Friday, July 03, 2009

Last Lap at the White Hart

The White Hart in New Cross has abandoned its short-lived conversion to a lap dancing Gentlemen's club, the focus for a Stop the Strip campaign that brought 100 people to a demonstration there on May 22 (pictured). One factor may have been advice that as a listed building, the pub was not permitted to have black out windows.

Anyway it's back open as a pub, so you don't have to be a particular kind of Gentleman to go there anymore. In fact on Sunday night, there's some more agreeable kind of dancing (to my taste) with a DJ playing funky house. Let's hope the pub survives, it's a good space in a key location in New Cross.


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7 comments:

  1. Lap Lustre6 July 2009 at 16:51

    I think he had a reality check and was unable to attract this fictitious 'high class clientele' and his old geezer clientele don't have the cash or the stamina to watch that sort of stuff!

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  2. Tessa Jowelly7 July 2009 at 07:34

    I don't think the 'Stop The Strip' campaign had anything to do with the change of use. According to Lewisham Councils licensing officer, he still has a license to run a strip joint if he so chooses and I can't believe it's been returned to pub use because of pressure from local residents. Anyone know the low down?

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  3. .7 July 2009 at 08:19

    I suspect it was a mixture of things - the planning office apparently contacted him stating that he couldn't have that black film on the windows of a listed building and obviously as a strip club the 'entertainment' can't be visible from outside. So he would probably have to have spent more money to enable it to continue (e.g by creating an internal screen/partition). I also wonder whether it was actually attracting many paying punters. I don't think the campaign would have swayed the landlord, but it probably did galvanise local councillors to ask council officers in planning to enforce the listed building issue.

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  4. Anonymous7 July 2009 at 13:08

    It's because the girls weren't of a high enough standard. When we went there was a dwarf and a some Mum with stretch marks. Barely worth a pound in the jar...

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  5. Richard Timney7 July 2009 at 13:33

    I would have gone more often but couldn't claim it back on the old expenses.

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  6. David Icke8 July 2009 at 11:29

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  7. Lap Lustre11 July 2009 at 15:34

    According to the South London Press, he's challenging locals to support him as a pub - Cuddly Ken, now there's a thought!
    www.southlondonpress.co.uk/tn/News.cfm?id=26622

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