First Pub

[JJ McClure]

Probably the Hassocks, in errrrm....Hassocks.

 

[Easy 10]

I think it would have been the Gardners Arms in Portslade. An absolute dive, and all but deserted. Its where I honed my pool playing skills, the table was only 20p and I'd spend all night on it.

 

[Gwylan]

I think it was the Stanmer Park at Fiveways, but could have been the Crown & Anchor at the bottom of Preston Drove.

Bitter at 15p a pint....wonderful days.

 

[Rangdo]

The George in the old village Portslade. Used to be very good for underage drinkers from the 6th form on the High Street. Don't know about now though.

 

[Yoda]

The old Litten Tree in Worthing.

Shame it was replaced by flats. Used to get some good bands playing there.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Eother the Leek & Winkle by the Level (when it was a proper boozer) or Hectors House.

Not sure which.

 

[Soton Seagull]

The Aldrington in Hove when I was about 15, not excatly a glamorous location. I would also replace the word beer, with cider, as I was only a youngster!


(Although some of us never grow out of the cider stage, do they Mr C?)

 

[BensGrandad]

Reading this shows that most posters are young.

Mine was either Clifton or Jolly Brewers in Worthing 1957 Mild & Bitter about 1s pint(5p) and Brown & MIld 1s 2d(6p) first pub I ran was Connaught in East London 1967 Bitter 1s 8d pint (8p) Draught Lager was brought into this country dutring my time at the Connaught - Tuborg

 

[Icy Gull]

Dew Drop in the backstreets of Dover

 

[Dave the OAP]

The Swann at Falmer!

Oh the irony

I used to Luurrvve Tuborg

 

[Jam The Man]

The Mill House in Portslade

 

[scotjem]

The Bear, Horsham.....King and Barnes Best Sussex Bitter.

 

[Hiney]

The Sussex in Bognor, just before a gig by Staa Marx

Marvellous scenes

 

[Braders]

The Wilmington (now known as the Long Man I think) .

ditto

 

[m20gull]

A bar in Switzerland on a school skiing trip

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

The font and firkin a few weeks ago!

 

[Faldo]

It was either The Golden Gloves, The White Hart (both on Seaside Road, Eastbourne) or the Inn On The Tracks (at Eastbourne Station).

I remember my first ever pub crawl - the White Hart was pub number 3 on our trek. We arrived just in time to be witness to a stabbing! Kind of scary - 16 years old. In pub, lager in hand. Just watched stabbing. Giving statements to the old bill.

Considered myself truly invincible after that!

 

[Sonic The Hedgehog]

The Foresters in Littlehampton.

Think it's changed its name since then.

 

[poke]

i think the first time i went to the bar and brought my self a drink was in the pav tav

 

[Shizuoka Dolphin]

Not sure - maybe the Queen Vic in Eastbourne opposite the Ocean Wave.

Good point of note: it was the one pub I saw "Bring Home the Albion" beer for sale in. Did anyone very have a bottle of it? What was it like?