A27 Rendezvous

[EastbourneGull]

Can anyone help - I'm trying to arrange to meet someone at a roadside pub heading west of Worthing on the A27. I recall going to one a few years ago (in Arundel area?) which was then run by boxing legend Terry Spinks. Where abouts on the A27 is it? What's it called? Is it still there? If not, can someone please recommend?

 

[BensGrandad]

That pub is The Coach and Horses and is about 1 - 2 miles from Offington roundabout just past what was Swandean Hospital. Ii is the first pub I ever worked in as a part time barman in 1961.

 

[ali jenkins]

There is one just west or Arundel, I think its called the swan or thewhite swan or something like that.

Thinking about it, it might be east of Arundel

 

[BensGrandad]

That is west of Arundel on the right hand side near the cricket ground.

Another choice would be at Crossbush where the A27 finishes before going into Arundel. Near the BP garage and McDonalds , pub is on the right.

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

Near the Arundel Cricket Ground (On A27) NOT The Castle Cricket Ground, which some people get when the put Arundel & Cricket Ground into SatNav etc.

Also got the Beefeater place at Crossbush and a pub by Arundel Station

 

[Superphil]

I think the Coach and Horses used to be owned by an ex-boxer, can't remember who though.

 

[Stat Brother]

Ok quite a few to choose from, heading from Chi to Worthing, they go a follows:-

White Swan - by Arundel CC
The Crossbush - Opposite BP/Macdonalds, Just eat of Arundel
The Woodmans Arms - Down in the dip north of Angmering (Fullers I think)
The Worlds End (used to be Horse & Groom, years ago)- Set back from A27 at Patching (Badger beer)
The Fox - Further down Patching slip road. (might get Timmy Taylor there)
Coach & Horses - other side of road, on from Castle Goring.

 

[wigman]

Can anyone help - I'm trying to arrange to meet someone at a roadside pub heading west of Worthing on the A27. I recall going to one a few years ago (in Arundel area?) which was then run by boxing legend Terry Spinks. Where abouts on the A27 is it? What's it called? Is it still there? If not, can someone please recommend?

The pub is called The Coach and Horses and was run by the boxer Tommy Farr.

 

[BensGrandad]

Ok quite a few to choose from, heading from Chi to Worthing, they go a follows:-

White Swan - by Arundel CC
The Crossbush - Opposite BP/Macdonalds, Just eat of Arundel
The Woodmans Arms - Down in the dip north of Angmering (Fullers I think)
The Worlds End (used to be Horse & Groom, years ago)- Set back from A27 at Patching (Badger beer)
The Fox - Further down Patching slip road. (might get Timmy Taylor there)
Coach & Horses - other side of road, on from Castle Goring.

All on the wrong side of the road as he wants to meet somebody to go WEST from Worthing to Arundel

 

[BensGrandad]

The pub is called The Coach and Horses and was run by the boxer Tommy Farr.

Wrong it was Terry Spinks Olympic gold medalist. Tommy Farr had a pub near the Angel Islington (London) in the 70s and then I think that he had one in Brighton, but never The Coach & Horses, well at least not since 1960, I am reasonably certain.

 

[Stat Brother]

All on the wrong side of the road as he wants to meet somebody to go WEST from Worthing to Arundel

True, didn't read it properly.
But both The Fox and World End are on the Angmering/Patching junction, so that's not a problem.
With the added bonus of being slightly away from a blooming busy road.

Only The Woodmans isn't practical.

 

[BensGrandad]

But both The Fox and World End are on the Angmering/Patching junction, so that's not a problem.
With the added bonus of being slightly away from a blooming busy road.

When I was a lad they were both on the main Arundel Rd but when they built the new road which was going to be part of the A27 trunk road from Folkestone to Honiton it missed them out. That scheme was then scrapped as being too expensive hence the A27 comes to a stop at Crossbush rather than have a bridge and road built to by pass Arundel, which was the original idea.

 

[Superphil]

Wrong it was Terry Spinks Olympic gold medalist. Tommy Farr had a pub near the Angel Islington (London) in the 70s and then I think that he had one in Brighton, but never The Coach & Horses, well at least not since 1960, I am reasonably certain.

I was going to say Spinks, but I was just thinking of Leon Spinks, and I doubted he ever had a pub in Worthing

I used to go there with my old (sadly deceased) boss and a bunch of other local business leaders, they were all very much peas in a pod, chatting about the old days in the East End, like a Chas and Dave appreciation pub in those days.