I trust it has improved? Wasn't a place we went into much but it had a certain charm, of sorts. Was more Red Cross or The Market with a period spent in The Desert Rat or The Castle. And a few others with better gardens in the summer. Still do a few of them a couple of times a year when we meet...
Yes, used to see him in Reigate every weekend in my early drinking days in the 90’s.
The Market was a favourite of his. Never found him too much trouble but a few of his hangers on were pretty unsavoury.
I recall a night in The Panther and him regaling is with tales of buying sports cars...