Lord Derby, Plumsteadback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Has the Ship been saved?
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I've heard this pub is re-opening soon, by the same people who saved the Ship on Plumstead common
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Looks like my last line was rather prophetic and my sources tell me that the pub is now once again boarded up.
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Whatever intrinsic charm or character I found in this place previously has all but dissipated since the place went through its temporary closure. The place is now little more than a hollow shell, still devoid of ambience and displaying all the attributes that put me off certain pubs to start with. Gone are the ale pumps and the old piano leaving a keg bar and a corner full of speakers for those dreaded DJ/Karaoke nights and intrusive loud music. The customer base was drawn from a mix of yoofs on the pool table (I almost tripped over their skateboard that had been abandoned at the bar), dodgy �who the fack are ya� types and bored looking families with their prams. The bar staff were toitally inept (the first short changed me but I didn�t initially notice as I was given the majority of my change in 2ps and 5ps, assuming of course that a pint of Guiness doesn�t cost �3.80!). My friend came in after me and ordered a bitter shandy and received a lager shandy. The floor and benches look like they haven�t seen a brush or a vacuum cleaner for weeks. All in all, the place is an extremely tried and sorry looking pub which is a shame because, as I had pointed out before, it has some good traditional features and a good layout. I think it�s a fair bet that this place will be added to the pub closure statistics at some time in the not too distant future (again!).
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Went past it last night on the bus - the shutters are off and the front door once again open!
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A friend tells me The Pub is now open again but I haven't been there myself to confirm it.
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Typical � no sooner have I visited it, nominated it and written a review of it, the place shuts down. For the record, this was never the most inviting of pubs from the outside although the interior was quaintly retro with lots old old panelling, a large island bar still with its bar frame intact and that ultimate symbol of old fashionedness, an upright piano. Surprisingly, the 1 ale (Courage Best) was pretty good quality. Judging from the number of people in there on the Saturday night of my visit, it is not hard to see why it hasn�t survived. A shame really because it was far better than I was expecting although I have no doubt it would have been frequented by some fairly offputting characters over the years.
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Going past last week and it's boarded up as is the Horse & Groom along the High St.
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