Pretty pink fairy
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Used to be run by a chap called Derick from Lewes, i wont be racing to use the pubIs it not gonna be a racing pub any more then
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Pretty much underneath the London Road Viaduct.
Pretty pink fairy
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Small pokey place!
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Ok thanks, I know where you mean there is or used to be a scrap metal yard nearby.
It's a brilliant idea to have a BHA pub and I wish the owner well, but will fans go to this pub as it's not near the station or a bus route to the Amex?
Pretty pink fairy
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You can walk up springfield road to London road station ,my bruv used to live 4 doors away from the pub
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Pretty pink fairy
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Dropped off there for a Palace pre season friendly at the Goldstone, nice quiet start to the evening
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Is it not gonna be a racing pub any more then
Not sure it has been for a while? Changed hands a few times in the last couple of years. He's got a job on his hands to build up a regular customer base there. Don't think they really get anyone in their pre/post home matches at the moment.
Ah ok.
A mate of mine keeps going on about getting off at London Road and having a drink round there after the game so might check it out.
Not going to that pretentious Open House boozer what ever we do!
You might be thinking of the Cobblers Thumb
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No I wasn't thinking of the Cobblers Thumb as I know it got demolished, but it was next to a scrap metal yard.
There is/was another scrap metal yard under the viaduct just before a builders merchants, I haven't been down that way for a few years.
portslade seagull
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used to drink in there when at the college next door in preston road
Oh yeah, know where you mean - I'm guessing the scrapyard was quite small as never noticed it.
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Yeah, swerve the Open House. It's not too bad in the Engineer, strange lay out for a smaller pub and can be a bit grim, but at least it hasn't been poncified like a lot of boozers these days.
That was the general idea for myself, I used to take scrap metal there in a company van as the scrap dealer was hidden away, the other scrap yard next to the Cobblers was in full view of anyone driving by.
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Poncified is a good word for pubs like the Open House
Exactly! Ever go there years ago when it was The Springfield?
Yes I did but can't remember it that well, went in the Open House a few years back and they were selling that blonde lager ( long name beginning with H ) in fancy glasses, it wasn't cheap either.
It must have been The Open House for more than 10 years now??