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Hare and Hounds

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Hare and Hounds, London Road

Image reproduced with permission from Brighton History Centre

Hare and Hounds, London Road, 2004

Photo by Mike Snewin

Added to the site on 25-11-04

This page was added on 22/03/2006.

Comments:

My father, George Bath, used to stand up and sing on a Saturday night in the early to middle fifties. Does anybody remember him at all? I would like to hear from you if you do.

By Vic Bath (20/01/2005)

Don't remember your Dad but I do remember the lady who used to play the piano on Saturday nights. Good old days!

By A. Lock (14/06/2005)

This has the date 1905 above the top sign which reflects its rebuilding after the original was removed when they laid the tram lines across Preston Circus at that time. The first H&H was the oldest building in London Road and probably dated from the end of the 18th century when it lay on the Brighton and Preston parish boundaries and was the first Brighton tavern encountered on the London Road. This road had been re-routed from the Dyke Road as they sorted out the drainage problems in the main London Road valley. So the first H&H dates from about 1790.

By Geoffrey Mead (27/02/2006)

I used to work here during 1998 & 1999. I was an Australian visiting and made Brighton, and the Hare & Hounds, my home. Many a fantastic time was had - my boyfriend/husband, Gaz, used to run the trivia comp on a Sunday. I made many a friend there during the 2 years in Brighton. Anyone know what happened to Trev, the landlord? Big tall guy, shaved head.

By Katie (10/04/2006)

My great great Aunt Bessie Light married Edmund Drew who was publican of the Hare and Hounds about 1920. Edmund was an optician and had previously been publican of the Russell Arms about 1901.

By Geraldine Lewis (24/10/2007)

If you are at Churchill Square
Get on a 5a or a 5b away from town
That will take you to Preston Circus
Where you will enjoy the best pub in town
Hare and Hounds, Hare and Hounds
Best pub in town

Hare and Hounds, Hare and Hounds
Best pub in town
La la la la-------la la la la

There is a great management team
in Darren and Julie
If you know what I mean
Bar staff include Chelsea Paul
He is cool
Keith a great relief
Who gets stick from me for not chatting up the
barmaids who fancy him usually
The barmaids are pretty and have personality
Cayling is in that cateogry she is talented definetly
Chorus: Hare and Hounds best pub in town etc

There is more to come on this song later.

By Philip Wright (11/03/2008)

My wife's mother was fostered by the sister of Edmund Jury Drew who was landlord of the Hare and Hounds. I have a lot of information on the Drew family who were all very active in the Licensed Victuallers Trade in Brighton. Edmund Drury Drew died on the 23rd August 1931 when at 9.30 am he fell from the bathroom window onto the yard at the rear of the Hare & Hounds. I have newspaper cuttings of the event and funeral.

By Dudley Procter (04/09/2008)

Would be most interested in newspaper cuttings about the death of Edmund Drew. I have a photo of Edmund with his extended Light family taken in St. Ann's Well Gardens 1903.

By Geraldine Lewis (25/09/2008)

I am the great grand-daughter of Edmund Drew and would like to know more about this side of the family - especially more about Bessie Light and rumours that she was Jewish. My grandmother was called Gladys Drew, the youngest of the four children of Edmund Jury Drew and Bessie Light. My mother, Diana, is interested in knowing more about the Drews. Dudley and Geraldine - please get in contact.
Email kirstininnes@yahoo.co.uk anyone with more info on the Light or Drew family in Brighton and Hove and any interesting family stories.

By Kirstin Innes (13/10/2008)