Jump to content

dulwich constitutional club!!!!!!


toniw

Recommended Posts

Discover a relaxing enviroment with friendly locals and great entertainment and best of all cheap beer and spirits located at 33 east dulwich grove, this drinking club has a lot to offer in this day and age with all the over priced bars on lordship lane this club brings a sense of releif to your wallet/purse.....
Link to comment
https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23203-dulwich-constitutional-club/
Share on other sites

  • 2 weeks later...
  • 8 months later...

just rang up to check about membership - i've seen on other threads the club is very keen for new members/opening times (before seeing this thread). cant say i got the same feeling from the guy on the phone who couldn't wait to put the phone down.

I'm keen to join because of other comments and the clubs facilities, it frustrating when the first point of contact for the club is so negative when the need for members is so high...

james_ja Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> cant say i got the same feeling from the guy on

> the phone who couldn't wait to put the phone

> down.


.........


it frustrating when the first

> point of contact for the club is so negative when

> the need for members is so high...


xxxxxx


We had a meeting with somebody there not long ago re possibly putting on music evenings.


It was the first time we'd met him - he was grumpy throughout, didn't smile once in about twenty minutes, and could scarcely bring himself to shake our hands when we left. Same guy you spoke to?


We didn't bother pursuing it.


ETA: Sadly, there are other posts on this forum from other people more or less saying the same thing. So we can't say we weren't warned .....

Hi Sue, sounds like it probably is the same guy!


I'd be keen to use the snooker tables so in that respect i'd still like to join. Think they need a word with the 'co-oridnator- as to how to try and attract new members/business if they still want a club in a few years....


Cora, from other posts i think the membership cost is minimal - there is a number to call but it didn't get me very far. I'd probably suggest heading down there and taking a look/speaking with someone on the day. As Toniw mentioned you can just use the facilities as they get your membership sorted.

james_ja Wrote:


I'd probably suggest

> heading down there and taking a look/speaking with

> someone on the day.


xxxxxx


Don't bother ringing the bell if it's outside their advertised hours - even if you've phoned up and then been told to go down between certain hours on a certain day when the appropriate people will be there to discuss things with you, if it's not within the hours advertised outside, they won't bother answering the door.


When we eventually phoned from the door - having been ringing the bell for some time - said grumpy man appeared, did not say hello or smile, just gestured grumpily that we should go to a side door (a fire exit which was invisible from the front of the building, with no notice indicating it was there, and which we did not even know existed).


I'm sure the other people running the place are probably helpful, but Mr Grumpy appears to be the chief.


ETA: Just found another thread about this:


http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?29,875727,875727#msg-875727

  • 6 years later...
  • 2 weeks later...

Closing September 29th. Apparently the building is worth many multiples of millions of pounds, once the building is flattened.


Just so a property developer can come along and chuck up a few flats, sell them for millions and waddle off again. Probably had their eye on this site for years, salivating at the thought!


I didnt even get the chance to join up, but i would have if it wasnt being closed down. Surely places like this are worth more to the local community than said expensive flats?

  • 2 weeks later...

Humdinger Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Closing September 29th. Apparently the building is

> worth many multiples of millions of pounds, once

> the building is flattened.

>

> Just so a property developer can come along and

> chuck up a few flats, sell them for millions and

> waddle off again. Probably had their eye on this

> site for years, salivating at the thought!

>

> I didnt even get the chance to join up, but i

> would have if it wasnt being closed down. Surely

> places like this are worth more to the local

> community than said expensive flats?



Did you remember where you saw it was to be flats? Haven't seen this anywhere.

Unfortunately the club is closing on the 29th September and the building is being put on the market by the owners, Association of Conservative Clubs after that. As I understand it at present it can only be sold as a licensed premises so unless a buyer can get change of use it can't be turned into flats. Also it is Grade 2 listed. There are a few members, myself included, who are getting together to see if there is anything we can do to keep it as a community space. It is to late to keep the present club open as there was a majority vote to close it last week.

caz Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

There are a

> few members, myself included, who are getting

> together to see if there is anything we can do to

> keep it as a community space.



Excellent! Please keep us posted!


ETA: I don't know whether it would apply, but The Ivy House was saved when it was listed (?) as an Asset of Community Value (I think) - might it be worth having a word with the committee?


https://www.ivyhousenunhead.com/about.php

caz Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Unfortunately the club is closing on the 29th

> September and the building is being put on the

> market by the owners, Association of Conservative

> Clubs after that. As I understand it at present it

> can only be sold as a licensed premises so unless

> a buyer can get change of use it can't be turned

> into flats. Also it is Grade 2 listed. There are a

> few members, myself included, who are getting

> together to see if there is anything we can do to

> keep it as a community space. It is to late to

> keep the present club open as there was a majority

> vote to close it last week.



I had heard this so was interested to know where Humdinger had picked up his info from - he doesn't seen me to want to share!

  • 5 months later...

The Dulwich Constitutional Club closed last September. It was quite a remarkable place - the 1970s frozen in time in East Dulwich. Despite being quite a social centre, it was hardly ever mentioned on the Forum. Upstairs were several good snooker tables, with posters of snooker heroes like Jimmy Higgins and Steve Davis on the walls.


So what's happening to it? What about that bowling lawn at the back? According to a post earlier on this thread it's a listed building and change of use will be difficult. What will happen to the only bowling lawn in East Dulwich, and to those snooker rooms upstairs?


Most mysterious.

  • 6 months later...

I think it is currently occupied by Guardians. They were fixing the place up recently. Might be worth wandering over and having a chat. They seem quite approachable. Or alternatively, you could contact the guardian company. off the top of my head I am not sure how they are but there is usually a sign on the building.


Cheers,

Brigid

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

  • Latest Discussions

    • OOOOooooOOOooohhhHHHHHH 👜 👜 👜 
    • That's actually why the Sherlock Holmes stories were so popular. There was so little crime people found it exciting to imagine robberies and murders happening in London.
    • Yes, because of course there were no violent robberies in the olden days. Pretty much no crime happened at all I believe through the entire Victorian era.
    • Hi all, Im a Southwark council leaseholder and live downstairs in a ground floor flat, there is one flat above me, it's a house with individual front doors leading from the street into the shared pathway. My neighbour told me he has had a ring doorbell installed, no discussion as to how I would feel being on camera everytime I go in and out or in my front garden. I was told it's only for deliveries and doesn't record and only activates when pressed, however I don't know this and I feel really uncomfortable everytime I'm out in garden or on doorstep talking to people. Everytime I walk in/out, it lights up and in the eve it has a  infra red  light. Now I've read up that as he said its only for deliveries, he could set it so it only activates when pressed, however it activates with its motion sensor. Had he said to me about getting it installed, I could have had the opportunity to ask about it recording etc but nothing except it's being installed and when I arrived home it was there. I don't like being horrible to people however I feel I have not been considered in his decision and I feel very uncomfortable as, some times I have to stand on doorstep to get signal for my mobile and I really don't like the idea of being watched and listened to. Has anyone got any advice as I'm beginning to get angry as I've asked about it once and was told it only activates when pressed. I believe this is not true. I know southwark council say you need to ask permission to make sure the neighbours are OK with it, I don't really want to go down that road but I don't know how to approach the subject again. They also put a shed approx 3 foot from my back room window, these places are built so my window faces their rear garden and there upstairs window  faces mine. They said it's there temporarily, that was over a year ago and it does affect the light, plus I'm hoping to sell up soon and the view from window is mainly a dark brown shed. When I've mentioned this, I was told they have no where else to put it, whereas originally they said its only temporary, Also the floorboards above are bare and I get woke early morning and at night, the thudding is so bad my light shakes and window rattles, so I mentioned this and asked if they have rugs, I was told when they get the boards re sanded they will get rugs, I should have asked if they could get rugs and just take them up when boards being done, which I would have done had it been me living above someone, their attitude was I can just put up with it until they are ready. so they had the floor boards done, and the workmen was hammering screws, yes screws, in the floorboards, I spoke to workmen to ask how much longer and they said yes, are using screws to make less noise! I could hear the cordless screwdriver, not an issue but for every screw there were at least 8 whacks, the owners had gone out to avoid the noise  so I  spoke to workmen as the noise was unbearable, the sanding, not an issue at all, people need to get things done to their home and I'm fine that on occasions there will be temporary noise. now I have a nice crack on my bedroom ceiling, I mentioned this to owner but no response, he said there were alot of loose floorboards and it will be much better now, not so noisy, as though I don't know the difference between squeaking floor boards and thudding, and nothing was mentioned re the crack or that they now have rugs, which if it were me, I'd be trying to resolve the issue so we can get on with feeling happy in our homes. so I'm feeling it's a total lack of consideration. these places are old and Edwardian and I've lived here over 40 years, had 4 different neighbours and it's only now the noise of thudding is really bad and the people before had floorboards but nothing like this. As you can probably tell I'm really wound up and I don't want to end up exploding at them, I've always got on with neighbours and always said if there's a problem with my dog, pls let me know, always tell me, however I feel it's got to the point where I say something and I'm fobbed off. I know I should tell them but I'm angry, perhaps I should write them a letter. Any suggestions greatly appreciated and thank you for reading my rant. 
Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...