Exactly this. I was in Horley overnight a month ago (en route to Costa Rica), traveling with 4 Spanish friends. We walked to Wetherspoons that evening to eat. They absolutel;y loved it! Fresh fried fish & chips, cheerfully served. A wide range of drinks, tastings of the beers offered, and...
Far from defending her as she seems to be living up to her name of Priti Useless, but wasn't it a Labour minister, John Reid who said 'the Home Office is not fit for purpose'. It just seems civil servants run it for civil servants - nothing seems to change.
The Wilmington - Patcham......or whatever it's called now. It was 1960 and I was 14 years old. The pub had a Private bar, mostly used for take away sales. I can still see the barrels of Brickwoods Mild and Bitter that faced you as you walked in. Seem to remember the landlord was Harvey...
I feel sad that I can no longer give purely because of being unable to return to the UK during the Covid period. So at 75 years old I have had to retire on 74 donations. Shame but that's the rules. As a previous poster mentioned they won't accept my blood in Spain - but they'll take my bodily...
Good to hear The Stags Head still exists. It was our. very occasional, local when we got married in 1967 and bought our first house, 27 North Road, Portslade. There was this old dear that fed sixpences (ask an older person what they were) into the fruit machine and mumble and grumble she had...