Comments on The Greenwich Phantom: The Victoria - A Sad Sight

I too am very interested in the future of this gem...

2009-05-09T12:48:00.000+01:00

I too am very interested in the future of this gem of a boozer. Are greenwich council waiting for it to fall down?
In the future old folk ( i'm mid thirties) will tell tales of a time when local people met and mingled over an ale in rooms called pubs......
Although it's only c.1860, i think it needs a preservation order, where's Tony Robinson when you need him?

Eek!

2008-09-22T10:22:00.000+01:00

Eek!

From the aforementioned derelictlondon.com re The ...

2008-09-21T22:02:00.000+01:00

From the aforementioned derelictlondon.com re The Victoria:

Jane Grant writes "I did indeed drink in there regularly with my husband and two friends in the mid-late 1990s.
The landlord was permanently drunk and the wrong side of the bar, he did bent MOTs and sold dodgy cars.
He had two classic vanguards, with original paperwork, but dodgy VIN numbers and for our sins, we
obtained an old capri from him complete with dodgy MOT. He was a classic of his kind and the destruction
of the old building will take a magnitude of memories with it. The whole pub sloped downwards, but it appeared
better the more you drank!"

Matt Helm writes "I had one scary night down in Charlton/Woolwich one night where we were locked in one of the
pubs at around 1:30am until the bloke outside with a grudge & sawn off shotgun sobered up and went home (can't
remember if it was The Victoria or The Thames Barrier Arms)! "

I assume you know the wonderfully melancoholic www...

2008-09-20T22:32:00.000+01:00

I assume you know the wonderfully melancoholic www.derelictlondon.com

It started to go downhill when they were construct...

2008-09-17T08:51:00.000+01:00

It started to go downhill when they were constructing the dual carriageway around 1997 and the pub was marooned in the midst of roadworks for several months.

A tram station would suit me just fine, Dazza. May...

2008-09-16T16:13:00.000+01:00

A tram station would suit me just fine, Dazza. Maybe it could have rows of herbs grown between the tracks. Ahhh.

I've often thought how good the Old Victoria would...

2008-09-16T11:46:00.000+01:00

I've often thought how good the Old Victoria would be for making a local ghost story. I'm sure there must have been a few 'merry' fisticuffs after a night's drinking. Of course the road would have been so different and, as you say, there probably would have been a lot more houses in the area. With dirty dockers and a few weary Tram drivers.... I feel a script coming on...LOL
By the way, did you know that your Herbery was the site of the Tram depot? Maybe they are keeping it clear just in case they bring them back....you heard it here first folks...LOL