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PeckhamRose

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I love it. View from our window means we can now ID exactly where E&C is. We can see Wembley Arch and I think we can see the stub that is the beginnings of Shard. But I love the Strata. And there is a sort of little mini stub Strata next to it which looks weird.
Marmora Man

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Like Peckham Rose I can see it from home and like what I see. A major downside tho' was the loss of Pizzeria Castello that was a regular haunt of mine, along with the original Firkin pub "Fox & Firkin(?)" in the mid 80s when I was slowly renovating my first flat in Kennington.
PeckhamRose

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The original Firkin was called the Goose. It was on the junction of Southwark Bridge Road and something else by the railway bridges. Dogbolter. Oh I Loved That Beer. David Bruce had a job and made beer in his bath in his spare time, so the story goes. He got made redundant and opened the Goose with the redundancy pay. The 80s were good for some folks! The beer was marvellous and all the names of the pubs were either F or Ph, except the first, the Goose. Happy to be corrected but that's the story as I understood it. Anyway, how is that pub being affected by the Strata? (I think it closed down tho, didn't it? The Firkin still is called the Firkin in Lewisham I think, but Friary Meux bought the chain and then sold it on to someone else.)
flapjackdavey

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giggirl Wrote:

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> No, not impressed. It's ugly. Not as ugly as the

> shopping centre though.


I agree with you , I think its effing hideous and resent the fact that it dominates the bloody skyline from wherever you ha[ppen to be in a lot of south east London ... the shopping centre is ugly too , but at least its not sticking up into the sky


modernity ... pah! thats what I say .

genwilliams

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I was unimpressed until the top went on recently - that sort of shield shape at the top is fantastic. Didn't realise the circles were fans - I thought they might be huge satellite dishes or something equally Bond-esque. Either way, it has now started to interest me.
Marmora Man

Marmora Man

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KidKruger Wrote:

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> Pizzeria Castello is still available - it's down

> Bermondsey now and still does OK grub.


Hey great - where in Bermondsey. I miss their garlic bread - it could knock over an elephant at a 100 paces.

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