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It is still open, I perceived light and people through the dim glass. Not welcoming, though there's been a pub on this site for quite some time. Since renamed as The Flag. (More recent photo of it, prior to renaming.)
Address: 103-105 Culvert Road.
Former Name(s): Carey's 5.
Owner: Watney Combe Reid (former).
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WhatPub (The Flag)
A nice bar/pub with decent beer and cocktails and good (if pricy) food. Since renamed as The Powderkeg, then as the St John's Tavern.
Address: 147 St Johns Hill.
Owner: Lost Group (former).
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The very definition of estate pub, though it's now closed. It has since reopened as a cafe called Tonico, and then a tapas bar and restaurant called Taberna Andaluza, then The Grove once again, and now South West Eleven. (Close-up of pub sign.)
Address: 279 Battersea Park Road.
Owner: Enterprise Inns (former).
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Not too busy, given its location right by Clapham Junction station, but not great either. Renamed as The Junction in late-2013 (under which name it re-entered the Good Beer Guide).
Address: 36 St Johns Hill.
Owner: Greene King; Spirit Pub Company [Taylor Walker] (former); Spirit Pub Company [Original Pub Company] (former); Punch Taverns [Spirit Group] (former).
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A very fine pub with plenty of great ales and a good beer garden. It's right opposite the rather less glamorous Gardener's Arms.
Address: 104 Chatham Road.
Owner: Stonegate Pub Company; Enterprise Inns (former); Whitbread (former).
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One of Fuller's bar-type pubs. Unsurprisingly, this used to be a bank. Since renamed as The Old Bank.
Address: 31-37 Northcote Road.
Former Name(s): Fine Line.
Owner: Fuller Smith Turner.
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Beer in the Evening (Fine Line)
According to Buses on Screen, this vehicle, new to Q-Drive of Sw11 (formerly Limebourne) , appeared briefly in the film The Very Thought of You (US) its english title being Martha, meet Frank , Daniel and Laurence with Joseph Fiennes, with the fleetname The Glider. at Stansted Airport. The Glider was the name applied to the executive class coaches with tables etc. of Limebourne,in a dark red and cream livery, with 27 seats. Operator - D.Ashby (Silverline) E17,vehicles based at Patch Park, Abridge.
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Moderately tasty, good value but popular Malaysian/Thai place near Clapham Junction.
Address: 75-79 Battersea Rise.
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There are plenty of fairly unattractive pubs in the world, but this must really rank up there in the top echelon. It has all the charm of a supermarket (and not a very nice one) from the outside. It takes its name from a former pub which was located near this site prior to WW2 (after which the area was largely rebuilt). Closed in 2013, demolished 2016.
Address: Falcon Road.
Former Name(s): The Ale House; The Prince's Head.
Owner: Enterprise Inns (former).
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A fine old building housing an arts centre, with live performances, music, theatre and comedy, amongst other things. Opened in 1893, and has occasionally screened films in the past.
Address: 176 Lavender Hill.
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Venue just opposite Clapham Junction, which used to be a major gig venue, but is now mostly a nightclub (though it still does some music). Built as a music hall in 1900, it screened films from 1901 and became a full-time cinema in 1931. Wetherspoon's bought it in 1997 but couldn't get permission to turn it into pub (and held onto it for years).
Address: 21-25 St Johns Hill.
Former Name(s): Essoldo; Grand Theatre; Grand Theatre of Varieties; The New Grand Theatre of Varieties.
Owner: (website); Mean Fiddler (former).
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Eighteen bus passengers were hurt today when a double decker was sent crashing over on its side by a lorry carrying 30ft steel girders.
The impact hurled girders through the windows of the C3 in Battersea which was carrying commuters and children on their way to school. Several passengers were trapped in the wreckage and had to be cut free. Some were able to crawl out of the bus to safety. Others sat on the pavement in a state of shock.
Four passengers and the bus driver were seriously injured in the rush-hour crash. Three of the most badly hurt were taken to hospital with suspected spine injuries. One witness said part of the top of the bus was torn off, adding: “My first thought was a bomb had gone off.” Another said: “Everyone was crying out and shouting.”
The crash happened as the low-loader turned out of a building yard into the side of the bus in Plough Road. Police said the driver of the lorry was arrested and was being questioned in custody in connection with dangerous driving.
Recruitment consultant Chris Bray, who came across the scene just before the emergency services arrived, said he saw some passengers still trapped on the upper deck. Mr Bray, 28, added: “There were children and other passengers sitting on the street. They all looked really shocked and shaken up by it.
“It looked so bad my first thought was a bomb had gone off. Part of the top of the bus had been ripped off.”
Eutan Jones, who manages a cafe nearby, said: “Everyone was crying out and shouting. They were cutting people out from the top of the bus, they cut the front of the bus off.
“I saw six or seven people taken away by ambulances. There was a lady who wasn't moving. I heard paramedics say she had hurt her spine. She looked smashed up a bit.
“The driver looked dead because he was just lying there not moving.”
A block of flats is believed to be being developed on the site which the lorry had been leaving. Locals said HGVs have been coming and going to the site for several months.
A motorcycle courier who saw the collision said: “The lorry driver was okay. He was standing outside and talking to the police.”
The incident, with about 25 passengers on the bus, happened at the junction of Plough Road and St John's Hill at about 8.30.
London Ambulance Service said a 27-year-old woman and 30-year-old man were taken “as a priority” to St George's Hospital in Tooting while another priority case, a 30-year-old man, was taken to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
Thirteen passengers were taken to hospital suffering minor injuries. Some were taken to Chelsea and Westminster and to St Thomas' and Charing Cross hospitals. The C3, run by the Abellio company, operates between Earl's Court and Clapham Junction.
Transport for London said there would be a full investigation.
Another Lavender Hill bar, since renamed as Tarragon, and then as Room 43, and finally apparently as Social Affair. Now a pizza restaurant.
Address: 43 Lavender Hill.
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No: V61
Operative/Removal Dates: 20 Apr 1931–Aug 1968
York Road, north side 30 yards east of Bridge End Road – Wandsworth.
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A former pub just behind Clapham Junction station, being refurbished as the Peacock bar, then Suburb SW11 and now APO Restobar, probably more of a restaurant.
Address: 148 Falcon Road.
Owner: Enterprise Inns (former); Truman Hanbury Buxton (former).
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A decent place, the back feels more like a restaurant, but they have a great selection of beers, all available in thirds. Later renamed The Northcote Arms, and now no longer a BrewDog pub as The Northcote Saviour.
Address: 94 Northcote Road.
Former Name(s): Pitcher and Piano.
Owner: BrewDog [Draft House] (former); Marston's [Pitcher and Piano] (former).
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A themed bar in a former pub building on St John's Hill, since called Artisan & Vine, then Jackson's, then Bar 366, then Three Six Six, then Stirred, and as of 2019 it's a restaurant.
Address: 126 St Johns Hill.
Former Name(s): One Two Six; The Napier Arms.
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Part of the small Draft House chain (also known as the Draft House Westbridge), and looks as nice as all the others. (It was in the 2010 Good Beer Guide as The Westbridge, I think.) Since renamed as The Duke of Battersea, and now no longer a BrewDog pub as The Rose. (Photo of it as The Westbridge.)
Address: 74-76 Battersea Bridge Road.
Former Name(s): The Westbridge; The Matilda; Blue Mango; Pig on the Bridge; The Bridge; The Prodigal's Return.
Owner: BrewDog [Draft House] (former).
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A cocktail bar from the people behind The Mayor of Scaredy Cat Town, also attached the adjoining Breakfast Club restaurant, but with a separate entrance from the street. It's going for a heavily retro 70s vibe, but the drinks are nice.
Address: 5-9 Battersea Rise.
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Owner: Breakfast Club (website).
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An old-fashioned boozer alongside a large estate, which is now rather changed. (Photo of it as The Eagle Tavern.)
Address: 231 Battersea Park Road.
Former Name(s): The Secret Garden; The Eagle Tavern.
Owner: Stonegate Pub Company; Enterprise Inns (former); Watney Combe Reid (former).
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A chain bar by the station. Rebranded as a Sports Bar and Grill in 2019.
Address: 4 St Johns Hill.
Owner: Stonegate Pub Company; Town and City (former); Bay Restaurant Group (former); Whitbread/Laurel Pub Co (former).
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A pleasant pub, serves a good Sunday roast.
Address: 441 Battersea Park Road (formerly Lower Wandsworth Road).
Former Name(s): Dovedale House; Bar Room Bar; The Clock House.
Owner: City Pub Company; Punch Taverns (former).
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The local Wetherspoons, down behind Clapham Junction station.
Address: 1-13 Falcon Road.
Owner: JD Wetherspoon (website).
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