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The Canterbury is showing Priemiership football this year. It got 2 new large flat screen TV's in the front about Christmas last year and is the best place I know for watching sport in Brixton.

The back room with the projector is only opened for the bigger games and this was also replaced with 2 new large screen TV's several months ago.

The Two Woodcocks is closed down. The Canterbury is proudly sporting some of it's furniture.

OU - The Canterbury in in Canterbury Cresent beside the Police Station off Brixton Road.
 
I was just at The Two Woodcocks and thought it looked a bit closed.. :D I kept meaning to go in but somehow never did.

Do you happen to know what the buyer is going to do with it by any chance?

I did think my neighbours (who were regulars) looked a bit morose... :(
 
Mr Retro said:
The Canterbury is showing Priemiership football this year. It got 2 new large flat screen TV's in the front about Christmas last year and is the best place I know for watching sport in Brixton.
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Are u sure? i went in two weeks ago on a sat, and mary told me they dont have prem footy - maybe they just didnt have it set up yet.
 
I like the Hob too - it's my local and I've (sadly) a Norm-like seat by the bar after drinking in there for too many years now. It's the one place I can go into, either with or without LQ, and end up yattering to a big table of people, some that I remember from school 30 years ago. It's probably the only pub in Brixton where that'd be the case.

I don't think I can recommend it honestly as a good boozer atm though. It's not maintained well, no investment's going in, the toilets are a disgrace, Mo the chef's disappeared and a catalogue of other 'it ain't what it used to be' complaints. I'd still be there propping up the bar mind.

I'd like the Effra a lot more if they didn't play Jazz if I'm honest. But it's a fine pub with lively regulars - I can't fault it.

The Canterbury's a good one as well too.
 
Mr Retro said:
OU - The Canterbury in in Canterbury Cresent beside the Police Station off Brixton Road.
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Oh yeah - where PROD is - d'oh :o
There's nowhere I've discovered yet that sells a good range of what my friends like to drink - that horrible flat brown stuff that WoW likes to drink.
 
gabi said:
Are u sure? i went in two weeks ago on a sat, and mary told me they dont have prem footy - maybe they just didnt have it set up yet.
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100% positive. They don't have it on a Saturday from a satelite for the 3pm kick off time like some pubs do. Maybe thats what M thought you meant?
 
gaijingirl said:
How come's nobody's mentioned the poor old Two Woodcocks yet? :D
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I actually miss that place. We went in for a few weeks before it closed and took on all comers at arrows. I'd come to like it by the time of its grand closing night a few weeks back. It's still theoretically reopening as a pub, but I'll believe it when I see the doors open (and no sign for luxury apartments outside)
 
Orang Utan said:
Oh yeah - where PROD is - d'oh :o
There's nowhere I've discovered yet that sells a good range of what my friends like to drink - that horrible flat brown stuff that WoW likes to drink.
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To be fair, this is Brixton and the real ale tradition ain't exactly strong amongst many immigrant communities. There's a better selection of rums and export stouts though.

You have to go the posher areas to get cask conditioned ale in many parts of London now. There's always Herne Hill I guess, with the Commercial and the Regent
 
I know this is sacrilege, but I'm not that fond of the Albert either. I only go there for the company - it's too smoky and loud for my liking. (old woman mode)
 
Ms T said:
I know this is sacrilege, but I'm not that fond of the Albert either. I only go there for the company - it's too smoky and loud for my liking. (old woman mode)
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I'm with you there!
 
Aye. Orang's just sour that he can't get a decent glass of dubonnet, or a nice refreshing Babycham, in many of Brixton's pubs.

(((((((Orang)))))))))
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I have to admit (another old woman here) that I tend not to enjoy pubs very much these days because of the smokiness. It was fine when I smoked (of course)... but so many seem to be very badly ventilated. I wonder if I'll be more keen next year when they become smoke free?
 
lighterthief said:
..a resolutely average pub. No real ale, though staff were friendly and drinks seemed reasonably priced. Not much atmosphere either - the interior seems quite modern and resembles a bar as much as a pub.
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The Albert comes into its own because of the crowd that goes there IMHO; otherwise, I find it average. The punters make it. I think I may have posted this before but when I've taken a couple of non-urban friends there, they though it was a gay pub. :D

It's one of the few things I don't like about Brixton. The pubs are all a bit of a letdown. The Albert is still one of my favourites despite being pricier than what I’m used to. Nevertheless, I prefer an old Eastend pub anyway so I'm more than a little biased.
 
tarannau said:
I'd like the Effra a lot more if they didn't play Jazz if I'm honest. But it's a fine pub with lively regulars - I can't fault it.
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I'd agree with that. I really like the Effra but I can only take jazz once in a while.
 
I love the Albert,but it's my local,even when I lived at the Oval the Albert was still my local.A good local makes you feel welcome and has people who are your Friends or will be your friends if you make an effort the Albert does this for me,it also trys to put things back into the community.it hosts benefits,puts on poetry nights,was a major part of the Brixton splash and also hosts an Offline once a month.
 
I'm not a fan of sport at all, but I popped into the Canterbury yesterday and there was a really great atmosphere with everyone watching the football. Almost made me wish I was a football fan - it looked like a very civilised way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

My usual vote for the Elm Park Tavern here. Off the beaten track for some central Brixtonites, but a lovely old pub with a great character to it. And my vote for closed pub I'd like to see reopen is the King Of Sardinia. I walked past the other day as someone was coming out, and the bar's still there, still covered in Christmas decorations...!

I'm adding it to my list of things to buy when I win the lottery!
 
i'd still drink in the Elm Park - it was my local for about 7 years - but i think my ex might still drink in there and it's too nice a pub to start smashing chairs and putting windows through :(
 
gaijingirl said:
I wonder if I'll be more keen next year when they become smoke free?
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If the places I've been recently that have banned smoking are anything to go by I reckon the answer will be yes. I love the smoking ban, I can't wait for it to be in force.

I went in the (previously passable) Hope and Anchor on Sunday for a drink in the garden while we still had some summer left. A bit of a refit has taken away any bit of character it had.

Not to mention the lazy fucking bar staff (the norm in London I've found) who left uncollected glasses all over the place and didn't bother to give the floor a sweep despite it being filthy after the big crowds in for the 2 football games.
 
You're right about the Albert being too loud in the evenings....but I have problems with any sort of loud, which is why I rarely go to Offline, PROD etc...I actually find it physically uncomfortable and actually painful if it's a sudden noise, have done since I was a child...
 
Andy the Don said:
Just to let you locals know..

It appears the Sultan on New Park Road has closed down (or been closed down) for good..:(
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Really? I thought it had opened up under new owners. Has it closed since then? (in the last week or so)
 
LD Rudeboy said:
I'd agree with that. I really like the Effra but I can only take jazz once in a while.
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I've never ever been in there because i have a jazz allergy. Should go during the day I suppose.
 
Mr Retro said:
I went in the (previously passable) Hope and Anchor on Sunday for a drink in the garden while we still had some summer left. A bit of a refit has taken away any bit of character it had.
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The Hope hasn't been passable for a good many years, at least since the refit before last. Whoever choses the paint job must be colour blind.

It used to have carpets and curtains; now it's got hard surfaces which ruin the acoustics and destroy any chance of a sensible conversation.

The garden is still OK though.
 
jpm said:
Really? I thought it had opened up under new owners. Has it closed since then? (in the last week or so)
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It was open the weekend before last with new management signs. I walked past at 7pm to see loads of absolutely shitfaced people being (quite nicely) pushed out the door
 
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