lost pub

[lameduck]

I would like to ask to all you good people

when I was a kid, there was a pub on nunhead lane with a couple of benches outside

roughley opposite Ayres the bakers,

It was a flat fronted pub, nothing special, Not the pyrotechnists or the Nuns head or tyrrell

The crown comes to mind, but not that, My husband as a boy spent many, Saturday afternoons

perched on one of the benches whilst his mum and dad had a drink.

He is 70, now, and we cannot find the name of this pub anywhere, not on dead pubs.

We are racking our brains

Any memories anyone?

thankyou

[RichH]

The Edinburgh Castle? Not really opposite Ayers though.

[Sue]

Probably someone from the other Nunhead pubs would be able to tell you?

I'm assuming not The Man of Kent, as that's on a corner?

[Sue]

https://www.closedpubs.co.uk/london/se15_peckham.html

The link above is to a list of closed pubs in Nunhead and Peckham. Maybe one of the names will ring a bell?

[DulwichFox]

Brilliant Post Sue.

I new most of those Pubs growing up in Peckham.

Too young to drink when they were still there.

My Grandparents would of known them.. and drank in them..

Foxy

[lameduck]

Thankyou Rich and Sue

this was not the Duke formally Duke of Edinburgh

or Man of Kent. It would probably be originally a beer house.

I am sure it was there up to the 60's, there has been a bit of demolition opposite Ayres

may have been there or a few shops down going towards Evelina road

but it was between Gordon rd and Kimberley Ave but not as far as kimberley

I remember it, had a couple of beer barrels against the wall for tables or decoration. And two long benches

where you dumped your kids, whilst having a drink, It was not a pub that encouraged you to go at night

it was more of an old man or thirsty shoppers place.

Cannot find it at all on any the pub sites, it was painted white flat fronted.

[Drxyster]

Did not see the Shergar, Consort Road mentioned in the list of closed pubs.

[lameduck]

Shergar was the prince Albert originally

then the the Shergar then spotted frog

Confusion lies there because Consort road was changed from Albert road in 1938

lots of pubs the barnaby in Ilderton road was the the Cliftonville tavern originally

you dont see the cliftonville mentioned, only the canterbury which was on corner of okr

and the barnaby

[RichH]

An even longer list of SE15 pubs :)

https://pubwiki.co.uk/LondonPostCodes/SE15.shtml

[Sue]

lameduck Wrote:

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> Shergar was the prince Albert originally

> then the the Shergar then spotted frog

> Confusion lies there because Consort road was

> changed from Albert road in 1938

> lots of pubs the barnaby in Ilderton road was the

> the Cliftonville tavern originally

> you dont see the cliftonville mentioned, only the

> canterbury which was on corner of okr

> and the barnaby

Wasn't the Prince Albert in Bellenden Road, just down from The Wishing Well (which became The Victoria Inn)?

[intexasatthe moment]

Mmm ,what a tease .

I'm inclining towards the thought that it was more of an off licencse than a pub . 104 Evelina Road would be the right location and had been an off licensce for many years .

No help with the name though ,sorry .

[womanofdulwich]

I think I went to car maintenance lessons just behind that pub in the early to mid 80's? We were warned off it for some reason..

[vicki08]

Was the pub called Golden anchor in nunhead

[intexasatthe moment]

Vicki - I can see from the helpful link from RichH that there was a Golden Anchor at 16 Evelina Road .

I think from lameduck's description of the location that the pub is in Evelina as opposed to Nunhead Lane but nos 16 would be the wrong end .

[Rumbero]

vicki08 Wrote:

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> Was the pub called Golden anchor in nunhead

Yes. It's the one at 16 Evelina Road (the east end). Caribbean pub now?

[intexasatthe moment]

Another good site ,though no help with this particular lost pub .

https://pubology.co.uk/indexes/se15.html

[Rumbero]

Kelly's Post Office London Directory used to be published every year with a list of businesses for every street. No idea if any of these are still available (libraries or online, maybe?). I've just dug out a 1982 version from the attic but there's nothing to add to previous posts by way of pubs etc. There's a 'Kegs (Beers and Minerals) Ltd' listed at No. 18 Nunhead Lane, on the south side, but I can't imagine this would be what the OP was referring to as 1982 is a bit too recent.

[ianr]

The London Metropolitan Archives had a good set of hard copies last time I went, and they've a collection of digital images that might be worth searching: https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/london-metropolitan-archives/Pages/search.aspx. Leicester University has an online collection of digital directories: https://www2.le.ac.uk/library/find/specialcollections/az/historical-directories. Southwark Local History Collection seems low on directories: https://southwark.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/REFSET/WPAC/BIBENQ/198609518?QRY=SHF%3A%20%27.%20DIRECTORIES%20.%27&SQL=&QRYTEXT=Form%2FGenre%3A%20Directories&QFT=SHF&QFV=Directories.

[lameduck]

Rumbero Wrote:

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> vicki08 Wrote:

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> > Was the pub called Golden anchor in nunhead

>

>

> Yes. It's the one at 16 Evelina Road (the east

> end). Caribbean pub now?

No it wasn't the Anchor

and just realised Evelina road starts at Ayres

this was on the other side to Ayres. and if you threw a stone you would hit the pub

if you know what I mean

[intexasatthe moment]

Southwark's maps show a rectangle intruding on to the pavement at the front of nos 116 ,opposite Ayres .

I've no idea what this represents - did nos 116 enjoy the right of use of the pavement at the front ? Is this where the benches on which dumped children sat ?

Any memory of the pub sign lameduck - hanging ? projecting from frontage ? flat on frontage ?

[nxjen]

116 has been converted into 2 flats and the front area at street level which is presumably a part of their Curtilage is fenced off. This corresponds to the rectangle shown on Southwark maps

See google street view - I tried to post screen shot but file too large

[nxjen]

A street directory entry for 1941 shows 116 Evelina Road as a refreshment room, the proprietor is Geo. Cornish. BTW, during lockdown, Southwark library card holders can access Ancestry free of charge from home.

[intexasatthe moment]

great stuff nxjen !

[lameduck]

intexasatthe moment Wrote:

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> Southwark's maps show a rectangle intruding on to

> the pavement at the front of nos 116 ,opposite

> Ayres .

>

> I've no idea what this represents - did nos 116

> enjoy the right of use of the pavement at the

> front ? Is this where the benches on which dumped

> children sat ?

>

> Any memory of the pub sign lameduck - hanging ?

> projecting from frontage ? flat on frontage ?

I think it was painted in the fabric of the building, you are in the right place

painted white 2 long benches flat front

unintersting, and they did use the bench space, they were tight against the building, not a great deal of pavement

there, i think it vanished in the 70's

thank you ever so

[rupert45]

The Barnaby and the Cliftonville were two seperate pubs.

The Cliftonville was the last pub I played darts for

before I called it a day.