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08 Jun 20
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I lived in Elsham Rd just off Holland Park Avenue in the late 90's, and only a few doors from Vanessa Mae - the violinist. And, at the bottom of the road just around the corner Mr Michael Winner had been frequently seen giving restaurant reviews to food journalists. This was a nicer side of the area.
The other side where Shepherds Bush Theatre and Post Office were was rather unpleasant and littered with takeaway plastic and food waste; night time could be sleazy with drug taking and dealing not uncommon.
Not set foot since, but driven past a couple of times and it looked cleaner, more respectable and gentrified.
The other side where Shepherds Bush Theatre and Post Office were was rather unpleasant and littered with takeaway plastic and food waste; night time could be sleazy with drug taking and dealing not uncommon.
Not set foot since, but driven past a couple of times and it looked cleaner, more respectable and gentrified.
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Hey case, I used to drink in the Sun, and the Eagle at the weekends, I also ran a football team out of the Orhard, the Travellers Rest for pool. The only pub I didn't like was the Askew arms.
The chippy was run by chinese, great quality, good service as soon as you got to the counter you would hear ro you wan, fit and chih, you wan warry (wallie)  . the other chippy was next to the Sun run by brothers from Cyprus, two great chippys four great pubs in Askew road, the Sun public bar was full of Dubs. I was a Governor at St Stevens primary school just off the Askew rd. A fulham bookie, John Manly had a shop next to the chippy, no problem gettin hundreds on. the most I had on with him was £400 on a winner at Chelts 7/2, I think it was the County Hurdle the horse was Floyd. Happy days.  |
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I used to drink a lot in the Bushranger pub in the 90's - A decent old-style boozer with sawdust on the floor.
I think it got turned into a "trendy wine bar"...........  |
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By Goldhawk Rd tube.
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I know it Gin My first flat was in Pennard Mansions about 50 yards away, bit I would not have remembered the name.
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It was a great Sunday afternoon pub! - Happy Days....
I used to live just off Uxbridge Rd by S Bush Tube (H&C line). |
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sunday afternoon pubs are the best in the world,any mug can fill a pub fri/sat night
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Drank in all of them lads , Proper boozers back in the day , not all these Gastro and one wine w@nker establishments we have these days
I bet you lads had a Bit of Grub in the Cafe Rest on occasions ??  Cookes Pie and Mash and the Zippy Grill The lot has gone last I heard , not been down for a few years ,Uxbridge Road was Like Mogadishu last Time I was there ... |
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Cafe Rest,
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I don't remember actually eating in the places you mention but do remember them.
I just looked on Google street view - The Bushranger is a Costa Coffee now! |
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Just had a look myself Gin, when did that part of Goldhawk become fabric central?
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case, I bet Mogadishu is safer
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Well, to put it in context, murders were going on there forty years ago but..
Cafe Rest? Was that the greasy spoon on the corner of Goldhawk Road? The owner was a mad dogs man. Greek I think. Good grub too. I remember when The Springbok, opposite White City, was a rough, rough Irish pub; before it became a BBC hangout. Stan Bowles used to go in the Hills opposite. |
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Spot on UB drank in trhe Bok as well , Stan did too and used the Hills as you say ..
Louis was Manager/owner of the rest he spent half the day in Hills Down the Road |
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Louis, that's the cafe owner, quite right, casemoney.
And the manager of the Hills shop on Goldhawk Rd was Barry. |
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That was two worlds ago..that whole area has gone through transformations. Not visited for years.
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I think the Market has Gone or is Going , same not been for years .....
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Not been for 40 years, It's unrecognisable on Google Earth.
 I've great memories of the Goldhawk social club, saw many great acts there the Who played there a lot, they were crap back then. One bad memory got stabbed in the Goldhawk rd by 5/6 brave Jamican lads, I was (honorary) captian of an all Jamacian team at the time my team mates went to Ladbroke grove and sorted them out!. I got a lot of stick from opposing teams at the time as you can imagine. |
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When I was around, the White City Irish community was being overtaken by the West Indian but large areas soon after fell under the influence of the BBC and pubs changed to fern bars. There were always a lot of winos on the Green.
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Yes City ,was Irish and West indian mainly, we all got along back in the Day from what I can remember, used to be the Odd Punch up
Cant remember anyone being stabbed or Shot ,was a different era Tbh ....I dont really remember too much drugs on the estate ... |
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A faint, safer echo of your experience, boxingthefox: I was arguing with a black man in front of his friends, trying to take the heat out of it by acting cool because he had a brick in his hand; but when I took my hand out of my pocket to make a point, all his friends moved half a step back. Nothing happened but, afterwards, one of his friends advised me never to take my hand out of my pocket unless I was holding a knife!
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Biggest Disaster was when they closed the stadium
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Luckly for me UB that back then (1963) they wanted to 'cut you' and not kill you, irony of ironies, the only Jamican doctor I have ever met treated me and and applied stitches, in Hammersmith hospital Du cane rd. He did a great job.
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Long wooden benches on the terraces..Sat Night dogs.
Who was the bookie with the microphone taking four figure bets most races? Ivor Morris? |
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Bloody hell boxingthefox! Some experience.
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Loved the White City dogs, also Stamford Bridge BAGS meetings, Dagenham, Wembly, etc, etc, went to all of them. Stan would be at the White city doing his wages, terrible gambler in every sense of the word.
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Petulant, wasn't he.
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Stan, ^^^
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Ike Morris I believe UB , his son took the Business over Tony , sadly also passed away now
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I remember John white as a 'fearless' bookie, who would 'stand' any bet I took £1500 quid from him in Sandown 1963 Gave it back to him at Stamford bridge dogs, the folling night, what a plank was I, could have brought a property with that. If I could go back and all that
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Mad times Box won a grand at Wembley one St leger final Night was , From fook all
Probably back to Square one a month later Think I was earning 30 quid a week at the Time PMSFL Not a care in the world Money meant nothing was like a game |
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Ditto, case.
There are no pockets in a shoud. |
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My father was a well known figure in Irish racing, he phoned me up one night to collect him and his 'mate' from Heathrow as they wanted to go to the evening meeting at Windsor on their way back from the French Gold cup.
Well I duly picked them up and took them there, his 'mate' was met by 'commissiom agents' when we got there, he was a well known 'gambling bookie' and before the race he asked me and my dad if we had a fancy in the race so if was the same as his to get on before his bet, if . I said no as I was skint after a bad run. The horse won (name escapes me) and went from 6/1 to 6/4 in seconds unusual even in them days, so fook knows how much he had on. Well I took them back to Heathrow for their flight to Dublin and the mean bastard never even said 'here's a fiver for petrol' Gladly that whas the last time I was in the company of that tight Limerick coont, J. P. McManus. |
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This thread reminds me of a couple of episodes of Steptoe and son
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Pmsfl BOX unreal |
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What happened to the Opening post FFS
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Case, The **** JP would have been lost if his mother hadn't bailed him out on 2 occasions.
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'casemoney', I've been meaning to ask that for a while. Looks like it's been hijacked, not my doing, I can assure you.
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