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Donald Ross Skinner will be performing with outfit Hot Motel this evening at The Ivy House, 8.30 to 9.30, followed by comedienne/musician Liz Bentley and assorted acoustic acts. It's Free.

"Who would you choose to replace Pete Townshend as The Who?s guitarist? Pete Townshend chose Steve ?Boltz? Bolton for their 1989 tour. Veteran guitarist of the legendary Atomic Rooster, Boltz takes you through the soaring highs and plummeting lows of a life spent at the mercy of a Stratocaster and paymasters including Keith Richards, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Belinda Carlisle, Dave Gilmour, Donny Osmond, Ray Davies, Richard Strange, Paul Young, Rick Wright and John Otway. Combining anecdote, music and film, "An Evening with Steve Bolton" is a must for anyone with an interest in the history of rock....and a vicarious interest in the rock?n?roll lifestyle!". ?6. 8pm-10pm. The Ivy House, 40 Stuart Road.

Here's the beer line-up for the evening... Schiehallion (welcome beer) Tasting beers.... Lindemans Kriek Beavertown Smog Rocket Duvel Chimay Blue Goose Island IPA Weihenstephan Weissbier.

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Timings for this evening - Doors 8pm hKippers 9pm-9.40pm and 10.15pm-11pm approximately. Last orders at the bar - 12 midnight.

hKippers Time is almost upon us - tickets (?7) will be available on the door. It's debatable whether or not this is positive publicity, but here's a video of Paul Bradley wrapping his head in sellotape, whilst also playing it, for their song "A fish on the Beach (the Sellotape Song)"

The hKIppers in wondrous klezmatic action -

Top beer writer Pete Brown is coming to The Ivy House to share his continuing exploration of the relationship between beer and music - Pete says, "How what we listen to affects what we taste, and learning more of the neuroscience behind it. Some people will find this revolutionary. Others will scoff that it's a load of bollocks. Either way the tunes will be good and the beer excellent!" Thursday 8th May Tickets ?15 (including beers!) here - http://www.wegottickets.com/event/271453. Further details including beers soon. Ivy House, 40 Stuart Rd, SE15 3BE

Describing themselves as purveyors of "Stupid World Music" and "The Bonzos Go Womad", The http://www.hkippers.com/index.html feature a sterling and eclectic array of talent including Shakespeare in Love musical score Oscar winner Stephen Warbeck (piano, accordion, vocals), Eastenders and Holby City actor Paul Bradley (vocals, guitar, sellotape), Pogues drummer Andrew Ranken (drums...reassuringly) and other very talented musicians whose credits include Django Bates, Loose Tubes and Steve Hacket (clarinet, whistle, bells,trumpet, double bass, tuba, trombone, flute, saxophone). Staggeringly surreal and brilliant fun - "Music at the fun end of cutting edge" says The Guardian. "Come and have a butchers - it's going to be a fabulous evening" says The Ivy House. Tickets, ?7 plus 70p http://www.wegottickets.com/event/264574 or by emailing [email protected]

Many thanks for the supportive posts - it really is much appreciated! The hours applied for regarding supply of alcohol are 11.00 to 11.00 (Monday to Thursday), 11 to midnight (Friday), 11 to 1am (Saturday) and 11 to 10.30 (Sunday). Each day apart from Sunday has an extra half hour beyond the "closing" time for "Late night refreshments", which is standard. http://app.southwark.gov.uk/licensing/LicPremisesAppliedDetails.asp?systemkey=841241

That's the old one - not ours! Have to get to work now, but will check out what's going on asap!

Hi Cyclemonkey. One newsletter went out last week which you should have got, and another one is imminent. Please private message me your email address and I'll get to the bottom of why you did not receive the first newsletter - or drop us a line through the website - thanks!

FredCasa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We are shareholders and did not receive an email > about the licence application. As a community pub > the Ivy House needs to be (and I'm sure wants to > be) really sensitive to the concerns of the people > in the neighbourhood, especially about noise late > at night. Why don't the steering group meet up > with the people who are most likely to be > affected? Hi FredCasa. I'm an Ivy House steering group person. Thanks for investing in the pub. Please do drop us a line through the contact email address on the front page of the website - http://www.ivyhousenunhead.com/. Thanks Hugo

BeckhamPye Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Very interesting to hear from the steering group - > thank you for your comments. > > FYI, I walked past the pub earlier today and there > is no detail outside the pub about the license > application. Aren't you legal entitled to have a > notice up? Putting legal reasons to one side, it > might be a good idea to put one up as it notifies > the older generations who live nearby who might > not use the internet/social media, etc... > It is there - on the doors.

The most recent soundproofing problems with the Ivy House were in 2010 when the then management did not apparently manage the issue of people being in the outside areas front and back very well late at night and on some occasions into the early hours. They had reinforced the soundproofing, but this effort was negated by not keeping an eye on other sound sources. The most recent licensees, as honeybee79 stated, had no complaints from local residents re noise. This was due in part to the recent soundproofing, but also to the excellent late hours management of outside drinking/smoking that Nick and his team put in place. Incidentally the current soundproofing, recently removed to enable asbestos removal work at the back of the stage, is to be re-installed double-fold. Extra soundproofing options for the roof are also being explored. The 1am Saturday license would not necessarily be invoked every Saturday, only when an event warrants it.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Well said SJ and JB. > > I didn't mean to suggest that the location was a > problem per se, just that it would prevent me > personally from becoming a frequent visitor (only > went there twice, to see bands). Hi Jeremy. Sorry, the location comment wasn't aimed at you, but to others who claim location IS a problem per se! Thanks for your supportive comments.

The local residential population DO go there (when it was last open obviously) - that is why there was a huge outcry when the pub closed down. Granted in the past it had a reputation as somewhere many locals didn't go to - I spoke to one bloke who lived around the corner for 25 years and the only time he went inside the place was at Stuart Road's Silver Jubilee street party when he was 5. It rained and he went in the pub. The other memory he had was an armed siege in the 90s. But that has changed. Nearly 300 people, many in this apparently "sparsely populated" area have invested in the pub, because they believe in its resurrection as a centre of a vibrant local community (and a fabulous venue for those further afield). Some of those people remember the place from the 40s, 50s and 60s and are thrilled to see what is happening. In reference to the point about there being other community spaces in spitting distance, by way of an example of what's going on, a couple of long-standing residents have told me of their disappointment that they are no longer able to meet where they used to (am not sure which community space this is) and are looking forward to the prospect of reminiscence groups at the pub. And that will be one of many things going on during the day - mark my words! (please) I promised myself not to fire off a response here and will probably regret it, but I never get the location thing. I never moan about the Gowlett being in the wrong place, yet will happily walk to there and plenty of other places in East Dulwich/Peckham (I live near the Ivy House you may have guessed!). To say the pub has problems with its geographical location is to ignore the many people that live around here. It also rather implies that the world stops at Peckham Rye Common. And relax.

Huggers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ivy house website not accepting 'submit'for share > app. Hi there. Seems to be working fine now - please PM me if there's further problems!

Hi Sue. Hugo here. We've been sending regular updates relating to this through the mailing list - we've got a couple of email addresses for you on that list - perhaps PM me with your current one, thanks!

Computedshorty, I'm another Ivy House person - thanks very much for sharing your memories, extremely valuable in our quest for as much personal historical insight as we can muster. I met another long-standing Nunhead resident at the pub's recent open meeting. She told me that the pub's landlady during WWII, Mrs Rhodes, housed displaced families who'd lost their homes because of bombs (particularly I'm sure the Stuart Road/Reynolds Road bomb), in the two floors above the pub. She also told me that her father, a renowned billiard player at The Newlands Tavern, as it was then, highly recommended the pub for the black market beers that Mrs Rhodes was able to get her hands on during the war!

Cashflow spreadsheet is now up on the Ivy House website! (sorry about that)

Yup, ivyhousenunhead.com will be the place to go for details of how to get involved and already is the place to go for making contact and everything else.

djw Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Interest rates are a long way off rising for 1. > And the basics are, don't take on a mortgage you > cant afford if rates rise by minimum 2%. > > But lets stay on topic. Whats the deal with The > Ivy House in Nunhead. Does anyone know if it is > being replaced? If it is, this could really change > the area for the better. Come on Capital Pubs! Do > another land grab. Have a look at http://www.facebook.com/groups/211251488989675/ for the latest on The Ivy House

My son is year 7 at Harris Boys East Dulwich. They are not allowed mobile phones as long as they are in school uniform, ie not just when at the school, but also travelling to and from the school. As a result, apparently, it is "known" that Harris Boys do not carry mobile phones and are subsequently not a target. Although I was a little edgy at first, my son being uncontactable on his school commute hasn't been an issue.

dustycornishman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Does the Ivy House have an open mic night or a Jam > night? > > I'm hearing different things about it and can't > find any information anywhere! I'm pretty sure there's nothing going on like that at the moment (and I do pop in there quite a bit!) - I'll alert Nick the bar manager re your query and hopefully he can supply more details