Has the Falmer saga tainted your view of Lewes?

[Screaming J]

Lewes - For Lefties Who Find Brighton a Bit Frightening.

Isn't that a Julie Burchill comment? Sure I read her saying that a while ago?

 

[Man of Harveys]

Yes, to an extent. Of course there'll be many exceptions. But Lewes has always seemed a place with a very different brand of bohemianism to Brighton's: a nettle wine-quaffing, poetry-writing, beard-stroking middle-class bohemianism that, it's not hard to imagine, sits uneasily with football.

But this is, of course, so much generalising nonsense and being a Lewes-based Albion fan must have been a nightmare throughout: I can't imagine the thought of one's one council tax, that you obviously can't avoid paying, being used to oppose the Albion; not much can be more infuriating than that.

 

[The Spanish]

Isn't that a Julie Burchill comment? Sure I read her saying that a while ago?

No it is a The Spanish comment out of my own brain. I would certainly not plagarise a Johnny Come Lately Brighton Trendy on here of all places, I would be far too likely to be found out.

If she thinks the same as me about Lewes then she has has even further gone up in my estimation, you cannot fault the woman as a pointless controversialist.

 

[Son of a hillbilly]

nothing against lewes, just theyre district council who think they own east sussex.

 

[Dandyman]

The majority of Lewes people do not oppose Falmer, do not take part in Bonfire night, do not drink only Harveys, in fact would not even label themselves "Lewes people". Pretentious tossers and bigots have decided to hijack an entire town to their ends - I left and will never ever go back - unless my mum's cooking me dinner!

Bonfire is not bigoted, Harveys is great and you are right about Falmer.

As Lord B says LDC is not Lewes, it's decision owe more to those parts of east Brighton such as Peacehaven and Saltdean than anything to do with the county town.

 

[Dandyman]

The whole point though is that the people who follow Lewes FC tend not to be those connected with the Bonfire, currency etc.

Bollocks - the person responsible for Cliffe's firesite for much of the last decade is a regular at the Pan.

 

[Dandyman]

There are plenty of people in Lewes town who complain constantly that Lewes District Council is only really interested in Seaford, Newhaven and Peacehaven.

And I'm not talking about the newcomers.

Spot on. Peacehaven can f*ck back off to Brightonhelmstone where it belongs for starters.

 

[The Spanish]

Spot on. Peacehaven can f*ck back off to Brightonhelmstone where it belongs for starters.

The Tye is a natural border. Can we mine it?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

The Tye is a natural border. Can we mine it?

When I lived in Telscombe Village, the then Lord of the Manor (Ernest Thornton-Smith, retired owner of Fortnum & Mason) had the track across the Tye ploughed up to keep people out.

 

[The Spanish]

When I lived in Telscombe Village, the then Lord of the Manor (Ernest Thornton-Smith, retired owner of Fortnum & Mason) had the track across the Tye ploughed up to keep people out.

was he the hanging judge one?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

That was before the judges moved into the Manor House.