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I know not from when this pub dates, but it’s a very imposing place and given the name, would look more at home as a riverside hostelry in Maritime Greenwich; it closed in 2013, coming painfully close to residential conversion before Young’s opened it as a Geronimo Inn in 2015.
Up front is a large patio which the pub calls ‘Tooting’s finest beer garden’. The interior is rough boarded, an apple sauce colour scheme, some walls seemingly rag washed, with some pale wood punctuations. The bar exhibits modern tubular steel additions, furniture being conventional and mixed, though a few tables could have done with clearing and were a bit sticky, illuminated by a variety of lighting styles. Décor comes by way of knickknacks, bored games and quite interesting framed posters for FIFA World Cup tournaments long passed; to the rear left is a dining room. Customers were young professional types, none interested in watching faceless men driving cars round and around on the multiple TVs, all to quite loud music with amplified interjections courtesy of a quizmaster.
A departure from the Young’s norm with aside from London Original, By The Horns Stiff Upper Lip and Southwark LPA at a very central London price of £3.15 a half and not bad, delivered by a friendly barman.
This isn’t a bad place I suppose, better than the Manor, but the prices are an indication of unjustified self-importance.

We popped in for a swift half each before catching the bus towards Hope station. Apart from an unfortunate mistake with the till, that saw us charged for two halves and a whole pint (soon sorted out), we had a pleasant 20 minutes or so here. One of the team that run the pub, from Merseyside if we got his accent right, was very friendly and engaged us in conversation about the beers after I complimented them for the really very good Timothy Taylor Landlord (NBSS 4.5). He explained that their turnover is such that they have two or three additional barrels of each beer settling in the cellar - which must be a big one to cope, as there are five beers on (Theakstons Old Peculier and Best Bitter, Wainwright and Bradfield Farmers Blond in addition to the Landlord). Maybe nothing to stir the imagination, but when the beer is kept as well as this, that's excitement enough.

Situated in the Griffin Centre just around the corner from the Druids Head. Although a sort of cocktail bar Whatpub says it has keg beers on offer including craft

Feel like I am missing something here as this is a very traditional pub but I can’t find as an open or even closed venue that has recently reopened on the site.


The PoW Forest Hill is a small venue with seating doted around an island bar. A small but unappealing terrace on one side of the pub. Here at 8pm and as full as it is likely to be with a quiz promised. Large screen in the corner that was showing the Champions League action until it was killed presumably anticipating the quiz.

Literally at 57 years of age I was the youngest here. Thank god there was no if you are lucky enough to be under 60 please be prepared to show evidence to verify age etc.

Quaffs wise, totally unexciting. Proliferation of lagers in the Fosters, Heineken, Moretti, Amstel space. Yet another pint of Guinness for me rather than Neck Oil or Inchs cider. There were some bottled quaffs such as Newcastle Brown Ale and Bishop’s Finger. Most here would fail the age limitation of being too old to be a bishop I would hazard a guess.

There must be something I am missing here. This must be on the site already unless it is listed as a care home, something I am very sadly from a personal circumstance familiar with at this juncture. Will add a piccy on the way out to evidence this place as real rather than being in my imagination.

A dart and pool bar. We were made to feel welcome just popping in for a drink. Keg only as you would expect with Camden Pale and Beavertown Neck Oil being the pick of the bunch.