Last orders at The Mill House Pub, Portslade Today.

[dandanthebrightonfan]

Another local pub shuts its doors for the last time tonight,my local for the last 20 years a sad day for me.

We have fought the developer since last September and lost, all we need is another tesco's or sainsbury!

 

[Spun Cuppa]

Pubs have priced themselves out of the market. Supply and demand economics...

 

[The Stout Yeoman]

Enjoy your last evening Dan ...I've seen this all too often ....

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Yep. Have a good evening. Coming to a pub near you.

 

[SI 4 BHA]

Have you tried this?

http://www.camra.org.uk/planning

the problem is that pubcos see more money in redevelopment that in pubs. I expect the usual thing has happened in that a manager was put in place a couple of years ago to run it down so the owners can show it's not viable then they can apply for change of use. Tesco will pay top dollar for the site, and the few small shops in the area will soon go the same way as the pub. Unfortunately its not a pretty pub or got any historical relevance, so apart from a few regulars, no one will miss it. That doesn't make it right, but it's a fact of modern life.

 

[glasfryn]

this is the one just round the corner from New Barn close is it?
blimey if it is then I used to use it while I lived there in the early 80's it used to be packed ....sign of the times I suppose bugger

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

When we lived over at Downs Park (87-90) it always seemed lively when we walked past.

 

[BensGrandad]

Morrisons are buying up closed pubs to make Morrisons locals out of as they have done in America Lane Haywards Heath to what was The Eagle and opens tomorrow as a store. This will please McColls I am sure.

 

[Spun Cuppa]

Morrisons are buying up closed pubs to make Morrisons locals out of as they have done in America Lane Haywards Heath to what was The Eagle and opens tomorrow as a store. This will please McColls I am sure.

Is this the McColls whose game plan is to be the only convenience store in rural villages and charge through the nose to a captive audience? Competition will be good for the local population I should imagine

 

[Return of the Rev]

Morrisons are buying up closed pubs to make Morrisons locals out of as they have done in America Lane Haywards Heath to what was The Eagle and opens tomorrow as a store. This will please McColls I am sure.

As long as they don't touch the pilgrim they can do want they want

 

[BensGrandad]

I couldnt remember the name of it when it was trading as a pub but seem to remember it being called The Eagle long before I lived in Haywards Heath.

 

[daveinprague]

Late 70s it was one of the places. I'm quite shocked

 

[empire]

shame,i felt the same when the maytree went on old shoreham rd

 

[BensGrandad]

Is this the McColls whose game plan is to be the only convenience store in rural villages and charge through the nose to a captive audience? Competition will be good for the local population I should imagine

The winners will be the locals provided they keep their prices within normal range unlike Tesco in their Express shops and do the same as McColls and charge the earth.

 

[Jam The Man]

Spent many a good night in there..

My Dad is 65, and having been drinking in there since he was SIX, he feels he has lost a family member almost.

 

[fork me]

Spent most of my youth living just up the road (Foredown Road), my parents still live there.

Funnily enough, I spent a lot more time in the two pubs in the Old Village, and the pubs south of Southern Cross than I did in there. Still be sad to see it go though.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Pubs have priced themselves out of the market. Supply and demand economics...

It looks to me more like a case of pub owners pricing themselves into a market that delivers fat profits to property speculators.

 

[HovaGirl]

Spent most of my youth living just up the road (Foredown Road), my parents still live there.

Funnily enough, I spent a lot more time in the two pubs in the Old Village, and the pubs south of Southern Cross than I did in there. Still be sad to see it go though.

Stag's closed now, too.

 

[Jim Van Winkle]

Another local pub shuts its doors for the last time tonight,my local for the last 20 years a sad day for me.

We have fought the developer since last September and lost, all we need is another tesco's or sainsbury!

Didn't it also close for a couple of months a few years ago as someone was serving up gear. Remember the OB steaming in one night.

Stag's closed now, too.

A lot of happy memories drinking underage during my college years in that pub. Shame.

 

[Carrot Cruncher]

It looks to me more like a case of pub owners pricing themselves into a market that delivers fat profits to property speculators.

Absolutely this.