Community-minded

Here’s a fun little toy… some of the photos of the Camberwell SE5 Flickr group superimposed onto a map showing where they were taken.

Also: this is not a firm offer just yet, but does anybody have a garage/lockup/shed where I could store a bicycle in return for a small rent? I have space for one bike outside my flat, but there’s a possibility my wife could get one too and we’d need storage. The lockup would have to be accessible from the street (unless you want to let me have keys and access to your home) and would preferably be in the region to the east of Denmark Hill.

Author: Peter

Long-time resident of Camberwell, author of this blog since July 2004.

61 thoughts on “Community-minded”

  1. Mark — aside from Adnams, which is a great pint, a good easy drinking, not-too-strong, great tasting bitter is Black Sheep:

    http://www.blacksheepbrewery.com/

    Family run effort in Yorkshire.

    If you get it I will drink the bar dry on a regular basis. And that’s a promise.

  2. My real ale vote would go for Harveys (of Lewes). They own a single pub in London, whose name escapes me but it is in Tabard St in Borough. It’s beautifully restored and highly-regarded by all the guides, real ale buffs etc. I thought, up until a week ago, that it was the only pub in London that served Harveys but I bumped into their lorry making an early morning delivery to a pub in Vauxhall (not the Fentiman Arms) on my way to work (sorry name escapes me again) the other day. So may be they are breaking out of their Sussex heartlands? Harveys best is an absolutely top rate bitter and if you could stock that Mark, well I’d spend even more of my hard earned dosh in the S&D than I do already.

    Adnams is of course a classic real ale. I drink it by the gallon when I’m in Suffolk but to my mind it’s not a beer that travels well. I’ve sampled it in several pubs in London and it never tastes the same. Could all be down to the fact that I’m in an infinitely better mood (and genrally thirstier) when I’m in Suffolk than when I’m in town though!

    Good luck with the refurb, Mark. Was in the S&D this lunchtime and the staff were on good form helping me through the doors with my buggy containing dribbling offspring… It’s makes a difference and is appreciated.

  3. Yes, Mumu, spot on. It was the Priory Arms where the Harveys was being unloaded. Is it OK? Looks a bit of a rough house from the outside but may be I’m being a bit quick to judge.

  4. hiya

    My understanding is that Tabard street in borough is named after the tabard inn, where the pilgrims meet before going to canterbury, “the blessed martyr for to seek, that hath holpened them, when they were sick”.

    thats chaucer, your first great poet, that is.

    Is the Royal Oak the same inn?

    I have to say merrick an inability to remember the names of pubs is a bad sign — what’s the technical term?

    drew [not suffering from nominal amnesia at all, at all]

  5. The Priory Arms is a very pleasant pub with a very good selection of beers and wines and a mixed clientele of locals, the foods not bad either. They normally have five or so real ales on the go at any time and lots of bottled stuff. And they do lovely Sunday roasts! Thoroughly recommended if you’re in the Stockwell area.

    Their website is http://www.prioryarms.co.uk/ although I notice its not been updated since January so may not actually be that useful

  6. Hey if we all register with beerintheevening.com we can all rate the S&D highly and get it moving up the top 40

  7. Drew Mishmash…you know full well the reason for my cognitive impairment…chronic sleep deprivation! (a full explanation of which would necessitate going seriously off-topic).

    Mumu, thanks for Priory Arms info. I’ll definitely check it out.

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