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Still Anon | 09.01.22 - 9:24 a.m. | #
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How would pedants describe Ferry Street?
Chris | 09.01.22 - 9:26 a.m. | #
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Pubs are underrepresented on this blog, often meriting barely a passing mention on your B-road wanders. I'm drawn to pubs and their histories. The older ones often have an interesting story, and as in this instance can highlight aspects of the social history of earlier times.
Frank F | 09.01.22 - 9:29 a.m. | #
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Enjoyed your style this morning.
I clicked the islandhistory link to have a little look; more than an hour later I had seen but a fraction of the wealth of content, impressive indeed.
Herbof | 09.01.22 - 9:47 a.m. | #
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Nice to see this - so different from Cardiff where a similarly-positioned pub (The Red House) which ploughed on when surrounded by dereliction, was bulldozed away to be replaced by worthless new development.
cau1khead | 09.01.22 - 9:53 a.m. | #
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As an intermittent pedant, I think it would be called setted, or paved with setts.
toby | 09.01.22 - 9:59 a.m. | #
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I'm delighted that this pub is still standing. It obviously got overlooked by the redevelopment Luftwaffe in their mission to eliminate every last trace of humanity.
daveid76 | 09.01.22 - 10:17 a.m. | #
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a regular series in which I visit pubs opened 300 years ago
Really??? Considering we are only 9 days into the 300 years I hope this is a statement of future intent!
Cornish Cockney | 09.01.22 - 10:47 a.m. | #
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Did something happen in 1722 with relevance to Hostelries?
DG thanks again
Alan Slater(oapski) | 09.01.22 - 10:53 a.m. | #
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Looking at your picture of The Ferry House I notice two UHF aerials in parallel on the pub so must be a difficult reception area, maybe tall buildings nearby.
John | 09.01.22 - 11:08 a.m. | #
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Great post and very interesting. Thanks!
Le Ver | 09.01.22 - 11:56 a.m. | #
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So...
As a starter - (a regular series in which I visit pubs opened...)
To end - Don't count on it.
Great!
Dave | 09.01.22 - 1:21 p.m. | #
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I am now thinking a 1722 pub crawl taking in The Ferry House, The Blue Anchor and The Old Ship, all along the Thames Path. Long walk between the first and second pints though....
Greg | 09.01.22 - 6:02 p.m. | #
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In Feb. 2007 my spouse was assigned by his engineering firm to work the Olympic Village site. From my home in USA, I was googling “unusual British food” and landed on Oct. 30, 2006, Jellied Eels Diamond Geezer’s blog. Ever since then, I faithfully read this blog first thing with my morning coffee.
From 2007 – 2011 leased a flat in Wood Wharf Apts., Horseferry Place, SE10. The flats are on Greenwich side of the old Horseferry where you can still see the ferry railings on the shoreline. (Also, where the former Wood Wharf Recording Studios was located.)
I can’t number the times I used your blog for where to go, what to do, and information about London living. – especially useful during the October Open House weekends. Since moving back to USA, I look forward to your blogs on the former Olympic Park. I have several photos of The Ferry House. Sadly, never made it inside.
Kathy | 09.01.22 - 7:08 p.m. | #
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I'm not sure that a brief stop outside a pub to take a photo can be called a 'visit'.
JohnC | 09.01.22 - 10:43 p.m. | #
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Visited the Ferry House as part of a London Pubs Group crawl a few years ago. The pub put on a huge free food spread for us.
Kim | 10.01.22 - 11:35 a.m. | #
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I stumbled across this pub at the end of a semi-long walk with a friend yesterday afternoon, so exciting to see it appear on DG!
Contrary to appearances it didn't actually have too much of a 'dogs and big-screen sports' vibe inside—although there was one TV showing football or something (on mute), there was also a cute little back room with books and Charlie Chaplin figurines and a fire and an occasional fluffy cat.
We'll pop in again sometime.
Rich Thomas | 10.01.22 - 11:38 a.m. | #
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