Comments on: Morden Art

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 10:58:37 +0000

I think Rick’s Bar was called The British Queen

By: The Greenwich Phantom

The Greenwich Phantom — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 06:57:27 +0000

I did know this – I found an old ‘what’s on’ guide (1984) when it was a music pub – but I can’t find the guide. Don’t have time to look now, but remind me later and I’ll have a search.

By: David Carson

David Carson — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 21:02:19 +0000

That’s the image I have! The pub sign was Old Vic’s face as on the stamp! Ha! Funny thing was that I used to drive along the road when I lived in Blackheath and think “must go into that pub…”. Then I move to SE10 after they’d demolished it and thought “I’m sure there was another pub along here!!” I will hunt a picture out! Now, what was the original pub name of the awful Rick’s Bar ? Anyone know? Phhhhaaantioommmmm!!!?

By: The Greenwich Phantom

The Greenwich Phantom — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 21:54:05 +0000

Sorry – you don’t know how many times I’ve cursed myself for not taking a pic. For some reason I assumed that they’d never knock down a historic pub (what was I thinking?) but I don’t know – one minute it was the Vic (which in my mind was always the penny black because of the sign), the next it was godawful flats…

By: David

David — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 21:43:03 +0000

Well I never; had no idea that the plaques were Morden College-related. Another gem of local info I’ve learnt through the GP site! Thank you!

Another digression: anyone have a picture of the Victoria pub on the corner of Woodland Crescent/Trafalgar Road… I can recall in my mind’s eye but….

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:41:39 +0000

Try to find the balls from the sign! I guess they could still be in the loft of 172 somewhere?

By: The Greenwich Phantom

The Greenwich Phantom — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:08:23 +0000

Cool! I guess there had to be one somewhere…

I’ll go and look for the remains…

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:59:44 +0000

Just looked at the 1911 census – number 172 was indeed a pawn brokers shop.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:11:57 +0000

Incidentally, is that the remains of a pawnbroker’s sign on the upper wall of number 172 Trafalgar Road ?

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:48:31 +0000

That row of shops has always fascinated me. I worked (briefly) in what was a Trident store in the mid-1970′s, which was originally a Woolworths store, and is now a Blockbusters store. Trident was the forerunner of Comet and Dixons, and sold cut-price ‘hi-fi’ equipment. The Blockbuster store has a strange upper frontage, suggesting an earlier age of grandeur, whilst the motorcycle shop to the right of Blockbusters looks just like a hasty infill between two buildings. I can’t seem to find a photographic image of that side of the road taken in earlier times. If anyone has one, I’d love to see it.