205 Plumstead Common Road

Plumstead

020 8854 7917

https://whatpub.com/ship

Above photo, date unknown, showing the original pub.

Above postcard, rebuilt 1931.

Above card, circa 1910.

Above photo 2006 by Dave Patten Creative Commons Licence.

Above photo, circa 2006.

Above photo 25 September 2016, by kind permission Chris Mansfield. http://www.chrismansfieldphotos.com/

Above photo, 2017, by Ian Wood.

This is one of the pubs in the area that is known as the "Five Idlers."

The poem that goes with the story is as follows:-

The Star which doesn't shine in the sky,

The Woodman who doesn't cut down trees,

The Ship that cannot sail the seas,

The Mill which doesn't grind corn,

And Who'd a Thought it!

Said to have been established in 1874 by Will Smith as a beer retailer.

Now (2023) being run by the Ship Sports Bar Limited, a UK-based private limited company, director being British nationalist 42 year old Dimple Patel.

LICENSEE LIST

SMITH Winn 1874-91+ (age 52 in 1881)

FOLKES Harry Silas 1911+ (age 55 in 1911)

???? 1971+

PATAL Dimple 14.Apr/2015+

https://pubwiki.co.uk/ShipInn.shtml

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