@heli-crewhgs5285 Correction made. 😅 Never noticed the error. Thanks. Can't do much about the terrible pronunciation within the video though. Sorry... 👍🏻
Thank you for your kind words & taking the time to view my video. It's really appreciated. I have been enjoying your content a lot, it has been inspiring me to find the drive & time to create the content I've wanted to on here with all the equipment I've squirreled away. Haha Now options are opening up again it feels like a more enjoyable project to pursue after waiting soo long. Wish you well & enjoy your trip. Look forward to it. 👍🏻
Hello, It's open for hot drinks/basic menu according to Facebook until they get stock, fridges/freezers running etc. 🥳🥳🥳 I just found out this morning, great news for all. You have to treat yourself to a Birthday Animal Burger. It would be criminal not to. Haha Happy Birthday Mate, hope you enjoy your weekend & there's good weather for your ride out. 👍🏻
'I used to be a bus driver out of Plumstead bus garage. When we had a early turn duty early in the morning and had to run light to Peckham (route 177) or run light to White hall (route 53) we would often stop on route to grab a Coffee and a packet of Crisp's. because of the way the road was we used to pull up right next to it and step off the bus at the serving window. I did that more times then I can remember. I miss that place, It was an icon....
Things have changed a lot. One being the value for money in places... Amazing share, thank you. I bet being a bus driver was a lot more "fun" then too, must be dire these days. 😅
@@H8inLyfe I used to first be a bus driver till 1999 then took my class one and became a truck driver. Then the eco crash of 2007 meant less trucks running about so I went back to being a bus driver in 2009. I left Plumstead in 2020 and went back trucking as the money went through the roof. Six day week=£928 take home per week. I recently semi retired and now work two days a week and spend my time rebuilding back to mint condition 70s-80s M/Cycles and work as a volunteer in the P-WAY on The Mid Hants Railway also known as The Watercress Line. I brew my own beer and enjoy life. I am now 61yrs old but just don't feel it....
@@H8inLyfethat’s a great post actual as I can relate to that, well my dad can, he was a bus driver in the 70s and I think he loved it ( stopping off for a pint on his break😮) not condoning that but lots of workers did it back in the day, anyway he left then went back on the buses in the early 90s and left as he hated it, said he was driving through Bromley and all the youths used to surf the bus ect 😂 …I mean no wonder they have them nuclear proof screens to protect the driver these days . Best days are gone man 😢
Wow... So it's fair to say you've clocked a few miles in your work life. Buses/TFL went through some big changes over that time frame. I assume the monetary increases/switch were a result of "that situation with a certain virus" or just coincidence? Really appreciate the share. I must admit I find myself almost jealous of how things were surrounding little businesses/community etc. All so different now.
The tea hut you show at the start, was on Blackheath in South London.Very popular with police and everyone wanting a bite to eat. It sadly was smashed into over 10 years ago by a car. They never rebuilt it. I think it was there from the 1920s.
A good information video. As something I drove past on many occasions it would be a good thing if this could be brought back. However, it would have to remain on the same site as the previous one, as moving across the road would involve more risks of people crossing the busy road. By keeping it on the original site customers could park on the side road and safely walk to hut. 👍🏽👍🏽
Yes indeed, there is a back road off the main A2 to the toilet block with bays for parking/pulling over. Current plans are for it to be set further back from original spot away from junction. Parking in Goffers Road was possibly going to be removed at one point. I believe this, the fact the owner would love to convert the block into a premises for his business & Greenwich Council wanted to sell it is why that is being pursued/dreamed of. Thanks for the comment & adding to the discussion. Stay well. 👍🏻
There used to be one at the bottom of Chelsea bridge in the 60s . We always stopped there when we came out of the night clubs on a Sunday morning ! In those days you could just pull up on the bridge and you could park anywhere in londons westend at night!..where have all the good times gone!??
Living in Battersea, I often visited the Chelsea bridge yea hut, just opposite the gates to Battersea park. Many bikers or custom car chaps would pull up, never any issues. I also had the pleasure of taking my very posh lady friend to the Black heath hut, for a dog roll and a tea. I only found out later that she feared it was a roll with dog in it😂 she had never heard of it before. She was mighty pleased to see a sausage in the role.
Hi Richard, Thank you for your comment. Just to update you, the tea hut reopened in late August of 2021. They had a new modernised hut constructed, it was set down in the exact same location rather than being set further back from the road. I have yet to visit to produce a video of the famous "animal burger" but I have been past to check it out. It also now has reduced opening hours so is no longer a late night stop for cabbies, lorry drivers or late night drunken munchies.
I've known this tea but as a landmark since my early child hood. Having recovered from a brain injury and now taken early retirement, if any further planning issues arise , I'd be happy to help. It's part of my life having driven past it many times so if they need any help just let me know.
Hello, If you happen to see this reply, the tea hut has now been replaced & reopened, in late August 2021. A brand new hut set a little further back from it's original spot. 😊 Thanks for commenting & offering help. 👍🏻
I first discovered the hut when i used to work for the funfair that pulled on the common,all the lads used to go there at night when the fair shut back,was back in the 80s,but i remember a converted mini van that served tea n hot dogs parked next to it.When i first started driving we used to go there regular.Its a special place for me,had no idea this had happened.
Amazing share. Thanks for taking the time to comment. It just goes to show how long it's been going & what part it played in many people's lives/fond memories. Just to update you, it is back open in full swing, new hut but reduced hours. I still plan on revisiting soon to try the famous "Animal Burger" but have not made the journey just yet.
@@H8inLyfe Do you know of the converted Mini van,it was there regularly i the 80s,late at night when the hut was shut,i,d never seen anything like it.Amazing he could produce so many burgers,hot dogs n tea from it.
No, unfortunately that was before I was old enough, I was born in the 80's. I wish there were more images of the hut throughout the years for documentation as it's just one of those curiosities... I would have first visited the tea hut in the late '90s.
Pete run the van and eventually took over the whole show. Pete was involved for ages, the new, 2024 ish, people said he's not involved with it now! From a long time patron, 79' was my first bike and trip to the van from my Bermondsey home. Great times they were 👍
When I was a nipper, with me school team mates, we would stop off there, and get a meat pie mince beef and onion after the match on blackheath football grounds and after go to cowboy land about a couple of hundred yards away from some football pitches. Cowboy land it was a pit full of trees and bushes said, to be part of the black death burial grounds and a death trap if it ever fall in on its self because a lot of the area plus parts of Greenwich Deptford were mined for blackboard chalk substance used for whatever sinkholes. Fond memories of that tea shack it's like the cabbies one in parts of central London I wonder if they are still around Love mom
It's a forever changing landscape. I hope they are still operating & providing quality for those types of foods. Interesting bit about "Cowboy Land" those little hang out spots or shorts cuts that had names when we were kids... 😅 We had one called "Chicken Alley" a little cut through with wire fences on one side, apparently it used to be an area where many chickens were kept, can't confirm that as fact though, wayyyy before my time as a kid.
@tooyoungtobeold8756 Yes it sure is. Have you visited? Back with a new hut & in full swing albeit not 24hrs any more. I hope to get back down there this year to check the famous animal burger out, probably when it's a little warmer... 😅
Great if it is . I used to stop there in the 60s when I was mini cabbing in Lewisham . Also used to be a all night one on one of the London bridges .Used to pull up there in early hours in a 4o foot artic and have a break and a cuppa. Imagine trying to do that these days.
I used go with my dad and mum in 50s when I was a young boy and used stop going there I retired a few years back I had few tea and food I am 76 now I hope comes back soon I will come for to tea and meal
Amazing, it is very interesting how we all have different stories & remember fondly this humble little tea hut. I appreciate the share. Just to highlight, the tea hut has been reopened for a while. Led to believe it is run by a different owner now & opening hours have drastically been reduced from the old 23/24hrs 7 days a week. I am planning to revisit for a part 2, I am hoping it hasn't fell victim to high costs & poorer quality food. Time will tell.
I,d often get an animal burger from there in the early nineties on the way home from work for £2.50, most expensive thing on the menu and worth every penny 😅
Thank you, appreciated. I still need to do a "part 2" where I go revisit the site, now it's open & try the food etc. It's on the list. Have a good weekend 👍🏻
I have not seen the movie but trying to do some research of scene locations I don't believe it was. If you are referring to a scene where they actually visit a cafe/tea hut, then it would not be it, it was 'The Railway Cafe' near King's Cross which is now gone. If it maybe in the background of a scene, I would not know at all, until I watch the movie. Good possible mention. Seems an interesting film.
Proven to be unsafe and how many times do people need to be told not to picnic at the side of the road. Guessing that Armco is out of the question for aesthetics on the heath. A minimum should be to double up the bollards around the junction. It seems to be deliberately open for deliveries and parking.
Very valid points, there was talks of adding additional crash/protective barriers/bollards & even setting the tea hut further back from the road. Neither actually happened which was a surprise to myself. I'm led to believe there was some heavy disagreements from the council, even rumours of getting rid of the hut/space all together.
I occasionally trip over simple words, I've only gotten worse with age... 😅 It's always the basic ones aswell. I knew this but reading a typed out script all common sense left me. Good catch, thanks for pointing it out. 👍🏻
They got too expensive like the burger vans,started charging same as a cafe with less overheads Or charging same as Costa or the other rip off coffee shops !!
Ahhh that is unfortunate to hear. It was a great place to grab cheap eats & the portions were super generous too, massive cake slices & burgers. I guess I will find out soon just how much it has changed. I am planning to travel down, visit & do an update video with food review. Thanks for sharing the info. 👍🏻
I made soo many mistakes... Yikes 😅 Especially the road naming error, kinda important that one. I am how you say quote unquote s#¡t€ with language including foreign. I pray I've made some sort of linguistic improvements in the 4 years since this... Good catchs, appreciate it. Everydays a learning day.
"their leg" is basic English. No political/agenda based pronouns were used. Gender/identity of the staff member was omitted deliberately to respect their privacy completely.
Welling is a nice area. Very close too. The hut became somewhat iconic. It's nice to see how many people know of it, have past memories of visiting. I hope it hasn't changed too much...
THE TEA HUT IS BACK! Sometime soon we will visit & bear witness to the return of the monstrous ANIMAL BURGER!
‘…bear witness…’
2:30 ‘…under DEB-RISS…’?! Debris is pronounced ‘DEB-REE’!
Unbelievable!
@heli-crewhgs5285 Correction made. 😅 Never noticed the error. Thanks. Can't do much about the terrible pronunciation within the video though. Sorry... 👍🏻
Very informative video - it was great to re-visit this place this week with a new premises
I will try the animal burger on my next visit 👍
Thank you for your kind words & taking the time to view my video. It's really appreciated. I have been enjoying your content a lot, it has been inspiring me to find the drive & time to create the content I've wanted to on here with all the equipment I've squirreled away. Haha
Now options are opening up again it feels like a more enjoyable project to pursue after waiting soo long.
Wish you well & enjoy your trip. Look forward to it. 👍🏻
supposed to be opening today, as its my birthday i might take a ride up and see.
Hello,
It's open for hot drinks/basic menu according to Facebook until they get stock, fridges/freezers running etc. 🥳🥳🥳 I just found out this morning, great news for all.
You have to treat yourself to a Birthday Animal Burger. It would be criminal not to. Haha
Happy Birthday Mate, hope you enjoy your weekend & there's good weather for your ride out. 👍🏻
'I used to be a bus driver out of Plumstead bus garage. When we had a early turn duty early in the morning and had to run light to Peckham (route 177) or run light to White hall (route 53) we would often stop on route to grab a Coffee and a packet of Crisp's. because of the way the road was we used to pull up right next to it and step off the bus at the serving window. I did that more times then I can remember. I miss that place, It was an icon....
Things have changed a lot. One being the value for money in places... Amazing share, thank you. I bet being a bus driver was a lot more "fun" then too, must be dire these days. 😅
@@H8inLyfe I used to first be a bus driver till 1999 then took my class one and became a truck driver. Then the eco crash of 2007 meant less trucks running about so I went back to being a bus driver in 2009. I left Plumstead in 2020 and went back trucking as the money went through the roof. Six day week=£928 take home per week. I recently semi retired and now work two days a week and spend my time rebuilding back to mint condition 70s-80s M/Cycles and work as a volunteer in the P-WAY on The Mid Hants Railway also known as The Watercress Line. I brew my own beer and enjoy life. I am now 61yrs old but just don't feel it....
@@H8inLyfethat’s a great post actual as I can relate to that, well my dad can, he was a bus driver in the 70s and I think he loved it ( stopping off for a pint on his break😮) not condoning that but lots of workers did it back in the day, anyway he left then went back on the buses in the early 90s and left as he hated it, said he was driving through Bromley and all the youths used to surf the bus ect 😂 …I mean no wonder they have them nuclear proof screens to protect the driver these days . Best days are gone man 😢
Wow... So it's fair to say you've clocked a few miles in your work life. Buses/TFL went through some big changes over that time frame. I assume the monetary increases/switch were a result of "that situation with a certain virus" or just coincidence?
Really appreciate the share. I must admit I find myself almost jealous of how things were surrounding little businesses/community etc. All so different now.
Also great to hear you've stepped back are active, creating & enjoying life. Reaching that part of life with balance is the true reward. 👍🏻
I remember stopping at the hut in the late 60s and having a sausage meat sandwich, it was lovely!
What a lovely film, thank you!
Thank you for your kind words. Appreciate the comment.
@@H8inLyfe just about to pitch for funding for a community project that would recognize this as a heritage location 😊
The tea hut you show at the start, was on Blackheath in South London.Very popular with police and everyone wanting a bite to eat. It sadly was smashed into over 10 years ago by a car. They never rebuilt it. I think it was there from the 1920s.
I love this doc dude ❤ be amazing if you can make more 😌 very informative and defo worth a watch 😁
Thanks man, the kids won't love this one. Haha memes will probably effect my channel now, there will be loses 🥲
A good information video. As something I drove past on many occasions it would be a good thing if this could be brought back. However, it would have to remain on the same site as the previous one, as moving across the road would involve more risks of people crossing the busy road. By keeping it on the original site customers could park on the side road and safely walk to hut. 👍🏽👍🏽
Yes indeed, there is a back road off the main A2 to the toilet block with bays for parking/pulling over. Current plans are for it to be set further back from original spot away from junction. Parking in Goffers Road was possibly going to be removed at one point. I believe this, the fact the owner would love to convert the block into a premises for his business & Greenwich Council wanted to sell it is why that is being pursued/dreamed of.
Thanks for the comment & adding to the discussion.
Stay well. 👍🏻
There used to be one at the bottom of Chelsea bridge in the 60s . We always stopped there when we came out of the night clubs on a Sunday morning ! In those days you could just pull up on the bridge and you could park anywhere in londons westend at night!..where have all the good times gone!??
Living in Battersea, I often visited the Chelsea bridge yea hut, just opposite the gates to Battersea park. Many bikers or custom car chaps would pull up, never any issues. I also had the pleasure of taking my very posh lady friend to the Black heath hut, for a dog roll and a tea. I only found out later that she feared it was a roll with dog in it😂 she had never heard of it before. She was mighty pleased to see a sausage in the role.
😂 Poor lady didn't know what fine dining really was, glad you could share. 👍🏻
@@ronaldgayler3643 Posh birds always like a good sausage.
done madness up there on a 350 lc lived at the bottom of the road
That Chelsea bridge hut must have just gone in the last few years. I used to pass it in the early hours after a night shift up to at least 2017.
Delightful video. Hope all eventually comes to fruition.
Hi Richard,
Thank you for your comment. Just to update you, the tea hut reopened in late August of 2021. They had a new modernised hut constructed, it was set down in the exact same location rather than being set further back from the road. I have yet to visit to produce a video of the famous "animal burger" but I have been past to check it out. It also now has reduced opening hours so is no longer a late night stop for cabbies, lorry drivers or late night drunken munchies.
Shocking accident... 😥
Surely the driver's insurance should cover the damage and loss of earnings not forgetting the medical costs and rehabilitation.
I've known this tea but as a landmark since my early child hood. Having recovered from a brain injury and now taken early retirement, if any further planning issues arise , I'd be happy to help. It's part of my life having driven past it many times so if they need any help just let me know.
Hello,
If you happen to see this reply, the tea hut has now been replaced & reopened, in late August 2021. A brand new hut set a little further back from it's original spot. 😊
Thanks for commenting & offering help. 👍🏻
Long live the tea hut, a BRITISH institution.
Who was driving the silver Merc, moostapha sandwich 🥪
I've had a cuppa there.
Come to Bradford. There's loads of these disgusting tea (chai) huts popping up everywhere.
I remember the tea hut there is one at epsom downs and there uesd to be one opposite the houses of parliament and there is one at camber sands
I first discovered the hut when i used to work for the funfair that pulled on the common,all the lads used to go there at night when the fair shut back,was back in the 80s,but i remember a converted mini van that served tea n hot dogs parked next to it.When i first started driving we used to go there regular.Its a special place for me,had no idea this had happened.
Amazing share. Thanks for taking the time to comment. It just goes to show how long it's been going & what part it played in many people's lives/fond memories.
Just to update you, it is back open in full swing, new hut but reduced hours. I still plan on revisiting soon to try the famous "Animal Burger" but have not made the journey just yet.
@@H8inLyfe Do you know of the converted Mini van,it was there regularly i the 80s,late at night when the hut was shut,i,d never seen anything like it.Amazing he could produce so many burgers,hot dogs n tea from it.
No, unfortunately that was before I was old enough, I was born in the 80's. I wish there were more images of the hut throughout the years for documentation as it's just one of those curiosities... I would have first visited the tea hut in the late '90s.
Pete run the van and eventually took over the whole show. Pete was involved for ages, the new, 2024 ish, people said he's not involved with it now! From a long time patron, 79' was my first bike and trip to the van from my Bermondsey home. Great times they were 👍
When I was a nipper, with me school team mates, we would stop off there, and get a meat pie mince beef and onion after the match on blackheath football grounds and after go to cowboy land about a couple of hundred yards away from some football pitches. Cowboy land it was a pit full of trees and bushes said, to be part of the black death burial grounds and a death trap if it ever fall in on its self because a lot of the area plus parts of Greenwich Deptford were mined for blackboard chalk substance used for whatever sinkholes. Fond memories of that tea shack it's like the cabbies one in parts of central London I wonder if they are still around
Love mom
It's a forever changing landscape. I hope they are still operating & providing quality for those types of foods.
Interesting bit about "Cowboy Land" those little hang out spots or shorts cuts that had names when we were kids... 😅 We had one called "Chicken Alley" a little cut through with wire fences on one side, apparently it used to be an area where many chickens were kept, can't confirm that as fact though, wayyyy before my time as a kid.
It is now January 2025 - the hut is back.
@tooyoungtobeold8756 Yes it sure is. Have you visited? Back with a new hut & in full swing albeit not 24hrs any more. I hope to get back down there this year to check the famous animal burger out, probably when it's a little warmer... 😅
Great if it is .
I used to stop there in the 60s when I was mini cabbing in Lewisham .
Also used to be a all night one on one of the London bridges .Used to pull up there in early hours in a 4o foot artic and have a break and a cuppa.
Imagine trying to do that these days.
When I was based in Woolwich we used to go there on nights it was always a special place
I know that feeling oh so well, it was the life line we needed. 😆
Praise the Lord ! X
what a sad and lovely story
Thanks for update. Good news .
I used go with my dad and mum in 50s when I was a young boy and used stop going there I retired a few years back I had few tea and food I am 76 now I hope comes back soon I will come for to tea and meal
Amazing, it is very interesting how we all have different stories & remember fondly this humble little tea hut. I appreciate the share.
Just to highlight, the tea hut has been reopened for a while. Led to believe it is run by a different owner now & opening hours have drastically been reduced from the old 23/24hrs 7 days a week. I am planning to revisit for a part 2, I am hoping it hasn't fell victim to high costs & poorer quality food. Time will tell.
I,d often get an animal burger from there in the early nineties on the way home from work for £2.50, most expensive thing on the menu and worth every penny 😅
Haha £2.50... what a bargain. Still, when I was in on the secret it was £5.00. Never a better penny spent as you said. 👍🏻
enjoyed this
Thank you, appreciated. I still need to do a "part 2" where I go revisit the site, now it's open & try the food etc. It's on the list. Have a good weekend 👍🏻
Was this the tea hut in "Mona Lisa" with Bob Hoskins?
I have not seen the movie but trying to do some research of scene locations I don't believe it was. If you are referring to a scene where they actually visit a cafe/tea hut, then it would not be it, it was 'The Railway Cafe' near King's Cross which is now gone. If it maybe in the background of a scene, I would not know at all, until I watch the movie.
Good possible mention. Seems an interesting film.
These icons still live on as greasy spoon burger trailers are carrying the batton 😢
You are not wrong but the good ones, they are tucked away. Only those who know, know... 😅
@@H8inLyfe so its like a secret tea cult 😁
@martspar9075 Don't forget the secret handshake or no tea for you. 😂
Proven to be unsafe and how many times do people need to be told not to picnic at the side of the road. Guessing that Armco is out of the question for aesthetics on the heath. A minimum should be to double up the bollards around the junction. It seems to be deliberately open for deliveries and parking.
Very valid points, there was talks of adding additional crash/protective barriers/bollards & even setting the tea hut further back from the road. Neither actually happened which was a surprise to myself. I'm led to believe there was some heavy disagreements from the council, even rumours of getting rid of the hut/space all together.
Not forgetting Fred's Pie stall in East Cheam
The 's' of debris is silent btw.
I occasionally trip over simple words, I've only gotten worse with age... 😅 It's always the basic ones aswell. I knew this but reading a typed out script all common sense left me. Good catch, thanks for pointing it out. 👍🏻
They got too expensive like the burger vans,started charging same as a cafe with less overheads
Or charging same as Costa or the other rip off coffee shops
!!
Ahhh that is unfortunate to hear. It was a great place to grab cheap eats & the portions were super generous too, massive cake slices & burgers.
I guess I will find out soon just how much it has changed. I am planning to travel down, visit & do an update video with food review.
Thanks for sharing the info. 👍🏻
Don't go there after 5 o'clock, it'll be closed
@EdCase50 They've cut back the hours again...? Used to be 7pm after the change from 24hrs.
BEAR witness, not BARE. DEBRIS not DEBREESE. GOFFERS road is pronounced GOPHERS not GOFFFERS.
I made soo many mistakes... Yikes 😅 Especially the road naming error, kinda important that one.
I am how you say quote unquote s#¡t€ with language including foreign. I pray I've made some sort of linguistic improvements in the 4 years since this...
Good catchs, appreciate it. Everydays a learning day.
To His/HER leg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Give her/him the credit of not using damn stupid idiotic woke pronouns .
"their leg" is basic English. No political/agenda based pronouns were used. Gender/identity of the staff member was omitted deliberately to respect their privacy completely.
I remember this hut. I passed it most days, seeing that I lived over Shooters Hill in Welling...
Welling is a nice area. Very close too. The hut became somewhat iconic. It's nice to see how many people know of it, have past memories of visiting. I hope it hasn't changed too much...
Lovely Lovely tea 🍵 hut 🛖 I go to the tea hut every day in my black cab be lucky