Pubs South of the River

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="005fd5a3.jpg"> <div> <B>  </B><B> </B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial Rounded MT Bold" ><B>www.derelictlondon.com</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="02c5d430.jpg" border=0 width="93" height="67" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=50 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="006d2b03.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#C0C0C0" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <I>South of the River Thames </I><I>PUBS                              </I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="derelict_london_com.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Derelict London.com"><U><I><IMG SRC="3c896370.gif" border=0 width="150" height="55" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="621" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#888888 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 120 WIDTH="615"><div> <I>Greater London has 228 fewer pubs in the last 5 years - 638 were closed and 410 were opened. </I></div> <div> <I>The old boozer, where the regulars had their places at the bar and red and gold flock-wallpaper set  the tone, is increasingly a thing of the past. In England and Wales six rural pubs close every week.  </I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Once closed and boarded up these old pubs  are ruthlessly targeted by developers either for demolition  or conversion into flats.</I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <I>DID ANYONE USED TO DRINK IN ANY OF THESE PUBS?  ANY STORIES TO TELL?</I></div> <bR> <div> <I> </I><A HREF="croydon_pubs.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Croydon Pubs"><U><I><IMG SRC="2863e97e0.jpg" border=0 width="489" height="382" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>East Croydon - Lesley Arms</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2b4115bf0.jpg" border=0 width="277" height="191" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2b3f18c00.jpg" border=0 width="280" height="192" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="548" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 256 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2b44befa0.jpg" border=0 width="190" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="342"><div> <B>San Dominico Restaurant & Bar Cobham</B></div> <div> Ive driven past this empty building beside the A3 for years. There is something always slightly sinister looking about it - in a Hammer House of Horror sort of way. There is always a light on in one of the windows presumably security. </div> <div> There have been rumours that it has some sort of secret military use.....................</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id159.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="a7a09ce0.jpg" border=0 width="265" height="206" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="id159.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U> <IMG SRC="a77edcd0.jpg" border=0 width="237" height="205" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="a79a6cf0.jpg" border=0 width="166" height="207" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Charlton (The Victoria)</B></div> <div> Front, inside and back of The Victoria</div> <bR> <div> <I>Jane Grant writes "I did indeed drink in there regularly with my husband and two friends in the mid-late 1990s. </I></div> <div> <I>The landlord was permanently drunk and the wrong side of the bar, he did bent MOTs and sold dodgy cars.</I></div> <div> <I> He had two classic vanguards, with original paperwork, but dodgy VIN numbers and for our sins, we </I></div> <div> <I>obtained an old capri from him complete with dodgy MOT. He was a classic of his kind and the destruction </I></div> <div> <I>of the old building will take a magnitude of memories with it. The whole pub sloped downwards, but it appeared </I></div> <div> <I>better the more you drank!"</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Matt Helm writes </I><I>"</I><I>I had one scary night down in Charlton/Woolwich one night where we were locked in one of the</I></div> <div> <I>pubs at around 1:30am until the bloke outside with a grudge & sawn off shotgun sobered up and went home (can't</I></div> <div> <I>remember if it was The Victoria or The Thames Barrier Arms)! "</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="284d14cf0.jpg" border=0 width="276" height="207" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Greenwich (The Rose of Denmark)</B></div> <div> I found an article in the Epping Forest Guardian which had  a negative opinion of the </div> <div> <B>Rose of Denmark</B>! <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>"The atmosphere inside the pub was one of ice-cold indifference. </I></FONT></div> <div> <I>Various lone old men sat about with looks on their faces like the world was about to end. </I></div> <div> <I>Decor-wise, things are looking really knackered. But the real killer is the service. the tone</I></div> <div> <I>of the barmaid's  verbal assault was similar to one employed by a mother chastising a </I></div> <div> <I>misbehaving toddler."</I></div> <div> UPDATE! Currently being refurbished - maybe as a pub!</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1267.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="17e827dd0.jpg" border=0 width="295" height="221" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A><I> </I><A HREF="id1267.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="17ec2be00.jpg" border=0 width="299" height="224" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Woolwich (Mancinis aka The Gatehouse)</B></div> <div> May 2007- Being converted into apartments.</div> <div> Originally built as quarters for Woolwich Dockyard officers and  later used  the police in </div> <div> 1778-84<B>. I</B>an Pennington recalls visiting it 10 years ago:<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I> "</I><I> one of the group of us ordering some food, </I></FONT></div> <div> <I>pie and chips probably, receiving it, then splashing some vinegar from a bottle on the table over it........</I><I><B>the vinegar seemed</B></I></div> <div> <I><B> to have dead fleas or creepy crawlies of some sort in it</B></I><I>. And of course my mate only noticed this after he'd covered</I></div> <div> <I> his chips with it. " </I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >The pub ended its days as a gay haunt apparently.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="plumstead_the_ship.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Plumstead The Ship"><U><B><IMG SRC="23d123c80.jpg" border=0 width="291" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  </B></U></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="plumstead_the_ship.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Plumstead The Ship"><U><I><IMG SRC="23d52dc80.jpg" border=0 width="301" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B>Plumstead - The Ship</B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Russell writes</FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >:</FONT><I>" </I><I>The Ship</I><I> in Plumstead Common reopened for a short time in the late 1990s as the Commoner's Rest, but closed</I></div> <div> <I> shortly afterwards. It only lasted a few months when it reopened as the Ship once more in about 2000. I remember it as a pub which </I></div> <div> <I>had the worst reputation for fights in the Plumstead Common area. It also had a stage for live acts but I don't remember seeing any there."</I></div> <div> Deborah writes<I>:</I><I> </I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="sans-serif" ><I>I can remember The Ship being a real punk hang out back in the day and they did</I></FONT><I> </I></div> <div> <I>have live bands on there in the early 80's </I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id166.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="1b6433e50.jpg" border=0 width="307" height="229" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="id166.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="284932e60.jpg" border=0 width="306" height="230" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Deptford  (The Thames)</B></div> <div> An old engraving on the roof reads "The Rose & Crown"</div> <div> Mark Goodwin writes:</div> <div> <I>"The Thames was owned by an old bloke called Dennis who also owns The Hoy just round the corner with this son who now runs it. He thought </I></div> <div> <I>he would sell up why the going was good, I noticed literally all the buildings surrounding The Thames are demolished but the pub still stands </I></div> <div> <I>as I think its Grade II listed. They also used to have strippers in there at lunchtimes many a year ago. Apparently Waitrose are moving in on </I></div> <div> <I>or around this site."</I></div> <bR> <div> Tom writes:</div> <div> <I>"I grew up in the rose and crown Deptford now called the thames. My dad ran it for about 10 years. I have tried to find out several times who</I></div> <div> <I> wns the deads for the property but to no avail. 5 years ago I would have bought it but now seems like a lost cause. Use to be a great pub </I></div> <div> <I>in the 80’s. "</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1513.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Thames Barrier Arms The Antigallican"><U><I><IMG SRC="23cb22fd0.jpg" border=0 width="290" height="253" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A><I> </I><A HREF="id1513.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Thames Barrier Arms The Antigallican"><U><I><IMG SRC="285052fe0.jpg" border=0 width="338" height="254" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Charlton - Thames Barrier Arms</B></div> <div> Previously called The Lads of The Village.Now a vets! The sign on the corner says "Roebuck Arms" but Bev Smith explains that </div> <div> the pub was used in filming for an episode of the TV series "Londons Burning". So, the sign is just an abandoned prop......</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id949.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="16ae2fd70.jpg" border=0 width="303" height="215" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="id949.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="28541fd70.jpg" border=0 width="287" height="215" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Slade Green (The Railway Tavern)</B></div> <div> Slade Green was at on time one of the biggest and busiest railway depots in Britain, and at one time teeming with steam trains</div> <div> being shunted here and there. The Railway Tavern was obviously then a thriving public House. Southwark Coucil had intentions</div> <div> to develop it as a hostel for asylum seekers, but Bexley Council objected and it never happened.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1263.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="2859eef30.jpg" border=0 width="238" height="243" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A><I> </I><A HREF="id1263.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="285848f60.jpg" border=0 width="328" height="246" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Woolwich (The Star)</B></div> <div> The Star in Woolwich used to have strippers and was a great place for underage drinkers...</div> <bR> <div> Vic Merson writes :" I remember attending a St Johns Ambulance function upstairs. It was full of medical bores, so my mate and I left early</div> <div>  removing half the contents of the fusebox on the way out plunging them into semi-darkness.......</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1262.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="17f02c280.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="296" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Woolwich (Dockers Bar)</B></div> <div> The Dockers Bar was only called that for a fateful few weeks while it was open.originally called the Lord Howick and later </div> <div> renamed The Million Hare, and it was said that it was the only pub in Woolwich that you wiped your feet before you left.</div> <div>  "A truly dreadful place to drink in." Now reopened as The Pitch and Pint. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> update -  Another name change to Clancys!</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1261.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="25b221f00.jpg" border=0 width="289" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="id1261.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="25b328f10.jpg" border=0 width="296" height="241" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Vauxhall (The Elephant & Castle)</B></div> <div> I remember seeing this pub from the train everytime I travelled to London as a youngster misguided thinking this was the</div> <div>  area called Elephant & Castle. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Now converted into a Starbucks - see Derelict London book for "then & now pics"!</B></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Carole James writes: </B></FONT><I><B>"</B></I><I>In 1974 as a very sheltered 19 year old girl from a small rural town in New Zealand, never having been in any </I></div> <div> <I>hotel before in my life, I was taken to the Elephant and Castle one night quite late. We went in the door only to flounder around in a large</I></div> <div> <I>piece of black cloth which was apparently the blackout curtain from the war days, it was on a semi circle of pipe and was a trap to the </I></div> <div> <I>uninitiated. Once inside I thought I was in some kind of time warp. It was like an episode of some historic British programme except it</I></div> <div> <I>was real. Heavily pungent with workers underarm smell, and misty with cigarette smoke, lighting which seemed to come from only a</I></div> <div> <I>handful of low wattage light bulbs in various elderly forms of light fittings, a bar which was as robust looking as the rock of Gibralter, </I></div> <div> <I>and for which I was almost too little, people who were clearly on "their territory" and wondering who the hell you were, a couple of dogs</I></div> <div> <I>on the floor (dogs? in a public house?) and a lady who you could charitably say had seen better times and on perhaps the fifth too many</I></div> <div> <I>port and lemons, warbling away to an out of tune upright piano. Her hair had been dyed a sort of straw yellow but an inch either side of</I></div> <div> <I>her parting had reverted to iron grey and white, I remember the pub being busy, warm, smelly from sweaty under arm people if you were </I></div> <div> <I>close to them, smoky, poorish people in monetary terms but not in spirit or spirits! it has remained indelibly engraved on my mind most </I></div> <div> <I>probably because it was the first pub I had ever gone into. It was also one where I couldnt understand most of the English being spoken</I></div> <div> <I>around me because it wasnt in a New Zealand (English) accent. I kept expecting to hear an air raid siren. I remember coming back </I></div> <div> <I>outside into the black night and having the cleaner cold air hit my face, having to walk past brick buildings with windows which had </I></div> <div> <I>pieces of corrugated iron over them and wondering if I would ever safely get back to the Hotel in "town". But I still hold that pub very </I></div> <div> <I>fondly in my mind."</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="608" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 98 WIDTH="602"><div>                     <IMG SRC="24cc961e0.png" border=0 width="406" height="30" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Want present day pics of your old haunts? Researching your family tree and need location pics? Pictures taken to order - low cost - any job considered (not just derelicts!). Much cheaper than professional photographers</B></div> <div> Contact: Paul at derelictlondon.com     <A HREF="mailto:derelictlondon@yahoo.co.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:derelictlondon@yahoo.co.uk"><U><IMG SRC="24ce931a0.png" border=0 width="147" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="429" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="425"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="425" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id278.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jack Stamps/The Propellor"><U><IMG SRC="231222da0.jpg" border=0 width="290" height="218" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> <A HREF="id278.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jack Stamps/The Propellor"><U><IMG SRC="284721d90.jpg" border=0 width="289" height="217" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Purley  (The Propellor)</B></div> <div> The name is a distant memory of the local Croydon Airport</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2b0227dd0.jpg" border=0 width="295" height="221" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Catford Bromley Rd (The Green Man)</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id946.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="17f622ec0.jpg" border=0 width="290" height="236" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Maze Hill (The Victoria)  est 1886</B></div> <div> was known locally as the "wooden house" many years ago, <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >(known as the wooden house after the</FONT></div> <div> Luftwaffe blew the back end of the pub off with a doodle bug in the 2nd</div> <div> world war and it was lashed up with timber to keep it running). Now Demolished (Autumn 2006)</div> <bR> <div> Rob Day writes:</div> <div> <I>"Back in 1977 "The Vic" was the only pub in Greenwich where a 15-year-old male with spiky bleached hair and an earring could get served </I></div> <div> <I>and not get his head kicked in, and the only pub in South London with a jukebox crammed with singles by then little-known punk acts like </I></div> <div> <I>the Clash, Pistols, Stranglers, ATV, etc etc. The right hand bar was run by a guy called Harry who stocked the jukebox, and populated entirely</I></div> <div> <I>by underage drinkers (apart from Harry) sporting the latest Oxfam-couture. The left hand bar was run by a proper old school landlord who </I></div> <div> <I>looked exactly like Mike Reid and was usually empty, but was beautifully fitted out with the original circular bar and a stained glass skylight </I></div> <div> <I>at the back - not that I gave a shit at the time. Celebs in attendance at that time included members of </I><I><B>Squeeze</B></I><I> (including </I><I><B>Jools Holland</B></I><I>),</I></div> <div> <I><B>Dire Straits</B></I><I> and many other local bands who have quite rightly sunk without trace: </I><I><B>Corduroy</B></I><I>; </I><I><B>Doctor and the Medics</B></I><I>; Simon and the </I></div> <div> <I>Virgins; the list goes on..."</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Harry Rogers writes: (</I><I><U>The</U></I><I> Harry mentioned above)</I></div> <div> <I>"The item on your site which refers to my bar (Harry's Bar) was not actually at the Queen Victoria .</I></div> <div> <I>Harry's Bar was actually in the next pub along called The Bricklayers Arms which has since been gutted and renamed twice though I don't</I></div> <div> <I>know what it was called. As for the clientele yes on certain nights the customers were quite young but on others they ranged from 16 to 60 </I></div> <div> <I>and some great nights were had by all. To read more about the bar go to </I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><I>http://www.packetofthree.com</I></FONT><I> where an interview with me will shortly </I></div> <div> <I>be published."</I></div> <bR> <div> You can read Harry's blog here:</div> <div>  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog&friendID=79998443</U></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id948.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Woolwich pubs"><U><I><IMG SRC="1a412aea0.jpg" border=0 width="298" height="234" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A><I> </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id948.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Woolwich pubs"><U><IMG SRC="23b866ea0.jpg" border=0 width="358" height="234" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B>Woolwich (Crown & Cushion)</B></div> <div> The pub has recently been repainted allover white and received a wrap round advert  for the Woolwich Arsenal development. </div> <div> There is a longstanding dispute with the council, who want to demolish the building, and local residents who want it saved as</div> <div> a reminder of the old Woolwich which has almost been obliterated.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Andrea Thorne writes:</FONT><I> </I><I>My husband and I used to be Managers/Landlords of the Crown & Cushion 1965-1967. We were the youngest </I></div> <div> <I>publicans in London . Both of us being 20 years of age when we took over. It’s sad to see it in such a bad shape.</I></div> <div> <I>I was back in the UK about 10 years ago and made a trip to the pub it hadn’t changed much.My daughter was born in the local hospital </I></div> <div> <I>and spent her first year there in the flat above. I remember her getting very sooty from the power station smoke when I put her out in the</I></div> <div> <I>back yard. We now live in the USA."</I></div> <bR> <div> Deborah remembers this pub as a skinhead haunt in the early 80's</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1461.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Royal Oak Lee"><U><B><IMG SRC="1b6a32eb0.jpg" border=0 width="306" height="235" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>   </B><A HREF="id1461.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Royal Oak Lee"><U><B><IMG SRC="1b6b1feb0.jpg" border=0 width="287" height="235" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Lee (The Royal Oak)</B></div> <div> Matt writes:<I> "That was a great place to go for a drink at 1am, loads of young studenty types and a tiny back </I></div> <div> <I>garden/window box that smelt of damp and skunk."</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1109.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Brixton Pubs"><U><B><IMG SRC="1e6a30ec0.jpg" border=0 width="304" height="236" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Brixton (Russell Hotel)</B></div> <div> Tom writes:<I> "</I><I>It was being run by a very drunk old irish barman called John, who claimed to have been put </I></div> <div> <I>there by the brewery to keep it open whilst  they looked for a new owner. Any time we went in there there </I></div> <div> <I>John was pissed as a fart, hardly able to focus on the beer pumps. His moods tended to swing between</I></div> <div> <I>jovial friendliness, anger and close to tears. One time a deaf couple came in and he mistook their speaking </I></div> <div> <I>difficulties for drunkeness, refused to serve them as he thought  they'd had enough already and shouted at</I></div> <div> <I>them till they left. It  closed a couple of weeks after that."</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1109.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Brixton Pubs"><U><B><IMG SRC="1e6c2dec0.jpg" border=0 width="301" height="236" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Loughborough Junction (Green Man)</B></div> <div> now being converted into flats</div> <div> Brian writes: "<I>Fond memories - the Green Man was my local, and a well mellow place to boot</I></div> <div> <I>back in the late 80s. Perhaps because there was a good old-fashioned late</I></div> <div> <I>night fighting pub a couple of hundred yards down the road - brawls pretty</I></div> <div> <I>much guaranteed every weekend - and the serious trendies hung out in</I></div> <div> <I>Brixton proper. The sound system had a winning line in Trojan and other</I></div> <div> <I>early ska, and Gus the landlord was a particularly genial man. I was told</I></div> <div> <I>once after a few bevvies that ex T Rex bongo player Mickie Finn lived just</I></div> <div> <I>down the road before he died. As far as I can recall the Green Man shut in</I></div> <div> <I>about 1990 - the rumour was that Gus had to leg it back to Jamaica at</I></div> <div> <I>fairly short notice for some reason."</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="2b9b27dd0.jpg" border=0 width="295" height="221" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2b9dcfde0.jpg" border=0 width="207" height="222" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Isleworth (Kings Arms)</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="2b9f27dd0.jpg" border=0 width="295" height="221" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Bellingham (Tigers Head)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2ba124db0.jpg" border=0 width="292" height="219" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Roehampton (Kings Head)</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2ba3cdec0.jpg" border=0 width="205" height="236" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Roehampton (Montague Arms)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2ba7ca0e0.jpg" border=0 width="202" height="270" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Bermondsey (The Barnaby)</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="2ba92fe50.jpg" border=0 width="303" height="229" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Nunhead (Railway Tavern)</B></div> <div> The building has been demolished - just the sign remains</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2bab28de0.jpg" border=0 width="296" height="222" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Plumstead (Rose and Crown)</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2bad4efb0.jpg" border=0 width="334" height="251" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="2bafbcfa0.jpg" border=0 width="188" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Eltham Common (The Welcome Inn)</B></div> <div> A local family "Harvester" restaurant/bar, It suffered a fire in approx 2006 and was internally completely gutted. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id924.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="239b23e40.jpg" border=0 width="291" height="228" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Elephant & Castle (Bar Uptown)</B></div> <div> Reopened as The Ministry of Salsa but now the entire block has been demolished as part of the Elephant's </div> <div> regeneration</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1827.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="289848fc0.jpg" border=0 width="328" height="252" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> <A HREF="id1827.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="2897f7fa0.jpg" border=0 width="247" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Tower Bridge (Raven at the Tower)</B></div> <div> Just a few minutes walk from one of the world's most famous tourist icons: Tower Bridge</div> <bR> <div> <B>Any places you think should be on this site? 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My father used to take me there on </I></div> <div> <I>a no.  70 tram.. I remember playing on the flat roof watching the southern railway trains go by.. I used to enjoy </I></div> <div> <I>visiting my granddad as I used to be given all the used metal beer bottle tops (different colours) which as kids </I></div> <div> <I>we stuck to our clothes like medals I do remember the pub was popular with the dockers and although the pub </I></div> <div> <I>received a couple of incendiary bombs during the big german raid on the surrey docks remained open . </I></div> <div> <I>although I understand my dad tried to persuade my grandad to leave because of the risk so close to the docks </I></div> <div> <I>but evidently stayed to give the dockers their beer. At least that is the story I grew up with..i also remember a </I></div> <div> <I>pianola in the bar and pictures of my grandad on the walls I suppose all gone now…"</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1462.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pubs"><U><B><IMG SRC="1fc51fdd0.jpg" border=0 width="287" height="221" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Deptford (Princess of Wales)</B></div> <div> MD69 writes:<I>"This pub used to belong to my grandparents, and they were the last owners before selling it to developers a few years ago.</I></div> <div> <I>The pub was haunted according to members of the family by a Victorian child (although I never saw the alleged spirit myself) and has been</I></div> <div> <I>used in various TV productions, such as Hale and Pace and The Bill. It was a traditional family pub in design, over 4 floors with 6 bedrooms </I></div> <div> <I>and 3 bathrooms, and was family run until it's closure."</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id169.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="239a30e40.jpg" border=0 width="304" height="228" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Kingston (The Cambridge Arms)</B></div> <div> David Sydenham writes:</div> <div> <I>"I used to live in a flat opposite the pub.It was a fairly rough pub on a main road going out of Kingston. Behind the pub are a couple of tower </I></div> <div> <I>blocks which the police/fire brigade seem to be called out to on a regular basis. Not many people used to be in there, they tried to do the pub</I></div> <div> <I> up and painted it the lovely red colour in the photo which made it look a lot worse. A couple of months after the ‘renovation’ there was a fire</I></div> <div> <I> one night (early 2002 I think), which I took great delight in watching. It was boarded up for a few months before gypsies or ‘eco-warriors’ </I></div> <div> <I>got into the pub and set-up a ‘second-hand’ shop with the usual car stereos and mattresses on sale. Its now been knocked down I’ve heard."</I></div> <bR> <div> Now luxury flats..........</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id278.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jack Stamps/The Propellor"><U><B><IMG SRC="239c20f80.jpg" border=0 width="288" height="248" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id278.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jack Stamps/The Propellor"><U><I><IMG SRC="25ab31f90.jpg" border=0 width="305" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B>West Norwood - Jack Stamps</B></div> <div> Many a funeral wake was held here due to the close proximity to West Norwood Cemetery. </div> <div> The front now accomodates a flower stall</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="manor_tavern_bermondsey.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Manor Tavern Bermondsey"><U><B><IMG SRC="23bc23da0.jpg" border=0 width="291" height="218" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </B></U></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="manor_tavern_bermondsey.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Manor Tavern Bermondsey"><U><I><IMG SRC="23c02cd90.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="217" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B>Bermondsey - Manor Tavern</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1513.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Thames Barrier Arms The Antigallican"><U><I><IMG SRC="23cd30fe0.jpg" border=0 width="304" height="254" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A><I> </I></div> <div> <B>London Bridge - The Antigallican</B></div> <div> Surrounded by mass redevelopment in Tooley St</div> <div> The name harks back to the days when sailors returned from Trafalgar.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1506.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="S London Pubs"><U><I><IMG SRC="25742d840.jpg" border=0 width="301" height="388" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Old Kent Road - Thomas A Beckett</B></div> <div> This was one of South London's most famous pubs as it had a boxing gym upstairs frequented by all the top names</div> <div> in British boxing such as Henry Cooper. I also remember going to see punk bands play in the downstairs bar on a Sunday</div> <div> evening in the late 80's</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="st_johns_tavern_london_bridge.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St Johns Tavern London Bridge"><U><B><IMG SRC="23c623840.jpg" border=0 width="291" height="388" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B></div> <div> <B>London Bridge - St Johns Tavern</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1506.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="S London Pubs"><U><B><IMG SRC="257628db0.jpg" border=0 width="296" height="219" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="id1506.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="S London Pubs"><U><B><IMG SRC="285fdeda0.jpg" border=0 width="222" height="218" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Camberwell - William The Fourth </B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1506.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="S London Pubs"><U><I><IMG SRC="257830da0.jpg" border=0 width="304" height="218" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Bermondsey - Gloucester Arms </B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="croydon_pubs.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Croydon Pubs"><U><I><IMG SRC="267d2ff70.jpg" border=0 width="303" height="247" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Addiscombe - The Black Horse</B></div> <div> I got to this pub a few weeks too late....</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Joanne writes: </FONT><I>"</I><I>I worked just at the back of the pub in the Co-op car park (of all places) and spent many</I></div> <div> <I>a happy lunchtime in there or in their beer garden ! The day I remember most was 9/11 ! My mate and I </I></div> <div> <I>had had a particularly bad morning at work (for some reason everyone was in a mood that morning), and</I></div> <div> <I>it came over the radio what had happened and tbh it didn't really register until we got back to the office</I></div> <div> <I>and tried to access the news sites ! the rest, tragically is history. While I'm not old enough to really</I></div> <div> <I>remember where I was when JFK was shot, I'll always remember where I was when I heard about </I></div> <div> <I>the one event that imho has brought about the biggest (not necessarily the best) changes the world </I></div> <div> <I>has seen in the last 50 years."</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Martin writes: </I><I>In 1970 I worked for a week at the Black Horse in Addiscombe. The saloon bar customers </I></div> <div> <I>were pleasant, and the public bar seemed mostly have been to prison and were very unpleasant. I find </I></div> <div> <I>this interesting as I spent a lot of time in later years representing such people who were nice as pie.</I></div> <div> <I>Shows you don't see the real person till you serve them drinks. The owners were pretty ghastly too. </I></div> <div> <I>I left because the place was so unpleasant. Beer was 1s and 8 pence a pint."</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2bd12ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Beckenham The Clock House </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>courtesy of Ian Muir</I></FONT></div> <div>  It has now been demolished to make way for flats.The pub was only</div> <div> built in the middle 60s. The ground lay derelict after the original pub on</div> <div> that site called The King Arthur blown up by a flying bomb during the war</div> <div> killing over 40 people, many bodies were not found.</div> <div> www.beckenhamhistory.com</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id941.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="pubs"><U><I><IMG SRC="118c26f80.jpg" border=0 width="294" height="248" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>East Greenwich - Duke of Wellington</B></div> <div> pic courtesy of  Jess</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="croydon_pubs.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Croydon Pubs"><U><I><IMG SRC="26812ee30.jpg" border=0 width="302" height="227" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A><I>  </I><A HREF="croydon_pubs.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Croydon Pubs"><U><I><IMG SRC="2865aae30.jpg" border=0 width="170" height="227" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>West Croydon - The Half Moon</B></div> <div> Justin writes:<I><B> </B></I><I>Having lived in Croydon most of my life this pub was a no go when i was younger. A while back the </I></div> <div> <I>landlord/owner put some money in the place and done a real good job of attracting a more broader crowd. My </I></div> <div> <I>then girlfriend (now my wife),who lived near the pub, had a few good nights there.Sadly this was short lived as </I></div> <div> <I>the pub was located in an area which has a very negative stigma for many reasons and closed down and was </I></div> <div> <I>vandalised within days which just compounds this stigma.</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id681.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="ce02fe40.jpg" border=0 width="303" height="228" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Greenwich (Millers)</B></div> <div> Gareth writes<I>: I remember Millers well from the mid 80’s when a group of us who worked in Lewisham at a </I></div> <div> <I>company called Fisher Controls (now also long gone there’s a Tesco there!) regularly drank on Saturday nights</I></div> <div> <I>in particular. There was loud music and at the time I think we mistakenly believed it was a great place to pick </I></div> <div> <I>up girls. Still I have some happy memories of the place.If I remember rightly the old Merryweather fire engine </I></div> <div> <I>factory was very close (but that had closed by then).</I></div> <bR> <div> Richard writes<I>: </I><I>Used to drink in the Millers regular most Thursdays around 93/94, always a good laugh, but my</I></div> <div> <I>main recollection is of the DJ ALWAYS playing Nina Simones, My Baby Just Cares For Me at chucking out time!</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="23362dd90.jpg" border=0 width="301" height="217" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Putney (The Boat & Dragon)</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="nunhead_derelict_pubs.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nunhead Derelict Pubs"><U><IMG SRC="29da2ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>The Greyhound Tavern - South Norwood</B></div> <div> pic courtesy of Pete McGill</div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="29edeafa0.jpg" border=0 width="234" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I><B>The Red Cow - Bermondsey </B></I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Arial" ><I>pic courtesy of Suzi Bassett</I></FONT></div> <div> <I>Pat writes: </I><I>I used to DJ in the Red Cow from about 1973 through to 1981. My younger brother Dj'd at the Barnaby. </I></div> <div> <I>Two great pubs in their time, now they and others like then have gone, the soul is slowly going out of the place. </I></div> <div> <I>The owner George Cottle ruled the place and we never saw any trouble there, A place for great barmaids too.</I><I> </I></div> <div> <I>One New Years day I started playing at 12.00, and finished that night at 11.00, the same crowd stayed for the</I></div> <div> <I>whole session.</I><I> </I><I>The DJ "box" there was like sauna in the summer, but the never ending stream of pints that </I></div> <div> <I>followed playing requests made it worth it. Loved it there, roast potatoes and cheese on Sunday lunchtimes"</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id948.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Woolwich pubs"><U><IMG SRC="2ab506cf0.jpg" border=0 width="262" height="207" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2ab620cf0.jpg" border=0 width="288" height="207" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <I><B>Woolwich (Princess of Wales)</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="24075a9d0.jpg" border=0 width="602" height="413" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Woolwich - The Woolwich Infant</B></div> <div> From the road this pub looked defunct but upon closer inspection was actually open. Inside isnt much better either. </div> <div> I was in a hurry anyway so didnt have time to stop for a drink....Had a ferry to catch!</div> <div> someone recently wrote to me about this pub:</div> <bR> <div> <I>'The Woolwich Infant' is still a live Pub. I know it does not look like much from the outside, but  it is still a very popular Pub </I></div> <div> <I>with the local  Gay and Lesbian Community. It is owned and managed by a Lesbian couple.</I></div> <bR> <div> and then it had a makeover:</div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="29d859c30.jpg" border=0 width="601" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Oh no its closed down again: (Nov 2006)</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="29eb5ab60.jpg" border=0 width="602" height="694" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> 2008 and its a cheque converter shop!</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Here's some pics taken by Steven White:</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1517.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="282a21e20.jpg" border=0 width="289" height="226" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Sydenham - Sir Ernest Shackelton </B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1517.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="283130e30.jpg" border=0 width="304" height="227" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Walworth - Archduke Charles</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1517.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="286831e30.jpg" border=0 width="305" height="227" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Court Tavern - Kennington</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="nunhead_derelict_pubs.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nunhead Derelict Pubs"><U><IMG SRC="296530e40.jpg" border=0 width="304" height="228" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Bricklayers Arms - Camberwell</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="nunhead_derelict_pubs.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nunhead Derelict Pubs"><U><IMG SRC="2a052ee30.jpg" border=0 width="302" height="227" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2a0733e60.jpg" border=0 width="307" height="230" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Queen Elizabeth - Peckham</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="nunhead_derelict_pubs.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nunhead Derelict Pubs"><U><IMG SRC="2a092be00.jpg" border=0 width="299" height="224" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Prince & Princess of Wales -  Walworth</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="608" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 98 WIDTH="602"><div>                     <IMG SRC="24cc961e0.png" border=0 width="406" height="30" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Want present day pics of your old haunts? 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