Cherry Tree

[Otta]

And before that, The New Hamlet Inn. Only went there a handful of times before it became The Vale. For a period around 2003/04 it was a regular Friday/Saturday night venue for a bunch of us (start at The CPT then head down there before grabbing a wrap roll from Yilmaz then often heading back to The CPT (upstairs).

But despite putting ?100+ behind their bar EVERY time I went in there (God, to have that money to spend now...), never doing any drugs in there (honstly), and never getting in any scraps, the owner still looked at me like I was something unpleasant he'd trodden in. Eventually you just think maybe your money would be better spent elsewhere.

Plus the music changed from fun stuff to dance to (Hey Ya) to stuff I wasn't remotely in to, and the crowds dwindled, and other places got later licenses so it wasn't the only local option after 11pm.

[Otta]

X Posted with KK. It was New Hamlet Inn immediately before The Vale. Not sure about before that.

[Jah Lush]

It was called Cheers before that and before that... The Cherry Tree.

[Louisa]

Gone full circle back to original name.

What will the new owner call it? If it becomes a spoons I vote for 'The Ungentrified Tavern'.

Louisa.

[DulwichFox]

Last Chance Saloon..

[El Pibe]

The New Leaf

[Louisa]

The Cherry Never Falls Far From The Tree.

Louisa.

[????]

BrandNewGuy Wrote:

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

> > names

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> > Walkabout has 32 Walkabouts...

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> > ...you see the difference? No?

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> But a 'chain' is still a chain, right? I was

> merely pointing out in reply to you that some

> decent poubs are chain pubs.

No it's not, at all. a branded chain with all the same named pubs, menus, etc and aimed at delivering the same experience to people who want the security of a brand they know is very different to a pubco that owns a bunch of different pubs with different names (although some pub cos standardise some of the offering).

[Mustard]

Wasn't it one of the places the 'Great Train Robbers' met to plan their escapade?

[DulwichFox]

Mustard Wrote:

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> Wasn't it one of the places the 'Great Train

> Robbers' met to plan their escapade?

Legend has it that the robbers celebrated their success with a drink in East Dulwich at The Cherry Tree pub.

I believe this to be just an urban myth.

DulwichFox

[Jah Lush]

Not all the great train robbers together obviously because that would have been a pretty dumb thing to do but it is apparently where Ronnie Biggs celebrated his ill-gotten gains after the robbery.

[Millhaven]

Apparently the former owners of The Adventure Bar (Lordship Lane) are the new owners of The Cheery Tree. The outgoing owners are off to the Golden Lion in Sydenham.

[Jah Lush]

Swings and roundabouts.

[Sue]

Millhaven Wrote:

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> Apparently the former owners of The Adventure Bar

> (Lordship Lane) are the new owners of The Cheery

> Tree.

Let's hope it changes from The Not Very Cheery Tree to The Cheery Tree :))

Do the Adventure Bar people also own this Australian (?) chain then, or is that a franchise?

[Millhaven]

Sue Wrote:

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> Do the Adventure Bar people also own this

> Australian (?) chain then, or is that a franchise?

Nah, they are nothing to do with Walkabout.

[Sue]

Millhaven Wrote:

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> > Do the Adventure Bar people also own this

> > Australian (?) chain then, or is that a

> franchise?

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> Nah, they are nothing to do with Walkabout.

So does anybody have some actual link to a written source which will tell us without a doubt who has bought The Cherry Tree?

I'm beginning to think the Not Very Cheery owners are going to stay there after all! :)) and :(

[Millhaven]

No, they are most definitely leaving in the New Year.

[MrBen]

Sorry, but the smart money is on a cocktail disco joint for 18 year olds....

[Otta]

And quite right too. I'm not sure I'd want to be 18 - 25 and living in ED these days,the area has all grown up.

[Jah Lush]

Agreed. Let the kids smash the place up.

[Millhaven]

Christ sake Simply Red is the weapon of choice in the Cherry Tree now. Bring back Van Morrison. Please!

[djblair]

Here we go

[djblair]

!!

[djblair]

Here we go once again

[Millhaven]

Ha! Saw the poster in the pub over the weekend. We should all go.