PeckhamRose

There are now several topics about pubs and child free areas and I am getting confused tho still sober. To answer someone's question, The Clockhouse overlooks Peckham Rye Park on the SE22 side junction with Barry Road.

Hi I wrote in another topic about the Fox On The Hill - I read in this topic it is not a tied pub but I thought it was Wetherspoons. I would like to add that to my knowledge The Vale is the only pub in the area legally allowed to show Sky football matches and a pub has to pay a hell of a lot of money to do that. I may be wrong as I do not frequent all the other pubs, but a mate who goes to the Vale tells me this. I can't keep up with each of you and what pub you work for. Can we have a members list??? In it we could say what company we work for or own or what have you. Ta. (I don't work for any pub or any local business.)

Fox On The Hill, Denmark Hill. Wetherspoon pub probably closest to East Dulwich. The garden area became a massive play ground with slides and child's furniture and so on. We used to go there regularly because of the non smoking area as I am very allergic to smoke. All Wetherspoons had great no smoking areas. But their no smoking areas always tended to be the dining areas which were full of kids and had nervous waiting staff carrying the hot foods to the customers anxiously worrying about whether a kid would run into them and cause a nasty accident. Since 1st July of course it's all changed. But I always held a soft spot for Wetherspoons as they were the first chain to have large sno smoking areas. And of course their Tower Bridge pub went totally no smoking (though it was not the first London pub to do so). Anyway, I am very interested in the fact they're turning the tide and basically encouraging parents to only have 2 alcoholic drinks so as to prevent the kids seeing them get drunk, and drive dangerously home (will their be WetherPolice making sure they don't drive home without strapping the kids in the back properly?). I am sure this shall hit the headlines today on the news. It certainly should do. I am the luckiest person for having the Clockhouse as my local. It really is on the whole childfree, lovely atmosphere, a great chef, not over-loud music but good music at that, and friendly staff. I have not been paid to say that.

Whatevah

Look boys I don't think you're taking this discussion in the "spirit" in which it is intended. Trying to have a serious discussion here and trying to get someone who really does believe this stuff to explain how they can be so sure. Blatantly saying "Because I know and believe and have faith" is just not enough. No, wait, maybe it is for them. Edited to add this excellent song DEAR GOD from XTC

Yeah and people that talk in, like, similes. I also get mischievous when faced with "Just take a seat", and then I take one. Or, "Just [do whatever] for me." For you? I thought we were here for MY benefit. Or, "What was your name?" It was - and still IS - PeckhamRose. "How are we spelling that?" Well, I don't know about you... but me? P I S S O F F :D

Seems quite nice and friendly. I remember it when it was a rock venue pub in mid 1980s. Not sure that it's better now but sure is different, and just as friendly ;)

Like, you know, at this moment in time, for sure, like, god willing.

"They sometimes but extremily rarely move obects to let people know they are there since most people are not able to perceive the real thing, they have no need to prove their existence because to them they are real." Sorry, that is the biggest get out clause ever. If I read the sentence properly, are you saying that spirits know that they (spirits) are there, so they don't need to prove their existence, and yet when they do want to let people know they are there, they move objects, although most people are not able to perceive the real thing. And so the point is...? If spirits are us but dead, there must by definition be gazillions of spirits around all the time. And that's just ex humans. What are they all doing and what is the point of them? Why are we as living humans so important that they need to hang around. Just asking, like.

What the hell are you lot on about?

I remember this Pizza recipe from VIZ a few years ago. Crunch some digestive biscuits up in a plate with some old bread. put some cheese on it. Put a tomato on it Grill it. Charge people ?8.95 Job done.

PR keeps Hands down.

Nods too. Fancy starting a business these days? Let's see. You learn how to do your job/run your business then you're told how you should be doing it by the government then you have to make sure you are not being exclusive in any way whatsoever and then people say you MUST have high chairs but you don't want to put people off who want a quiet "experience" so then you're told you have to pay people who are NOT working for you for ages when they take maternity/paternity/other leave then you are told who you can and can't have working for you and then you find yourself paying people who take the equivalent of 2 or more hours a week off when they have smoke breaks and the non smokers get upset, and on and on it goes. Who'd want to start a business which employs people these days? I'm off to all those places that do not have high chairs and thanks for the recommendations!

Can't you fellow-tube-free lot over there in SE22 just be grateful for the nice walk from the station and the nice walk from the tram that Peckham's gonna get in... ohhhh about 2016? ;)

Yeah the MIND shop on the Goose Green roundabout junction is my favourite too. They are indeed very nice and gracious and grateful and I swear once I saw a home made top I'd made and donated, on telly being worn by some lady in Africa during some televised show or maybe the news. Nice to know the system works....

Oh yah boo sucks you rotten rule makers and breakers. "although I am definitely not getting the whole swede/turnip fetish" I make soup. On me desert island I'd make soup dammit and swedes and turnips and parsnips make great soup. Talking of desert islands, what eight deserts would you take? Blueberry cheesecake Strawberry cheesecake Lemon cheesecake (see the pattern here?)

Can we add the bit where - when the waves crash to the shore and you have to rush and save just ONE FAVOURITE VEGETABLE what would it be? My EIGHT Vegetables Potatoes Swede Marrow Corncobs Parsnips Carrots Turnips Peas And I would save the Marrow. You daft lot. HNY.

Oooh which one was you? I was with Himself, drinking hot mulled wine from a flask and mostly sat on one of the chairs. Were you one of those with dogs and/or champagne bottle and/or fireworks?

We like you, Azul. And totally agree with 2degrees (great nick!) it's not all children, just those whose parents let them think that everywhere they go they can scream and shout and that someone else will take care of them! To be fair the Clockhouse is mostly childfree most days.

And that's where we'll be. Dawson Heights. 2 hours time. Hoorah! We'll be the ones with the flask full, three quarters full half full then nearly empty of Hot Mulled Wine. Hoorah again!

It's great being self employed. I'm getting on me motorcycle and fecking off dahn the coast innit. But I'll be thinking of you SAWS guys. You could add to me Plot problem topic ya know. Exercise the brains. ;)

But I'll sober up in a jiffy

/me walks in and sits down. Asks: Is this a cyber room? I don't do cyber!

I'll get me coat.

10cc so named because the "average" is 9cc, and they wanted to be known for a little bit more than that. Now, I hope you're better!