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  Thread: The Capitol - future plans?
Post: RE: The Capitol - future plans?

Wetherspoons would love to have somebody else take over the lease but due to :- - Grade 2 listed building status making internal changes difficult, - high fixed lease and council taxes putting ...
malcolmchurch SE23 Topics 4 6,475 03-06-2018, 03:33 PM
  Thread: Table Tennis Training
Post: Table Tennis Training

For any table tennis players, I have just discovered a new venue in Peckham - All Saints Church Community Hall, Blenheim Grove, SE15 4QS - behind All Saints Church. They actually conduct traini...
malcolmchurch Wider Topics 0 2,340 01-04-2018, 03:34 PM
  Thread: Poker nights
Post: RE: Poker nights

Redtooth Poker run pub poker nights, nearest pub is :- Horns Tavern 40 Knights Hill West Norwood London SE27 0JD Call: 0208 670 2231 Game Night: Thursday Landlord: Alison White check www.r...
malcolmchurch SE23 Topics 5 6,975 17-11-2017, 12:38 PM
  Thread: The Capitol to close
Post: RE: The Capitol to close

And those are the expensive beers, most ales are under £2.50. Also their breakfasts - especially Eggs Benedict - are incredible value for money.
malcolmchurch SE23 Topics 238 245,121 21-05-2016, 12:14 PM
  Thread: The Capitol to close
Post: RE: The Capitol to close

As the original poster about The Capitol closing I did ascertain some information when it was first mooted. Picturehouse (and other cinema chains) did investigate and decided against it due to the lis...
malcolmchurch SE23 Topics 238 245,121 21-05-2016, 01:54 AM
  Thread: The Capitol to close
Post: RE: Capitol to close?

Dear RSHDUNLOP I am the original poster. This post started after The Capitol manager informed the staff that the pub was going to close and become a cinema. As previously posted, negotiations...
malcolmchurch SE23 Topics 238 245,121 29-10-2014, 03:10 PM
  Thread: Christmas Day
Post: RE: Christmas Day

Yes, your Christmas menu looks excellent. But why don't you show the fantastic price you mentioned in your post!
malcolmchurch SE23 Topics 8 11,429 27-10-2014, 10:11 PM
  Thread: The Capitol to close
Post: RE: Capitol to close

I don't think Lewisham or EH have actually blocked the change to a cinema but the two potential chains found that their conditions made their proposals not financially viable. I suspect little coul...
malcolmchurch SE23 Topics 238 245,121 14-10-2014, 01:37 PM
  Thread: The Capitol to close
Post: RE: Capitol to close

My information came from a Wetherspoons member of staff who also knows the leaseholder. Two cinema chains were very interested but they needed multiple screens for this to work. I do not know th...
malcolmchurch SE23 Topics 238 245,121 09-10-2014, 11:46 PM
  Thread: The Capitol to close
Post: RE: Capitol to close

I am the originator of this post and I have been reliably informed that, despite much effort, Lewisham Council and English Heritage have imposed conditions making it impossible for a cinema to be via...
malcolmchurch SE23 Topics 238 245,121 09-10-2014, 12:02 PM
  Thread: The Capitol to close
Post: RE: Capitol to close

do not worry, still unsure as to what it will be, but definitely not a church ....
malcolmchurch SE23 Topics 238 245,121 30-08-2014, 02:44 AM
  Thread: The Capitol to close
Post: RE: Capitol to close

negotiations still going on, staff have now been told their jobs are safe for 3 months but it is definitely going to close. realistically I can't see them closing until after Xmas and the New Year.
malcolmchurch SE23 Topics 238 245,121 27-08-2014, 10:52 PM
  Thread: The Capitol to close
Post: RE: Capitol to close

That was the current Capitol building!
malcolmchurch SE23 Topics 238 245,121 10-08-2014, 05:13 PM
  Thread: The Capitol to close
Post: RE: Capitol to close

As the original poster I did have good sources, pub manager telling the staff it was going to close and become a cinema in 3-6 weeks, and so thought it was 99% likely happen. Especially as most of the...
malcolmchurch SE23 Topics 238 245,121 14-07-2014, 01:20 PM
  Thread: The Capitol to close
Post: RE: Capitol to close

Obviously the manager cannot confirm it as no contracts have been signed yet. Yet he has told his staff of a pending (but unconfirmed closure) and several of them have been allocated jobs in other ...
malcolmchurch SE23 Topics 238 245,121 08-07-2014, 11:37 PM
  Thread: The Capitol to close
Post: RE: Capitol to close

The Capitol staff were told last weekend that that the pub was closing and they were also told that it would become a cinema. I am the original poster and I would agree that the transition to a cinem...
malcolmchurch SE23 Topics 238 245,121 26-06-2014, 11:18 PM
  Thread: The Capitol to close
Post: RE: Capitol to close

youtube video of the capitol, showing Pat Cooney (RIP) in his flat cap neat thebar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pSDytRI4_I&feature=em-share_video_user
malcolmchurch SE23 Topics 238 245,121 24-06-2014, 08:15 PM
  Thread: The Capitol to close
Post: RE: Capitol will revert to a cinema.

I am afraid that the pub is definitely closing. Although reasonably busy, rent is very high and other overheads such as bouncers at the weekend all eat into the profits. It becoming a cinema is not so...
malcolmchurch SE23 Topics 238 245,121 24-06-2014, 11:38 AM
  Thread: The Capitol to close
Post: RE: Capitol will revert to a cinema.

See East Dulwich Forum post ... www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,1146219,page=11
malcolmchurch SE23 Topics 238 245,121 23-06-2014, 11:55 PM
  Thread: The Capitol to close
Post: RE: Capitol will revert to a cinema.

Definitely not codswallop. Wetherspoon have not made an official announcement yet and so their customer care people have no knowledge of what is happening ...a similar thing happened when The Ship of...
malcolmchurch SE23 Topics 238 245,121 23-06-2014, 11:38 PM
  Thread: The Capitol to close
Post: The Capitol to close

Breaking news .... The Capitol is closing as a pub in the next 3-6 weeks and WILL revert to a cinema. I am actually quite sad about it as I do use The Capitol quite a lot...
malcolmchurch SE23 Topics 238 245,121 23-06-2014, 01:42 PM