What WAS the Name of That Pub? - Brighton Edition

[BrightonCottager]

Does anyone know the connection between the Crown and Anchor (Preston village not Shoreham) & Winston Churchill?

 

[Albion my Albion]

That pub!

 

[Gwylan]

Does anyone know the connection between the Crown and Anchor (Preston village not Shoreham) & Winston Churchill?

That's an easy one. Leigh, the landlord back in the 70s and 80s, was frequently a Churchill double. He played him in The Eagle has Landed, for example

 

[WATFORD zero]

The street name is a giveaway.

The last remnants of the barracks behind the library and where the Prince Regent swimming pool is now, are some marble decorations inlaid in the pavement as you go north towards North Road. I think it might be a regimental emblem.

Pretty sure that's Dave and Jan the landlord and landlady on the far right. Must date that pic to mid 70s ?

 

[BrightonCottager]

That's an easy one. Leigh, the landlord back in the 70s and 80s, was frequently a Churchill double. He played him in The Eagle has Landed, for example

Correct although i was told he was a standin during WW2.

 

[spring hall convert]

You're right. Can't comment on the beer as I don't go in there often enough. I was trying to find old photos of either The Squid And Starfish, The George Beard or the Greyhound but there's none on the net. Easy peasy but what are those pubs all now called?

Squid and Starfish is now The Globe isn't it?

I was thunderously pissed in there and missed the first Fatboy Slim beach party as I didn't know what day it was.

 

[happypig]

The George Beard, is that now called The Eagle?

I used to drink in the GB a lot in 1991/2/3. For a while I did the Sunday night quiz too, got paid half a gallon of Harveys :-D.
Interesting things about it :
My Auntie was a barmaid there in the 70's
It used to be a police station, in the cellar the cells are still there (no bars though).
Brighton Trade Union Council held their first ever meting there.
The landlord at the time was a former footballer, had played for Southend (Graham something, Sargent ??)

 

[BN9 BHA]

I used to drink in the GB a lot in 1991/2/3. For a while I did the Sunday night quiz too, got paid half a gallon of Harveys :-D.
Interesting things about it :
My Auntie was a barmaid there in the 70's
It used to be a police station, in the cellar the cells are still there (no bars though).
Brighton Trade Union Council held their first ever meting there.
The landlord at the time was a former footballer, had played for Southend (Graham something, Sargent ??)

Did you live near the pub in the early 90s?

 

[happypig]

Did you live near the pub in the early 90s?

I lived in Vere Road, about a 20 minute walk. One evening in there a couple of us got a map and copy of the Yellow Pages and worked out how many pubs were nearer to our flats than the GB; for me it was about 40

 

[BN9 BHA]

I lived in Vere Road, about a 20 minute walk. One evening in there a couple of us got a map and copy of the Yellow Pages and worked out how many pubs were nearer to our flats than the GB; for me it was about 40

I know where that is.
I wonder how many of those 40 pubs are still there.

 

[Is it PotG?]

I've found 25 so far and historically the street with the most pubs in Brighton, most were lost to slum clearances and street widening:

Pavilion 3 Edward Street 1867 1917 D
Dog Tray 10 Edward Street 1877 1985 D Rebuilt 1936
Rising Sun 11 Edward Street 1854 1911 D
Beckenham Tavern 13 Edward Street 1867 1871 D
Elephant Tavern 14 Edward Street 1839 1936 D Previoulsy William IV
Plasterers Arms 21 Edward Street 1859 1907 D
Three Kings 26 Edward Street 1839 1939 D Stag - 1839
Painters Arms 29 Edward Street 1854 1909 D
London Unity 36 Edward Street 1867 1954 D Became Royal Standard in 1877
Great Globe 38-39 Edward Street 1859 1965 D
Royal Dragoon Arms 50 Edward Street 1884 1895 D
Golden Boot 56 Edward Street 1859 1894 D
Tierney Arms 64 Edward Street 1859 1911 D Became cinema then Boys Club
Duke of Baden 67 Edward Street 1885 1903 D
Vulcan Tavern 70 Edward Street 1854 1936 D
Town Hall 71 Edward Street 1854 1914 D
Rose of England 86 Edward Street 1867 1906 D
Abysinnia Arms 91a Edward Street 1869 1907 D
Park Tavern 95 Edward Street 1859 1929 D
Kerrison Arms 101 Edward Street 1859 1940 D Became Shamrock in 1884
Star Inn 104 Edward Street 1877 1905 C
Leconfield Arms 116 Edward Street 1867 OPEN Now JW Lennon’s
Alliance 140 Edward Street 1867 C
Little Globe 153 Edward Street 1839 1970 C
Thurlow Arms 161 Edward Street 1804 OPEN Now Jury’s Out

Copied and pasted out of my database; first date is opening, second closing, D means demolished, C means converted. Sourced via old street directories so some of the dates may be out. I've yet to discover the exact date the Alliance closed.

I currently have 553 pubs in my database which is limited to the area of the old parish of Brighton and I've yet to add any of the newer ones

 

[Rambo]

Great thread, love a pub one.

How maybe pubs are there in Brighton and Hove these days, anyone know?

How many have you been too?

Is there a list anywhere?

So many questions!

 

[Perry Milkins]

I will remember ... Nordic name ..... Helsinkis or was that the Old Vic ?

but whilst we are at it, who remembers the name of the 'wine bar' in the 80's at the beginning of the entrance to The Lanes as you enter from North Street on the left hand side and you enter through their courtyard, think it has been a pizza place in recent times .....

Was it Moultons?

 

[Greg Bobkin]

The Black Rabbit?

 

[Smudge1]

Was it Moultons?

Clarence’s, at some point.

 

[Seagull on the Hill]

Clarence’s, at some point.

I wonder if that was a nod to the Clarence Hotel that used to be close by in North Street .
It is was demolished in the early 70's.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Great thread, love a pub one.

How maybe pubs are there in Brighton and Hove these days, anyone know?

How many have you been too?

Is there a list anywhere?

So many questions!

According to this with data taken from 2022, about 220 not including places that only serve fizzy lager and cocktails:

Every Pub in Brighton — Beer Voyage | Beers on Tour

www.beervoyage.co.uk

Reckon I have been to a good 80% of them.