RebuildTheGreyhound - pub to be rebuilt by April 2015?

[Tubby]

Yeah, saw it today, it's looking brilliant.
Think this should work...



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[Whiftoff]

Any rumours about whose going to take it on? Maybe Antic are keen again? That would be ideal. Antic and Beer Rebellion in SE26!

[Whiftoff]

Although they already have a lot in the pipeline!

www.anticlondon.com

[parker]

It's great to see they're taking over that great huge site in Bromley, it's such a beautiful building and Antic will be the perfect tenants for it.

[leenewham]

The place in Norwood is huge too. The Goldsmiths in Penge is fantastic inside and very busy in the evenings. They are taking over another place in Penge too (the old CV trading shop).

It's about time Sydenham had a bit of Antic action! they are lovely spaces with great and innovative food and a great atmosphere.

[Whiftoff]

I emailed Antic. They responded saying they were going to revisit the idea as something else nearby fell through. Fingers crossed!

[biscuitman1978]

I emailed Antic. They responded saying they were going to revisit the idea as something else nearby fell through. Fingers crossed!

Thanks, Whiftoff. Sounds promising!

Almost all of the hoarding has been taken down and replaced with mesh fencing, so you can actually see it all from street level now.

And now all the hoarding has been removed and replaced with mesh fencing, so the entire Greyhound mural at the rear is now visible. It looks great!

[parker]

Are Sainsbury's still interested in the unit behind does anyone know? Or will they only be interested once the pub is finished and occupied?

[Eagle]

Parker

I have no idea but they were originally interested when the Big Supermarkets could do no wrong and simply wanted to expand.

There has been a dramatic turnaround in last couple of years.

[Whiftoff]

Is it just one big unit behind the greyhound?

[Steveofsyd]

Much rather there were some eateries....anything that would turn this into a goto destination....especially at Christmas and over the Summer. We need to reach some sort of critical mass in our desirable establishments to achieve the success of Beckenham, Crystal Palace or Bromley.at a push I rather have an M&S but Lewisham has a chance to create a little jewel at the top end of the High Street

[Whiftoff]

Agreed, much better than another supermarket

[parker]

Pubs generally make more money in the build up to Christmas than they do in the summer. Strange but true. So I don't think there'll be any rush in opening in the early 2016 as any revenue to be made this Christmas won't happen anyway. I reckon it'll probably finally open next Summer, whatever ends up being there.

[Robin Orton]

Perhaps it's because Jesus was born (some say) in an inn.

[Robin Orton]

Gosh, yes, I realised soon after posting that I'd made an embarrassing mistake but hoped that no one would notice. Rod obviously knows his Bible a lot better than I do - thanks for the handy Wikipaedia link!

But perhaps the stable was in the pub carpark (camelpark?).....?

[parker]

Maybe that's why Purelake have been dragging their asses on this project then...

[Parker1970]

Perhaps it should be a pret a manger instead.

[parker]

Pret wouldn't open somewhere classy and trendy like Sydenham, don't be silly!

[Robin Orton]

Someone explain this to me, please. I've discovered what 'I see what you did there' means (originates from a once popular American TV programme called 'Friends', apparently), but what about 'Things'? And what does the pie chart show?

[Rachael]

It's an illustration of the phrase, isn't it? The little blue box at the bottom is the key to the pie chart. It just happens there is only one item in the key: What you did there. So the pie chart illustrates the Things I See. As there is only one result, it's actually Thing I See, but let's assume the original question assumed more than one answer might be possible, so was in the plural. You could rephrase the title of the pie chart to: What I Saw rather than Things, but the result is the same. Using the word Things makes the reader work a little harder to get the joke, which usually increases the pleasure in getting it.