Pretentious Names

[El Pibe]

great post huggers.

I'm eminded of the folk who never patronised The Wishing Well but presented the owners with a petition on hearing they wanted to sell up.

Damned if you do and....

[????]

Any West Ham fans ever been to The Village on Barking Road? Now, there was a pub that lived up to its name, a rural ambience and a friendly clientele....

[Jeremy]

EP, I think that was the Oglander wasn't it?

[Otta]

???? Wrote:

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> Any West Ham fans ever been to The Village on

> Barking Road? Now, there was a pub that lived up

> to its name, a rural ambience and a friendly

> clientele....

Haha, yes you can almost hear the Archers theme tune in the ambiance.

[El Pibe]

was it jeremy? could well be, it was a while ago, back in the days of snorky rants *sniffle*

we don't even have woodrot rants these days *sob*

[steveo]

Yes I think the old forum big beasts should be prevented from silently packing up their tents without leaving some kind of forwarding address

[PokerTime]

That's a great map El Pibe. Interesting to note that along with the railway (that would lead to the construction of Beelenden Road and surrounding streets) the canal hasn't yet been extended to Peckham. Whilst the railway brought people, it was the canal that brought the goods for the shops that became the 'Golden Mile' of South London. It's remarkable how much an area can ebb an flow in just 150 years approx.

[miga]

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[Seabag]

I'm more gutted I didn't buy that flat there 16 years ago

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Oh i'd have made a killing....come to think of it, they were bandying the village name about then too

Does Print Village ring a bell, anyone? Still, I do like it there, very pleasant