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The Alex may well have closed before the gryatory was built; it looked dead the couple of times I went there. I never went to the CH, did go to the Allen a few times but it wasn't great. It's hard to think of it now but there were four pubs within a 30 metre radius of Lewes Rd, there was no...

But how else to solve it? Who do you distinguish between cars belonging to people who already live in the area and students if they don't have a permit system? I said just over a £1 a day. A yearly pass costs £1.09 a day and if a student buys a three-month term pass, that works out at £1.42...

Why should a student need a car? The uni is in walking distance, Sainsbury's and Aldi will be in walking distance.There's a bus stop outside with about 30 buses an hour going into town (with unlimited rides at just over a quid a day), comparing favourably with the high cost of parking. There are...

I don't get this. The uni is about 200m from The Lectern/Preston Barracks, I know people are less reluctant to walk these days but I think young and fit students can manage that. Do you really think students are incapable of walking 200m? EDIT: The first link I looked at in The Big Build...

I stand corrected. I got from information from a leaflet that said that as the place had been recognised as a community asset, there was now a campaign to get the place re-opened as a pub. I remember that was pretty much how The Bevy started; it was ear-marked for student housing and the...

Yes, I think it's true that local authorities have been too swift to turn pubs into houses but these are generally pubs that aren't making any money: successful pubs don't close. The Bevendean was making reasonable money but, as you pointed out, it was closed for other reasons. I think there's...

I'm not sure that it's the authorities, the pubs couldn't make money. The good news is that the Hiker's is set to re-open and the Royal Hussar (TirNaNog/Lectern) has now been classed as an asset of community value - meaning that steps are being taken to get it re-opened. Sometimes pubs do close...

Harvey's and a guest beer

It does good business. I was in there a few weeks ago and the place was packed. Like others on here, I was brought up in Moulsecoomb, just a few minutes from The Bevendean (as it then was). I don't recall many fights there but it was certainly a place to go if you wanted to buy moody gear...