Eddie B 11:42 Wed Feb 22
The Central has closed.
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Inevitable but still very sad.
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joe royal
5:05 Wed Feb 22
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Dr Johnson has been shut for about eight years.
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Grumpster
4:34 Wed Feb 22
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Love that people will argue about absolutely anything on here.
I used to drink in the Central and the Denmark on non-match days a fair bit, as at the time the pubs in Hornchurch weren't great and then it was on to the Ruskin's for some heavy metal.
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stomper
4:03 Wed Feb 22
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The Doctor Johnson can't be closed! God used to drink there.
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TWe
3:30 Wed Feb 22
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Any Old Iron 2:54 Wed Feb 22
That was filmed in the Doctor Johnson in Clayhall. Also now closed.
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GRiM71
3:03 Wed Feb 22
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Used to be my old local along with the Village. Had some good laughs in there.
They got one of my mates to do the DJ 'ing on a Friday night, for a while it would be absolutely mobbed. They ended up removing the doors on the cubicles the substance abuse got that bad.
They tried everything to get rid of the clientele they weren't keen on, then brought in a gay landlord which soon cleared everyone off.
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Any Old Iron
2:54 Wed Feb 22
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Stoat - I used to pop into the Valentine back in the early 70's. Bit of a boring pub, but I'm pretty sure that this was filmed there
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuTgbrR71RA
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monto
2:50 Wed Feb 22
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The temple on the Burnell Arms is a site to behold.
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monto
2:48 Wed Feb 22
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Early to mid 80s there would be loads of West Indian fellas knocking abouthe outside the Queens, I was to young to go in, but that square was a hive if activity.
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Northern Sold
2:44 Wed Feb 22
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Used to get up the Ruskin Arms as well on non match days occasionally... Small Faces tributes
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Northern Sold
2:42 Wed Feb 22
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Plenty of reasons as below.... also used to drive to Upney and leave the car there for the tubes... on the way would pop into the club shop... if I fancied it... that's when we'd normally pop in the Queens... anyway what's EAST LONDON boozers got to do with you Mr I LOVE BERMONDSEY CUNT CHOPS
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Eerie Descent
2:36 Wed Feb 22
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Sold0, in an East London pub, on a non match day?
Why the fuck would you travel for 3 hours from the seaside just to go to a boozer?
I mean, I know it's proper boring where you're from, but fucking hell.
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Northern Sold
2:28 Wed Feb 22
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Don't goad me Manor son.... in fact used to pop in the Queens as well on non match days... full of Rastas
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ManorParkHammer
2:15 Wed Feb 22
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'Quite a few times Manor fella... at least a dozen or so... couple of do's up there... family there... was either there or the Millers Well...'
Bullshit.
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Northern Sold
2:00 Wed Feb 22
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RCHFORD used to have the world record for the most pubs within a square mile.... not anymore...
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The Stoat
1:51 Wed Feb 22
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The Valentine in Gants Hill has been sold to developers for more flats as well, an old haunt of mine
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Worst Case Ontario
12:54 Wed Feb 22
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Pint of bothered barman.
Oh.
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J.Riddle
12:46 Wed Feb 22
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More gentrification. Loads of pubs in more salubrious areas of London have been converted to flats so I expect them all to go the same way, albeit for more locals. I would think it difficult to break even without the crowds and the local non drinking population, especially with the new non domestic rates kicking in next month or so, sadly many small businesses will throw in the towel.
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Northern Sold
12:31 Wed Feb 22
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Absolute kippered....
Mobbed in this boozer as well... had a load of the EastEnders cast (at the time) in there... fantastic night that
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monto
12:28 Wed Feb 22
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Ha ha it was mobbed in there Sold. You got spun big time. From what I remember, it was on ITV so it would have been readily available.
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Northern Sold
12:24 Wed Feb 22
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monto... you are joking?? We was drinking after the game (Chelsea IIRC??) in the Boleyn and found the nearest cab office and told him to take us to the nearest boozer that was showing the fight..... ended up in bleedin' Harold Wood !!
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