4ever
    charlton4ever Posts: 1,718
    edited March 15
    palarsehater said:
    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)
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,481
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    RIP Mark. A tub of whelks, chips and a pint was my pre-match meal for a while.
    Fuck sitting next to you! 😵‍💫
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,850
    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!
  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,648
    It's not looking to promising for a speedy reopening. The pub's been cleared out.
  • msomerton
    msomerton Posts: 2,975
    I hope the building is listed.
  • Scratchingvalleycat
    Scratchingvalleycat Posts: 759
    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.  



  • paulsturgess
    paulsturgess Posts: 3,805
    msomerton said:
    I hope the building is listed.
    It isn’t 
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  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,229
    edited March 22
    Scratchingvalleycat said:
    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.  



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  • SidewaysInOz
    SidewaysInOz Posts: 1,340
    When I was still in the area it was a regular of mine too. 
  • SidewaysInOz
    SidewaysInOz Posts: 1,340
    RIP Mark.
  • InspectorSands
    InspectorSands Posts: 5,188
    msomerton said:
    I hope the building is listed.
    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 Riverside Conservation Area.”

    https://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/downloads/download/8/local_heritage_list

  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,743
    Pub just had a cameo in the new series of Gangs of London (Ep2). 
  • R0TW
    R0TW Posts: 1,679
    edited March 22
    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 :smile:
    Proper gentleman, as were his kids, and a proper pub.
    RIP.
  • D_Cafc
    D_Cafc Posts: 17
    The Brooker family Terry ran the Anglesea arms in Woolwich and that’s shut aswel. 
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,486
    D_Cafc said:
    The Brooker family Terry ran the Anglesea arms in Woolwich and that’s shut aswel. 
    Not sure if they were the most recent owners, but could be wrong.

    Did hear though that The Angelsea only closed because of structural problems of the building itself.
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,229
    I believe that is a different Brooker family.  It is a coincidence with names.  The Anglesea Brooker family are involved with the Old Mill, and the Rose Inn in plumstead.  I think?! Might be wrong. 
  • InspectorSands
    InspectorSands Posts: 5,188
    edited March 31
    (deleted, there's a better thread for this post!)
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  • BeerandFootball
    BeerandFootball Posts: 22
    Anglesea and Old Mill run by Terry Booker not Brooker. He also has Black Horse in Bexley.
  • D_Cafc
    D_Cafc Posts: 17
    Yes Booker, black horse has apparently gone aswel now. Anglesea has structural problems but it’s been sought-after for a while now for flats.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,857
    It's a funny location, in that it's remote, yet also has a lot of passing trade from the Thames Path. I can imagine trade being poor in the winter, but with the nicer weather the beer garden by the river will be a popular place. 
  • stop_shouting
    stop_shouting Posts: 3,680
    D_Cafc said:
    Yes Booker, black horse has apparently gone aswel now. Anglesea has structural problems but it’s been sought-after for a while now for flats.
    The black horse has gone?!!!!! Oh no that was a great little local. 
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,229
    edited March 31
    BeerandFootball said:
    Anglesea and Old Mill run by Terry Booker not Brooker. He also has Black Horse in Bexley.
    That's it.  Thanks. 
  • D_Cafc
    D_Cafc Posts: 17
    He’s sold up but could still be running as a pub, last I heard it was going.
  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,648
    Food stalls gone
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,810
    Oh that's a shame, wonder where the shellfish stall will end up, hope it finds a home
  • follett
    follett Posts: 1,034
    Does anyone know if the pub has reopened? I see Google has changed from closed to open
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    edited May 9
    @Baldybonce?

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