A dark day - The CPT (Lounged)

[Otta]

InnBrighton Ltd have recently bought the

CPT, here is there prospectus.

InnBrighton Ltd (IB) creates and operates

licensed premises which appeal to a section

of a community for whom creative

interaction is important to the enjoyment of

leisure time. IB fuses the basic pleasures of

consuming good food and drink,

experiencing good service and conviviality in

a comfortable and safe environment, with

higher pleasures invoked by arts and

humanities, to create third places that

inspire creative interaction and evoke non

conformity

This may sound good to some. For me, it is the end of a place that has been part of my life for better or worse.

RIP my beloved CPT, you will be missed.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

1. What the hell is creative interaction?

2. If they roll out a chain of these establishments, what is non conformist about them?

[peterstorm1985]

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote:

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> 2. If they roll out a chain of these

> establishments, what is non conformist about them?

Oh, I expect they'll manage to make each it very unique as is everything these days.

[Otta]

What is a third place?

[Loz]

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with higher pleasures invoked by arts and humanities, to create third places that

inspire creative interaction and evoke non conformity

That's be a juke box in the corner full of Westlife songs, then.

[aprayerforowenmeany]

I have always felt like I was entering The Slaughtered Lamb when going in that pub. Good luck to them.

[KidKruger]

"...a comfortable and safe environment, with

higher pleasures invoked by arts and

humanities...."

Utter BS !

[maxxi]

Ah... so now sitting on a bar stool staring out of the window at passers-by will be a sociological exercise and the scampi fries will be responsibly sourced - sounds like they're chasing the after-school teacher drinker. They'd be better off offering live racing and cheese and onion rolls.

[Otta]

aprayerforowenmeany Wrote:

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> I have always felt like I was entering The

> Slaughtered Lamb when going in that pub. Good luck

> to them.

Perhaps that is because you made assumptions about the people in there without knowing a thing about them.

[DulwichFox]

IB fuses the basic pleasures of consuming good food and drink,

That'll be Pie and a Pint then. :)

Fox

[Otta]

Eatings cheating!

[murphy]

Meet the new owners

Lots of marketing speak but seem to give landlords a free rein to do what they want, be community pubs and offer good beer. I can think of plenty of worse companies to run the place or it could be flats. Have a soft spot for the CPT but the beer has been awful for a few years.

[DulwichDeviant]

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[dbboy]

that'll make it more packed then the Forest Hill Tavern!!!!!

[Loz]

Would that class as 'arts' or 'humanities', DD? I suspect that 'creative interaction' would be a no-no. :))

[Banksy]

I say good luck to them - anybody that takes on a down at heel, back-street pub in these challenging times deserves some support. I've been a regular for years and am amazed it's kept going when you can usually count the number of customers on one hand (two when it's busy). As long as you don't look too closely at the electrics, carpets, ceiling, decoration or bogs it's a great local pub and I look forward to seeing what they do with it.......shall stand a pint for all the cynics as well.....

[KidKruger]

aprayerforowenmeany Wrote:

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> I have always felt like I was entering The

> Slaughtered Lamb when going in that pub. Good luck

> to them.

If CPT was 10% as busy as the Slaughtered Lamb (I assume you mean the pub near Clerkenwell) then it'd be doing better business than it has in years since they tried to posh it up.

CPT used to be busy, most nights, but aspirations to switch it to a 'better' pub lost almost all it's custom. Shame.

[geoff.b]

The cunts. Third spaces, higher pleasures?! What the fuck that does that mean, I feel a 3.1415 subission is required! Why ruin the best boozer in the area with humanities and pleasures, you knobs! Best pub (ok. Cammel toe and no teeth were not a good thing, but still). Sad, sad day.

Btw. Long time reader, first time poster, but ffs, I want to read reviews of take-aways that have been posted recently, not refered to posts that are a few years old. Can we please stop the anal, in the gang clique that moderate this place in their skyrim playing ways from stopping people starting new threads.

I thank you.

[Sue]

geoff.b Wrote:

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> I want to read reviews of take-aways that have

> been posted recently, not refered to posts that

> are a few years old. Can we please stop the anal,

> in the gang clique that moderate this place in

> their skyrim playing ways from stopping people

> starting new threads.

>

xxxxxx

Eh? If the thread was started ages ago, you don't have to read the old posts, you can just read the new ones!

I think it's much more of a pain to have several different threads covering the same subject.

[geoff.b]

Rubish sue, a goole search always brings up the forum. It is never new, always bickering and never helpful. I just wish it was more than that, and I wish they didnt have to start 'I'm sure this has been discussed before but I couldn't find a post.....'. I think the in crowd that moderate are far to quick to shoot down and reviews should be new threads, google tells me when they were posted and I don't want to be wasting my time going through anything more than a month old.

[LuLu Too]

KidKruger Wrote:

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> aprayerforowenmeany Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > I have always felt like I was entering The

> > Slaughtered Lamb when going in that pub. Good

> luck

> > to them.

>

> If CPT was 10% as busy as the Slaughtered Lamb (I

> assume you mean the pub near Clerkenwell) then

> it'd be doing better business than it has in years

> since they tried to posh it up.

> CPT used to be busy, most nights, but aspirations

> to switch it to a 'better' pub lost almost all

> it's custom. Shame.

I assume the John Irving fan was referring to the pub in "An American Werewolf in London", not Clerkenwell!

I've only ever had The Slaughtered Lamb experience in a tiny boozer in rural Norfolk (*shudder*).

Back on topic - I like the CPT as is. No third space needed...

[Sue]

geoff.b Wrote:

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> Rubish sue, a goole search always brings up the

> forum. It is never new, always bickering and never

> helpful. I just wish it was more than that, and I

> wish they didnt have to start 'I'm sure this has

> been discussed before but I couldn't find a

> post.....'. I think the in crowd that moderate are

> far to quick to shoot down and reviews should be

> new threads, google tells me when they were posted

> and I don't want to be wasting my time going

> through anything more than a month old.

xxxxxxx

Don't understand.

Why are you googling, when there's a search function on the forum?

Many old threads have been removed, as it happens.

If you don't like the forum, why bother using it? I see you've only made three posts. Why not go elsewhere?

"Never new, always bickering, never helpful"???

What threads have you been reading, FFS?

I always thought a forum was supposed to be - er - a forum, for exchanging views.

:-S

ETA: I actually first came across this forum, which I didn't know existed, when I googled a local issue I was interested in.

[geoff.b]

I didnt find this one at all helpful:

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?30,752942,806193

Bit of an arguement, and a bunch of ra mr liu. I use google because I looking for reviews, and wouldnt want to rely solely on the forum, though they are otherwise limited! (mr liu was no good as they werent accepting cards).

[Otta]

@ Banksy, I'll be the first to admit the place could do with a bit of work, but I hate the idea of it being unrecognizable.

[trizza]

I quite like the CPT but question whether it's a viable business as it currently stands. They need the facilities to prepare food. If they can get a food offering pitched at the right level then I think it could work well.