Used to be called The Crown & Anchor by day, but by night The Crown & *anker! My Mrs used to work in the restaurant under the old management. Really lovely people. Did great food, the best Sussex Smokie ever.
Sheperds Neame bought it & it's muck on a truck delivered chilled for re-heating now.
It isn't called the Rocket. Hasn't been for years. It's under new management and is now one of the better pubs.
The Rocket was legendary .... even The Cure played in there
The Snooty Fox at Three Bridges hands down.
The Snooty Fox at Three Bridges hands down.
God, that place is full of nutters while waiting for a rail replacement bus on a Saturday night. Good shout.
The old owners are friends of mine. The place was lovely when they were there. Tragically the guy passed away last year after getting out of the pub game.
Snooty Fox is a hole for sure, but on the (somewhat low scoring) scale of Crawley pubs out there, probably not the worst.
The Top House in B.Hill (or the Burgess Hill Inn as it is now called) is a dive as well, last time I went in there a full scale riot kicked off, glasses and furniture being thrown being thrown everywhere and the Police van turned up sharpish. Rozzers asked the landlord to close the pub immediately
Tbh, most 'station' pubs are terrible. The Burrell in HH, the Hassocks just as bad imo.
Yup, was in the Bedford a month ago, wondered what the strange smell was yes bloke next to me having a fag, s'pose it could have been worst.
I'm shocked, thats two people just on this thread that have been in there recently!
The Snooty Fox at Three Bridges hands down.
I know it goes against the grain for a lot of people, but the only bars outside the city center in Prague/Plzen that a full, are the ones where you can smoke cigarettes or weed or both
The Farmers - Lancing. Throw back to the stone age.
It is crap, but it's about 1000 times better than the old Fox that used to be there!
Went to this tiny bar in Prague with a mate a year or two back, wanted to try an authentic locals pub. It was certainly that. The beer was grand but... MY. GOD. Only lasted twenty minutes before we had to run out, eyes streaming, clothes stinking. The place was rammed with locals, including a few local police in uniform. Literally every single customer was smoking. Only ventilation was a tiny open window. You could cut the fug with a knife. As you can even see in the photo! Worst of all, there was a young waitress in there bringing food and drinks to your table if that's what you wanted. Doesn't bear thinking about the damage she's doing to her lungs working an eight or ten hour shift in that place. Absolutely dreadful.
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Hikers Rest now called Ruby must still awful.