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I'm not 100% sure what this is, but I dont think its a pub. Restaurant maybe?
Peroni and a couple of other lagers on.
Handsome on the outside and in, but it hard to have a look around when you are the only punter and being followed by staff in aprons.
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No ales at all and, I was firmly assured, they never plan to have any.
There were only a few beer taps at all, all of the fizzy kind, and one of them had keg London Pride. Only the end bar is open at all to drinkers (as opposed to diners) and the other two are for dining only. I would regard it as still 'Closed' as a pub, though maybe open as a restaurant/wine bar.
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Used to know this pub well a fair few years ago, so to hear that it's open again is great news
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Now open as an upmarket gastropub. Good selection of ales and beers, a little pricey for most tastes. Nice secluded alfresco area with large flower troughs that the locals like to pinch blooms from.
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Re-opening very soon. Apparently they will be serving ale.
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Crockers is reported on English Heritage's Heritage at Risk Register:
Public house circa 1900. Formerly known as "The Crown". Has been closed since autumn 2004. Temporary works have been undertaken to secure the building and to make weathertight. Planning permission and listed building consent were granted in November 2011 to allow use of upper floors as residential flats. Work has yet to commence on implementing this scheme.
It's Grade II* Listed, in fair condition, and part-occupied.
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I too worked at Crockers around the same time as Kiwi Chris the Cook and can only agree with her comments especially about Lynne and Peter Cox and how great it was to be part of Crockers history when it was a thriving public house. I remember many a good people who came from foreign shores who I was fortunate to meet like KiwiChris and Mike R from Melbourne, Marie, John to name but a few. And the after hour parties these guys threw, my god they knew how to party!! I too remember Big Tony!!
Cheers Lorraine (the Scottish one)
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Some 20 odd years ago i did my OE to the UK and was lucky enough to live and work at Crocker Folly. I was surely shocked to return and find it boarded up and no longer the icon it once was. I have precious memories of my time here. Thank you to Lynne and Peter Cox (the managers at the time) for being great people to work for and for watching over me.To the work mates and patrons i met thank you for shaping me into the person i am today. I am truly blessed and honored to be a part of Crocker's History.
And Yes I remember Big Tony!!!
Thank you Kiwi Chris the Cook
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I had my wedding reception here, great pub, lovely decor, this area has lost a little gem. Any one remember big Tony (rip)
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I was there this morning and took a couple of pics, it's not boarded up like the last time I saw it, but it doesn't appear to be open for business (as there was no licencees name above the door) either although people seem to be living there. It would probably also explain why I saw 2 Maroush vans parked on the pavement outside, being blocked in because of people going to Lord's for the cricket.
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I noticed the same as ianbeer yesterday and searched the web for more info. "Property Week" of 25.10.02 reported that:
"Marouf Abouzaki... said he was also opening a Maroush in Aberdeen Place off Edgware Road, having bought the freehold to the Crocker's Folly pub for �3m."
So the writing has been on the wall for five years! Explains why they stopped trying, doesn't it?
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The boards were off the windows on 30th Nov' and people were looking around inside. There was a van outside that belongs to a well known Lebanese restaurant. I wonder if this could be a clue to the future.
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Sad end to what was a great pub! Used to frequent often, especially quiz nights when Dominic(?) used to persent the quiz! Now living in Cheshire but used to visit on return trips to London. Also the Truscott Arms seems to have suffered the same fate!
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A sad story - that seems to have an unhappy end. Our "Regents_Canal_Pubcrawl" has lost one attraction -but we sure will pay respect when passing by next time (in Sept.)
Thanks to Simon and JohnBonser for keeping us informed: This is "BITE at it's best".
I am glad to have contributed with the picture - had no idea that it was for a thombstone.
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Still closed - and now boarded up.
Word on the street - i e from customers in other local pubs - is that it is unlikely to ever re - open as a pub
Very sad indeed
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Yet another chapter in the sorry tale of Crockers - the pub is currently closed and has been for the last month, with no word of reopening. There had been a recent change of management, very much for the better, but for reasons unknown, some say on the instructions of the police, it had been forced to close. Will report again when it reopens.
Simon - 5 Apr 2004 10:23 |
Crockers has a long, long way to go before it deserves the indiscriminate accolades of 10 Dec 2003 and I think the comments of 8 Dec 2003 are much closer to the mark. They're hard-hitting but do describe the topsy-turvy fortunes of this once great pub.
In the past I remember the squeeze trying to get into the pub - weekday eves and weekends - and the wide and changing choice of real ales. Nowadays, even on Christmas Eve!, after I've bought my pint of the only real ale available, I survey the empty tables and take a leisurely choice over which I should sit at. Nothing wrong with a quiet drink, but like lots of other downhill pubs, peace is ultimately forbidden, so the empty dining room (that is, apart from my goodself) with its fifteen tables thumps to the sound of TV/Radio stations piped from the public bar....why...?
I've been away for Christmas, so I'm hoping for a wonderful transformation at Crockers in 2004!
Ben Marcato - 5 Jan 2004 16:36 |
This pub has a great history and wonderfull staff. Since the new manager has come in we have found the service and staff have made a great effort in restoring this pubs reputation. The pub is always stocked with what we require and the food is of a high standard. I would recommend this pub to anyone who is looking for a old fashioned traditional english pub and a great and friendly atmosphere.
Josh - 10 Dec 2003 18:51 |
Drink elsewhere at the moment. That's my advice.
My friends and I have been drinking regularly (twice a week) at Crockers for at least 16 years and have seen its very good and very bad times. At the moment things could not be much worse: weeks on end with only 1 bitter on tap; running out of all draught bitter and even wine(!) at crazy times (e.g Friday evening); endless staffing changes; variable food in quality (from hopeless to average) and presentation (e.g. this Sunday, there was no lunchtime food until about 1pm (after opening at 12)); lavatories contantly 'awash', etc.
Here is a pub that used to have a winning formula - an architecturally stunning interior, an endless variety of well kept real ales, comfortable seating for drinking right across the pub (not segregated, characterless eating areas), no piped music, well trained staff run by long-standing, well-liked landlords, good food at reasonable prices, quiz nights and so on.
Regent Inns, the former owners, intially presided over this downfall, however the current absentee-owner (who would rather redevelop the pub into something else entirely) is the real culprit: doing everything possible to turn drinkers away until it becomes a ghost-pub! I genuinely feel sorry for all those bussed-in vistors expecting something unique.
Simon Lillystone - 8 Dec 2003 14:35 |
Fantastic architecture and ornamentation. Too bad the loud Euro pop detracted from the ambience. Only one beer on cask when I visited.
Jeff - 17 Nov 2003 23:01 |
The story about Frank Crocker is porkies. The location of the new "Marylebone Station" was known about by 1894 the "Crown Hotel" opened in 1898. Mr Crocker died in bed in the 1920's. The myth only appeared in the late 60's to early 70's.
Isaac Watt - 16 Sep 2003 18:53 |
The building is very impressive, but both staff and regulars can be surly and unfriendly. A number of regulars don't seem to like women in 'their' bar (as opposed to lounge) area. The atmosphere has worsened in recent years. Because of its location it is frequently over-run by cricket fans, and because of its 'history' it is frequently over-run by tourist parties.
Sophia Stylianou - 23 Jul 2003 13:01 |
Mr Crocker built his folly as a hotel intending it to be opposite the site of a newly planned mainline station. Unfortunately, the station was built in Marylebone (less than a mile away) and he threw himself from the top floor.
The Folly is a lovely old building with Marble columns and real fire places to entice on a cold winter's evening. It is both a free house and a real ale pub and, in addition, serves excellent food.
Tom Williams - 20 May 2003 10:27 |
