Comments on: At The Angel, Rotherhithe

By: Kieron

Kieron — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 09:05:17 +0000

Loved your link to the old Angel through your father’s images. In case of interest, I wrote a few lines on this house at https://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/cycle-rides/coastal-pub-tour/index.html#Angel as it was the first pub on our journey.

By: Paul Loften

Paul Loften — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 16:45:34 +0000

I note that the lifebuoy ring was removed in the updated picture of the Angel. I could well understand it being there on the balcony as a few pints of the 1951 brew would have led to many a mishap on the shallow balcony. Perhaps thre wasn’t such a call for it with modern day lager

By: Michael Deegan

Michael Deegan — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 15:55:36 +0000

Great photo from 1948. The Angel is a wonderful spot to view Tower Bridge and the City. But the area has changed so much, especially after with the London County Council’s criminal demolition of the really historic part of the stretch of adjacent Rotherhithe Street in the 60’s.

I was born in Paradise Street and went to school there, but unfortunately the area around the Angel is unrecognisable now. For some reason the council were also hell bent in the late 70’s on clearing the Georgian and Victorian sections of that part of Jamaica Road and Lower Road – creating a wilderness and effectively driving a wedge between Rotherhithe and Bermondsey. People blame the blitz, but much survived and far more destruction was wreaked in the 60’s/70’s.

By: Helen Breen

Helen Breen — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 13:15:28 +0000

Greetings from Boston,

GA, thanks for the delightful account of the ANGEL by your former writing student. It is so refreshing to learn about a structure (especially a pub) that survives to tell its tale in London. His pictures and research tell a great story.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 11:08:47 +0000

Realy did enjoy that, thank you.
It was one of my dads favorite pubs too.
He used to sit with my mum up stairs with thst lovley vista of the Thames.
I to love this pub and enjoy the same seat by the window in the corner.

We, ( My mum and my old mate who is freind of the land lady) enjoyed some fish and chips just s couple of months ago and will be calling in again shortly with my wife.

We always have a walk allong the beach when the tides out first and pick up old clay pipe stems and somtimes complete intact pipes, with shortend stems of course.

Thanks again

Mark B

By: Annie G

Annie G — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 10:02:01 +0000

I am a long-time follower of A London Inheritance and it is my Sunday treat. Back in 2012 when the whole of London was dressed up for the Jubilee and the Olympics, my husband and I (fitting) sat on the veranda at the back of the pub one sunny Saturday afternoon and had a lovely time with our beers, looking at everything being so cheerful. The next day I was in a ship that was part of the sail past on the Thames. Could not have been more perfect.

By: Hetty Startup

Hetty Startup — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 08:31:18 +0000

What a beautifully constructed description of this place that weaves together perspectives through many lenses. I wonder if your readers know what a bonded warehouse is?