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Lost Pubs Of Sussex



seagurn

Well-known member
Feb 19, 2007
1,971
County town
Lewes :

The Fruiterers
The Windmill
The Meridian (aka Pewter Pot)
The Prince of Wales

red white and blue - Lansdown place/Friars walk
white lion- bottle neck car park
the fountain-south street
the railway inn -lansdown place- roughly where the bogs are towards station car park.
The Bear- Cliffe high st -where argos is

Ringmer inn - ringmer
Hop leaf -cooksbridge- by station

The bell- Uckfield -where waitrose is- my old grandads watering hole
Bluebell- up the broyle ringmer/halland
Rose and crown -Blackboys
Shelley arms- Nutley
Royal Oak -Piddinghoe
Buxted inn- Er Buxted
Ravenscroft-Sharpethorne
The Swan -Chailey (south)

Just a few that spring to mind !!
 






Screaming J

He'll put a spell on you
Jul 13, 2004
2,403
Exiled from the South Country
Ringmer inn - ringmer

Not the only ones to go in Ringmer.

The Brewers Arms (where Crockendale Field houses now are)
The Railway (big house on corner of Laughton Road and Moor Lane)

and further afield I still mourn the loss of the Potters Arms in Dicker.
 


dandanthebrightonfan

Active member
Jan 29, 2012
261
BN14
In Portslade over the last five years

The Kings Head
The Sussex Arms
The Halfway House
The Gardeners Arms

And the little Cricketers (The Midway) has just shut its doors for the last time.
 


fly high

Well-known member
Aug 25, 2011
1,723
in a house
red white and blue - Lansdown place/Friars walk
white lion- bottle neck car park
the fountain-south street
the railway inn -lansdown place- roughly where the bogs are towards station car park.
The Bear- Cliffe high st -where argos is

Ringmer inn - ringmer
Hop leaf -cooksbridge- by station

The bell- Uckfield -where waitrose is- my old grandads watering hole
Bluebell- up the broyle ringmer/halland
Rose and crown -Blackboys
Shelley arms- Nutley
Royal Oak -Piddinghoe
Buxted inn- Er Buxted
Ravenscroft-Sharpethorne
The Swan -Chailey (south)

Just a few that spring to mind !!

I think you'll find the Buxted Inn is still very much alive. May now be considered more of a restaurant & hotel rather than a pub but still open. It was built as a hotel just hasn’t been marketed as one for a long time.
 




Mutts Nuts

New member
Oct 30, 2011
4,918
sad to see any pub fall by the wayside,but your old local is a bitter pill to swallow,ladies & gentlemen, i give you "The Crown" in newhaven

sadly now a f***ing estate agents,what's the world coming to?

It has been for a couple of years if not longer, where have you been?
 


jevs

Well-known member
Mar 24, 2004
4,375
Preston Rock Garden
red white and blue - Lansdown place/Friars walk
white lion- bottle neck car park
the fountain-south street
the railway inn -lansdown place- roughly where the bogs are towards station car park.
The Bear- Cliffe high st -where argos is

Ringmer inn - ringmer
Hop leaf -cooksbridge- by station

!

The manxman in Lewes plus who could forget our infamous nightclub Cleopatras opposite the Esso garage !!!!!
 


Gregory2Smith1

J'les aurai!
Sep 21, 2011
5,476
Auch
It has been for a couple of years if not longer, where have you been?

yeah,i knew it had gone,but i live abroad now and i'm usually based around eastbourne when back in the UK

last time i was over for the watford game,had a nostagalic stroll down newhaven high st,white hart,ship & bridge all still there,but it still came as a bit of a shock to see the crown gone,a bit like the old shoreham road,a large part of your life stripped away for good

didn't get as far as the ark,presume it's still there,what about the ferryboat? what was it called before?

my old dear told me the sussex coaster in peacehaven is on the verge,used to be called the gay highlander!

the castle,mckellar,bells club?

also remember the buckle in seaford
 




Goring Gull

New member
Jul 5, 2003
6,725
Huddersfield
The Tirola Bar -Worthing
Wine Lodge - Worthing now flats - I used to love this place
New Street inn became A Towns Pride - Worthing Now a Mexican Restuarant
Portland Tavern - was at once time Jazzbo Browns and painted pin- Worthing
The Ship - South Street Worthing - Frontage is still tehre became Bristol and West i think it's now a Halifax
 








jmsc

New member
Jul 19, 2003
647
Old Shoreham Road :o(
Dark star didnt own the Stand Up. They leased it off the former landlord, who put up the price of this lease which Dark Star decided they couldnt afford or wouldnt pay for. shame as they were doing really well there. Proper real ale pub. Hope it opens up again asap

It's worse than that, the freeholder, in seeing that Dark Star were doing so well, hiked the price of the
lease up by so much, that Dark Star would have made a loss!

There is a recession on incase you hadn't noticed!

Last I heard was that he was going to reopen the pub himself. I hope that no one goes in there if he
does - teach the bastard a lesson!
 


Superphil

Dismember
Jul 7, 2003
25,679
In a pile of football shirts
Elephant and Castle, West Chiltington. Eleven Cricketers, Storrington.
 








vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
28,272
It was the Old England and The Spaniard that closed surely ? Add to those, The White Hart and The New Street Inn, both were great pubs.
 


daveybgtt

New member
May 12, 2010
595
North Sompting
Central Worthing

Olde England
Spanyard
Rhapsody Wine Bar
Victoria
The Ship
The Steyne
Marine

Ongoing process.

Very sad.

Bit beofre my time most of those, started drinking legally in 1998. Just wonder how many pubs will be left by the time my son turns 18 (he's 3 months at the mo) Probably just the 2 wetherspoons, charging £20 a pint :eek:
 


sully

Dunscouting
Jul 7, 2003
7,933
Worthing
My first real local was the North Star in Ditchling, which sadly closed many moons ago ( in the last century).

Burgess Hill seems to be losing pubs at an alarming rate at the moment.
 






KNC

Well-known member
Sep 3, 2003
2,023
Seven Dials
The Sea House used to be such a busy pub. It is missed.

Do you mean the Middle St one?
Used to spend quite a bit of time there in my youth. It was our pre and post match, pub of choice. It got a bit run down before its demise, but even then was a great pub.
 


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