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Picture source: Ian Chapman

The Father Redcap was situated at 319 Camberwell Road. This pub was also known as the Red Star and is now Planet Nollywood a Nigerian club.

I recall drinking at the pub 84-85 it was our local and Friday nights during the live music run a working gent in London Transport conductor gear would roll up when we were long a few pints take the stage and play guitar like no one else !! Long ago and far away halcyon days for sure.

Stephen Nankervis (July 2020)

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Name	Dates	Comments
Alan Woodrow	1980s	Art Baxter (of the Rock 'n' Roll sinners) used to sing here. Is he still alive?
Paul Lucas	c1945	My Father & mother used to run the pub their names were Ronald and my mums name Ealinour (Nella) for short they ran it for some time before I got ill and they had to move to Middlesex
Benny McHale	1986/1987	I drank there in 86-87. It was a Courage pub then and was ran by an Irishman called Eddie Houlihan.
Jimmy	1989/1990	I used to be the manager here, great regulars at that time, one who springs to mind was Pageo
Paul Murrell	c1965/1969	My father Reg Murrell & mother Silver Murrell ran this pub in the 1960's not sure when we took it over but left in 1969 I lived here with my three older sisters and older brother