Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Don't agree on the Gowlett. It's been opened up > and one section poncified. It's not quite one > thing or the other now. erm. the gowlett was "opened up" over 15 years ago... it changed to what it is now over 4 years ago. poncified would seem to me to describe shiny designer furniture and overpriced twatty beers. communities change. real pubs retain the community as it does so, or in today's climate falls by the developer wayside ( rip coach & horses, beehive, lord palmerston (lyndhurst way se15 before you all start) oglander, and many many others between ed and e&c) in 1973 the "poncy" side was a greengrocer's. they said then that they were taking the p1ss.... if you have been to the gowlett and considered it poncy you probably haven't been back. and there is the greatest stamp of approval the g fans could have. oh. i just realised the gowlett is 78 yards into the se15 bracket. does that mean we shouldn't mention it any more?
All day Monday a cat kept coming into The Gowlett. She's cute, mainly white and black and driving the pub dog mental. Is she yours? Call 07528 891205 Jonny