tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587954513940702162.post1523012532338883418..comments2023-08-29T01:34:11.030-07:00Comments on Dodgy Boozers: The Sir John Franklin, Commercial Road, Poplar, E14Dodgy Boozershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17686569023342187582noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587954513940702162.post-10123712839099564632012-03-28T16:59:36.334-07:002012-03-28T16:59:36.334-07:00Now demolished - with black hoarding around the me...Now demolished - with black hoarding around the mess, indicating luxury apartments ready to be built.<br /><br />Quite how an apartment overlooking the entrance to the Blackwall Tunnel could ever be described as 'luxurious', is beyond me.<br /><br />Round the back, the concrete posts on the pavement are the sole surviving remnant of the building.<br /><br />The hoarding then ends revealing the levelled patch of land on which Sir John once proudly stood.<br /><br />RIP, Sir John.Mr. Jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587954513940702162.post-14202234690852528022009-10-15T15:10:40.576-07:002009-10-15T15:10:40.576-07:00I have news ...
I checked this glorious hellhole ...I have news ...<br /><br />I checked this glorious hellhole out during the week: still very much boarded-up, except for the top floor windows many of which were open and signs that it was being inhabited by squatters.<br /><br />But here's the interesting bit - a Foxtons Estate Agents sign is mounted to the roof, displaying 'Sold' ... could the phoenix be preparing to rise?<br /><br />Just a footnote for anyone wishing to visit - this establishment is actually located beyond the limits of Commercial Road, and is actually located more on the East India Dock Road. Get off the DLR at Blackwall and walk straight up the road (Robin Hood Lane, I think it was called..).<br /><br />Arise, Sir John!Mr. Jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587954513940702162.post-86339899585493919682007-11-12T06:56:00.000-08:002007-11-12T06:56:00.000-08:00I write this with a tear in my eye and bitter regr...I write this with a tear in my eye and bitter regret in my heart. I will never forgive myself for delaying my visit to Sir John. So enamoured was I with it's rough-and-ready charm that I even had it as my desktop backround... I say "had" as I have now replaced it with 3 letters: "RIP".<BR/><BR/>Yes, I was informed this unhappy day by a reliable source that Sir John has been boarded up and that there is no sign of life. Photographic evidence will be forthcoming but I don't think I can bring myself to look.<BR/><BR/>I can only hope that the resulting apartment block catches fire (with nobody harmed) within months of opening as the glorious spirit of Sir John Franklin rises like a phoenix from its miserable ashes...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com