Basketmakers reopening in next few days, under new ownership.
In their yesterday and met the new owner. He already has 5 pubs and knows what he's doing.
Basketmakers reopening in next few days, under new ownership.
Ardingly lost the Oak a while back. Least still got 3 others though said:The Ardingly Inn
The Oak
Gardeners Arms
White Hart
Avins Bridge
And ?? British Legion?
Lived in Ardingly for 10 years. Moved away 19 years ago.
Does Bradley still run the Ardingly Inn?
You'll be bemoaning the loss of the Kings head and the Norfolk next ;-)
Is the petrol station still there ?
The Weald Burgess Hill is now just a hole in the ground where the cellar was.
Sold and flattened by Green King out of pure greed.
The Weald Burgess Hill is now just a hole in the ground where the cellar was.
Sold and flattened by Green King out of pure greed.
Good to see some renovation work going on at The Red Lion in Shoreham.....under new ownership?
White Hart cuckfield has been sold apparently for conversion to a house.
This is the sad reality for so many pubs, at least as a house it can retain something. When the bigger pubs get turned into shit flats ( Surry in Shoreham) or small supermarkets ( numerous ) they're gone forever.
I always quite fancied the idea of a pub as a house, plenty of garaging, big garden and a massive lounge. . . . But you'd end up living on a main road!
White Hart cuckfield has been sold apparently for conversion to a house.
I used to run the Rose and Crown
Really. How long ago?
On the same theme, the long since closed Dun Horse at Mannings Heath, has finally been converted into flats, and l have to say it looks really good, even retaining the old pub sign in front of the building.
Yes unfortunate that it will never be a pub again, but at least a near derelict building is being put to good use again.
I have a feeling that we will be revisiting this old thread many times over the coming months and years, as the aftermath of the pandemic begins to really bite, and many more establishments are forced to close.
The demise of pubs has been going on a lot longer than covid. The supermarkets flogging cheap booze has been slowly killing them off.