"There is nowhere, apart from The Hope in Carshalton, that does anything like this within six miles, said landlord Oli Carter-Esdale as they tended to the bar's selection of seasonal ales and ciders."
"We are never going to raise 600k. You would need six hundred local people spending 1,000 each. We are not in the wealthiest area, but I think you could get 300 people putting in 500, they said."
"I do not think anywhere I know of has a similar contingent of locals who, when up against the wall, decide to fight for a space that means so much to them. Some people have been drinking here for over 50 years; it is part of the social fabric."
"The problem is, once these places go, they go, said Alan Millington, who often visits The Trafalgar with his wife Denise for its beer selection and proper pub feel. For me, it is a crime to get rid of these kinds of place"
The Trafalgar, a historic real ale pub on High Path in South Wimbledon and CAMRA South West London Pub of the Year 2024, faced a developer proposal to replace it with six flats and a cafe. Linea Homes eyed the site for housing, threatening the venue’s continuity. The pub has been offered the opportunity to buy the freehold for £600,000, creating a potential lifeline. Landlord Oli Carter-Esdale and supporters say raising the sum will be extremely difficult but local campaigners and long-standing regulars have rallied to try to keep the pub in community hands.
Read at www.standard.co.uk
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