What WAS the Name of That Pub? - Brighton Edition

[Elvis]

A Brighton pub now converted into flats. Can you name this one?

London Unity?

 

[Buzzer]

London Unity?

Well done! I used to love that pub. A proper local boozer with a really nice vibe.

 

[Buzzer]

Another pub. This one is still alive and kicking

 

[Colossal Squid]

Another pub. This one is still alive and kicking

That's the Park Crescent.

Nice pub but naff beer sadly

 

[Buzzer]

That's the Park Crescent.

Nice pub but naff beer sadly

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?

 

[jakarta]

That's the Park Crescent.

Nice pub but naff beer sadly

Refuse to drink in Hall & Woodhouse Pubs after their appalling treatment of the King & Barnes Brewery & Estate when they took them over back in 2000. Utter Twunts...

 

[Colossal Squid]

Admiral Napier

Thanks, so the Admiral Napier was a five minute walk from the Sir Charles Napier then!

We don't half have a lot of pubs and former pubs named after or associated with admirals:

The Lord Nelson
The Admiral
The Sir Charles Napier
The Victory
The Battle of Trafalgar
Horatios

 

[BN9 BHA]

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?

The George Beard, is that now called The Eagle?

 

[Buzzer]

The George Beard, is that now called The Eagle?

Yup. I think previously it was a crusty's pub but they got pushed over to the Kensington in Kensington Gardens when Schnews and the Levellers really kicked off and then the George Beard became a very quiet couple's pub. A bit like the William IV and what was the Greyhound where on more than one occasion I saw couples in his and her matching jackets.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Yup. I think previously it was a crusty's pub but they got pushed over to the Kensington in Kensington Gardens when Schnews and the Levellers really kicked off and then the George Beard became a very quiet couple's pub. A bit like the William IV and what was the Greyhound where on more than one occasion I saw couples in his and her matching jackets.

I had forgotten all about the George Beard, but as soon as I saw the name it reminded me of a mate that I drink with sometimes.
He seemed to like that pub when it was the GB.
Was it previously called the Eagle before?

 

[Buzzer]

I had forgotten all about the George Beard, but as soon as I saw the name it reminded me of a mate that I drink with sometimes.
He seemed to like that pub when it was the GB.
Was it previously called the Eagle before?

That I don't know. I came to Brighton in 96 ish and it was the GB then. Around the same time another pub, The Volunteer, got renamed and became THE pub to go to on a Friday night.

 

[BN9 BHA]

The Volunteer, where was that? Sounds familiar.

Have you got this book?

 

[Buzzer]

The Volunteer, where was that? Sounds familiar.

Have you got this book?

I haven't got the book but it sounds interesting. The pub that was the Volunteer is very near where the old barracks used to be near the library.

 

[Colossal Squid]

The Volunteer, where was that? Sounds familiar.

Have you got this book? View attachment 80913

At the top is the Bow Street Runner and The Crown at the bottom there is right round the corner from the Sidewinder, just off Upper St James' Street

 

[whitelion]

PG? I don't think so but not sure what those initials stand for.

A clue for you: It had a jukebox on the wall on the right hand side as you entered the pub.

It was The Castle, PGs (landlord Paul Gasson) and now the Pull and Pump in Clarence Gardens.

 

[BN9 BHA]

I haven't got the book but it sounds interesting. The pub that was the Volunteer is very near where the old barracks used to be near the library.

Good book, some great photos in there. It came out last year.

You have lost me with The Volunteer, the only barracks I know was Lewes Rd ( Preston Barracks) near Mithras House.

 

[Buzzer]

Good book, some great photos in there. It came out last year.

You have lost me with The Volunteer, the only barracks I know was Lewes Rd ( Preston Barracks) near Mithras House.

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.

 

[osgood]

I had forgotten all about the George Beard, but as soon as I saw the name it reminded me of a mate that I drink with sometimes.
He seemed to like that pub when it was the GB.
Was it previously called the Eagle before?

yep

 

[BN9 BHA]

At the top is the Bow Street Runner and The Crown at the bottom there is right round the corner from the Sidewinder, just off Upper St James' Street

Grafton Street.
I think you would also like that book.

 

[osgood]

At the top is the Bow Street Runner and The Crown at the bottom there is right round the corner from the Sidewinder, just off Upper St James' Street

you mean The Lion , lol