Cherry Tree

[Otta]

Ha, well said.

[????]

Antic is a 'chain' of 37 pubs with different names

Walkabout has 32 Walkabouts...

...you see the difference? No?

[Louisa]

Why is there such an issue with chain pubs. Yes souless, yes cheaper, yes samey (especially wetherspoons/walkabout type chains) but it's nice to have that option especially for lovers of sport.

Louisa.

[Blah Blah]

And not everyone wants/ or can afford to pay west end prices at their local. If there's a market for it, then it's good for the area.

[Millhaven]

Wouldn't mind a pub in the area that showed the football with the volume on the tv turned up. Rather than showing football with a ELO soundtrack (EDT) or Van Morrison (Cherry Tree) which I find a bit odd.

Nothing wrong with Antic pubs as long as the bar staff aren't trained by whomever does the recruiting/training at the EDT. oh lordy.

Wetherspoons were interested in the Cherry Tree but the outgoing landlord wasn't interested in selling to them at any price I am given to understand.

[Sue]

Millhaven Wrote:

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> Wetherspoons were interested in the Cherry Tree

> but the outgoing landlord wasn't interested in

> selling to them at any price I am given to

> understand.

Really? Do you know why not?

How nice for the outgoing landlord to be able to turn down an offer "at any price"!!

[Millhaven]

Sue Wrote:

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>

> Really? Do you know why not?

>

> How nice for the outgoing landlord to be able to

> turn down an offer "at any price"!!

I was never told why, Sue. Just that at the time he was talking to others but had knocked Wetherspoons back as he had done "many times before"

[Otta]

Millhaven, but out of the way for you if you're Cherry Tree end, but The Castle show football with sound. I can't bloody stand it when there is no volume on the telly.

[Dodger]

I heard that the present owners of the Cherry Tree are moving to the

George Canning,I know they have transferred some staff up there.

[DulwichFox]

Millhaven Wrote:

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> Wouldn't mind a pub in the area that showed the

> football with the volume on the tv turned up.

> Rather than showing football with a ELO soundtrack (EDT) or Van Morrison (Cherry Tree) which I find a

> bit odd.

I'm in The EDT most nights and they have football with the sound on most nights.

They have 3 screens and sometimes have more than one game on.

It is probably the best pub to drink and watch football.

Never heard ELO being played during the game or any other time for that matter..

Only complaint I have is the area manager has banned Millwall games.

DulwichFox

[Otta]

Dodger Wrote:

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> I heard that the present owners of the Cherry Tree

> are moving to the

> George Canning,I know they have transferred some

> staff up there.

Oh well, Camberwell is welcome to them.

[Millhaven]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Millhaven Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Wouldn't mind a pub in the area that showed the

> > football with the volume on the tv turned up.

> > Rather than showing football with a ELO

> soundtrack (EDT) or Van Morrison (Cherry Tree)

> which I find a

> > bit odd.

>

> I'm in The EDT most nights and they have football

> with the sound on most nights.

>

> They have 3 screens and sometimes have more than

> one game on.

> It is probably the best pub to drink and watch

> football.

>

> Never heard ELO being played during the game or

> any other time for that matter..

>

> Only complaint I have is the area manager has

> banned Millwall games.

>

> DulwichFox

Well they must have me microchipped to set the ELO mp3 player off. Over the past month or two our favourite brummie Sgt Pepper tribute band have been on nearly everytime I have been in there. I notice these things because I 'effin hate ELO.

Yes, I think they do have the tv volume up for some football games but certainly not all. I certainly frequent the place enough to know they don't always. Unless they have had a recent change of policy.

What have they got against Millwall?

[Millhaven]

Otta Wrote:

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> Millhaven, but out of the way for you if you're

> Cherry Tree end, but The Castle show football with

> sound. I can't bloody stand it when there is no

> volume on the telly.

Was put off the Castle due to it being sadly frequented by a formerly pony-tailed buffoon that I would gladly have punched. Not been in the Castle at all this season. Should give it another try I suppose.

[Millhaven]

Dodger Wrote:

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> I heard that the present owners of the Cherry Tree

> are moving to the

> George Canning,I know they have transferred some

> staff up there.

I don't think that is true. Believed to be heading off to the Golden Lion in Sydenham.

[Otta]

I know who you mean, haven't seen him for a bit myself, but he probably does still use the place.

[Sue]

Dodger Wrote:

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> I heard that the present owners of the Cherry Tree

> are moving to the

> George Canning,I know they have transferred some

> staff up there.

Heaven help wherever they are moving to.

I'm amazed they have any staff left to transfer!

[Jah Lush]

The ponytail uses the EDT too.

The Castle is still the best place locally to watch the football. The George Canning is pretty good too but if The Cherry Tree lot get their hands on that my visits there will be even more infrequent than they already are.

Having said that I hate the idea of some crappy Aussie bar in East Dulwich. Better the devil you know. You still have the choice to take you custom elsewhere.

[zzzz]

Rodger the dodger Brown. Don't you work at the Cherry Tree as an odd job man. You know full well that the George Canning was just a rumour to stop people knowing that they took the Golden Lion in Sydenham on Monday. And Millage

You are wrong. They were desperate to sell to Wetherspoons so they could upset the people of East Dulwich?!! But Wetherspoons turned them down for being too small.

[Otta]

Judging by this thread a Wetherspoons wouldn't have upset too many people.

Dammed shame about the Golden Lion though, always been a nice pub.

[Louisa]

What about a slug and lettuce? I know they're boring but I quite like the one in Beckenham.

Louisa.

[maxxi]

Any of the chains mentioned would be fine - liven up that part of the area a bit

Always felt the Actress was a bit like those places anyway.

[BrandNewGuy]

???? Wrote:

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> Antic is a 'chain' of 37 pubs with different

> names

>

> Walkabout has 32 Walkabouts...

>

> ...you see the difference? No?

But a 'chain' is still a chain, right? I was merely pointing out in reply to you that some decent poubs are chain pubs.

[Dopamine1979]

What was The Cherry tree called before? My mind has gone blank.

I had some good Saturday nights there back in my carefree pre-kiddie single days.

[Dopamine1979]

I remember now. The Vale.

Good times.

[KidKruger]

I'm sure years ago it was The Manor or something...