Brighton pubs that are no longer there

[Man of Harveys]

I was amazed to discover that, even in a city like Brighton, with what seems like a pub on every other street corner in the centre, once had half as many pubs again.

What now look like ordinary terraced houses in my road were once very simple pubs, many of them with only a licence to sell beer, not spirits.

I've been lucky enough not to have had too many Brighton drinking holes go under during my own drinking career (I think it's a coincidence...) but would be very interested to hear about any Brighton old boozers from any old Brighton boozers who remember them. Piccies would be even better.

 

[whitelion]

Loads of pubs have lost their identities and been renamed etc but ones that I can recall that have been bulldozed or converted to housing:

Dog Tray Edward Street (Near to where Amex is now)
The Clarence (North Street Portslade Biker's Pub Great for Strippers private stags etc)
Where Churchill Square is now was terraced housing with loads of pubs. (Check history of Brighton).

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

There was a whole load of music pubs around in the punk era that are no longer there; The Alhambra, The Buccaneer, The New Regent and the Art College Basement (well that one was a sort of pub).

 

[CHAPPERS]

Not that old but , 'The Quadrant'.

RIP

 

[Man of Harveys]

Not that old but , 'The Quadrant'.

RIP

True, that's a very nice old boozer that has sadly gone. Although I don't think they've knocked it down yet. Maybe they're not going to after all?

 

[Deleted User X18H]

The Sea horse south street I think (off west street)

 

[GUNTER]

A good one in Ditchling (the sandrock) is being converted into flats.

 

[The Large One]

The Elephan & Castle in London Road, opposite Woolworths, which closed in the late 1980s.

 

[whitelion]

The Sea horse south street I think (off west street)

Great old pub. Corner of Middle Street and South Street. About to be turned into flats. It was called the Sea House.

 

[Man of Harveys]

Great old pub. Corner of Middle Street and South Street. About to be turned into flats. It was called the Sea House.

I thought it was going to be rebuilt as a new pub by Wetherspoons and they were going to keep the name? Not a perfect solution but that building looks knacked beyond repair.

 

[whitelion]

I thought it was going to be rebuilt as a new pub by Wetherspoons and they were going to keep the name? Not a perfect solution but that building looks knacked beyond repair.

No the latest plans are to remove the current buildings from the site and replace it with PB flats.

 

[Lammy]

Not that old but , 'The Quadrant'.

RIP

The Quadrant has gone

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

The Quadrant has gone

Nope, it's still there. Well the building is. The developers of the flagship new Safeways were MADE to keep the listed building that housed The Quadrant. They appear to have been noble enough not to start a mystery fire.

 

[pasty]

They appear to have been noble enough not to start a mystery fire.

LMFAO

 

[empire]

the maytree my local, along old shoreham rd,miss the place like mad,knew everyone that went in their for years.!!!

 

[Nobby Nomates]

The volunteer. The first pub in Brighton to be 'Zel'ed

Turned from a decent boozer into a shithole staffed by wankers who act as if they're doing you a favour by selling you a pint of piss poor lager for £3-odd.

 

[dougdeep]

THere used to be 365 pubs in Brighton. Anyone know how many there are now?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

There used to be a cider house in Edward Street called the Alliance. Scrumpy was 1s 4d a pint when I last went there (less than 7p, since you ask).

And, talking of Shoreham, much missed is the King's Head - the last place to serve Watney's Special from a tapped barrel sitting on a shelf behind the bar.

 

[B.M.F]

The Boulevard used to be a favourite hang out of Chez and my good self. It was where the West street enterance of the Odeon is and was quality until they decided to enlarge the entrance to the Event and swallow up the wonderful watering hole. The 2 Sharon's, Fast Freddy and Luigi were tops


Nearly forgot about the stunning Harley

 

[chez]

The Boulevard used to be a favourite hang out of Chez and my good self. It was where the West street enterance of the Odeon is and was quality until they decided to enlarge the entrance to the Event and swallow up the wonderful watering hole. The 2 Sharon's, Fast Freddy and Luigi were tops


Nearly forgot about the stunning Harley

Coor, she was something else that bird! Quality eye candy b4 going in the event and shagging anything on offer!!