The Uplands to become....(Lounged)

[Sue]

So Scott - given all the comments on this forum, what are your current thoughts on the name?

[katie1997]

The Uplands?

Just a guess....

[scott]

Undecided, except for the fact it won't remain as The Uplands..

[Brendan]

Call it Eleanor.

Or Steve.

[CocoC]

Or Brian. I'd definitely drink in a pub called Brian.

[Keef]

scott Wrote:

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> Undecided, except for the fact it won't remain as

> The Uplands..

Can I ask why? Just interested if it's some legal rebranding reason, or just because you don't like it.

Personally, I think if you name it something cool, then great. If however, it was a choice of Uplands, or Villager, I'd go with Uplands every single time!

[Jeremy]

I think it's just to do with making a fresh start... a clean break. Letting everyone know that the place has changed, and encouraging people who may not have been customers previously.

[Keef]

Fair enough, and good luck to them.

The Villager is still fecking awful though!

[Brendan]

The Villager specifically though smacks of pretence. It?s almost estate agent talk.

I would go for Brian. You can?t go wrong with Brian.

As long as my Labrador, The Prince of Wales, is allowed in.

[katie1997]

Moving with the times and all that....why not The Forum (are English pubs named after popular local things that reflect the history/community?) :)-D

Or ...as others said, name it after the fabulous Wodehouse?

Or ...the Blyton (as long as its child-friendly and serves lashings of ginger ale)...

Very best of luck, whatever it turns out to be. Its nearby so I am sure I will pop along to try it out.

[SeanMacGabhann]

Maybe if it was named after Scott it might look like

[espresso]

The current license of The Uplands does NOT allow it to open to midnight Sun-Thurs and 1am Fri & Sat; permitted hours are until 11.30 pm Sun- Thurs and to 12pm Fri and Sat. Bit surprising you don't know that. As for complaints, who is going to complain on Lordship Lane, which is busy with traffic, people and bars/restaurants? CP Road, however, is a residential street, so noise stands out more and carries much further.

[Mark]

espresso Wrote:

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> The current license of The Uplands does NOT allow

> it to open to midnight Sun-Thurs and 1am Fri &

> Sat; permitted hours are until 11.30 pm

I thought the license meant they can serve until 11:30pm? Add the 20 minutes drinking up time and 10 minutes to get out that makes midnight. Or am I wrong?

What about "Louisa's" or "The Snorky"

[Horsebox]

I quite like 'The Troll's Arms' or 'The London Suburbs' (abbreviated to TLS, in keeping with the area).

[Mr Mann]

This turned into an utterly boring and useless post regarding pub names about 3 pages ago

[Mark]

'The Cheerful Mann'

[Horsebox]

Mark Wrote:

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> 'The Cheerful Mann'

:))

[bobski]

Mr Mann

i was thinking of hanging myself 3 pages ago...your post saved me

[jollybaby]

Noooo you can't call it the Villager. There was a dodgy pub in my hometown called the Village - it was the local underage hangout - unless you're going for that demographic of course!

[SteveT]

Moes.

That's what this pretentious area needs,

a swill hole where you can fall asleep on the upholstered pew and no one moves you on.

Squares of newspaper hanging on a loop of hairy string in the loo....er apologies, bog.

A big smelly old dog curled up dozing under the seat.

A hooped barrell with a wooden tap, perched behind the bar full of Marstons pedigree,

and when it's poured into the pint glass resembling the colour of healthy looking urine.

They don't make 'em like that anymore, the pub culture is a receding industry,

yet it is what many euro-visitors dropped in for as they have nothing like it and sooner or later nor will we.

[Michael Palaeologus]

Could be "Scott's Off North Cross Road" - slightly better address than CP Road :))

[Keef]

bobski Wrote:

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> Mr Mann

>

> i was thinking of hanging myself 3 pages ago...

Out of interest, why didn't you?

[scott]

So, somebody else suggested it, on this very forum. How about The Uplands becomes The Actress ? For those who missed the earlier posts, there would then be The Bishop & The Actress....

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Nah - acronyms seem the trend, just call it TUT.

[Horsebox]

scott Wrote:

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> So, somebody else suggested it, on this very

> forum. How about The Uplands becomes The Actress ?

> For those who missed the earlier posts, there

> would then be The Bishop & The Actress....

I'm not at all keen on 'The Actress'.

It sounds quite pretentious and a bit, well, crap.