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Photos: then and now

Green Dragon pub, Sydney Street

Image reproduced with permission from Brighton History Centre

The Office pub, Sydney Street

Photo by Mike Snewin

This page was added on 22/03/2006.

Comments:

This place had some great young 'alternative' characters in the early nineties, and some great barmaids on a Saturday lunch time. Two gorgeous sisters.

By N/A (01/01/1900)

Are the chamber pots still there? No chance! Mind you, you can get some cracking Thai food in there now.

By The Prince (29/11/2004)

If you're after chamber pots I believe that The Pond pub still has quite a few hanging from their ceiling. It's just round the corner on Gloucester Road.

By Roland (09/12/2004)

I used to work in the Dragon in the good ol' bad ol' days of the lovely Graeme and Dan. What a place!

By Christina (16/01/2005)

Loved this pub, terrible toilets but a great place. Have not ventured back in as the Office as it just would not be the same.

By Darren (27/06/2005)

I used to love the Green Dragon when I was a student in the early 90s. Remember the chorus of 'F*** off punters!' at closing time? Haven't set foot in there since the revamp - couldn't go back, wouldn't be the same.

By Breezy (18/11/2005)

What year is the old pub photo please?

By Bridget (14/03/2006)

Used it when it was called the Green Dragon during the early 1960s - two bars from memory. Don't agree that pubs should be allowed to change names. Should be a law against it. Us old un's can't give directions around the streets now.

By Geoff Wells (03/09/2006)

I spent many an evening in here with all the metalheads, punks and crusties in the early 90s. My mate Broadie had it for a while. It was an amazing pub but with the worst toilets ever - a bloke got killed in them one night. Awful rebranding - shame on breweries!

By Cam Vallance (04/06/2007)

During my years at the pub as a customer in the 1980s, it was owned by the avuncular and portly Ray Rickers and run by 'Blue'. Ray went on to jointly own the Pond (I believe) and a pub in Dorset which I believe was less successful. He then went on to create Mrs Fitzherbert's in New Road from the tiny theatre pub there originally. The 1980s were a good time for the Dragon (I seem to recall). Blue went on to run The Basketmakers Arms around the corner and then moved up the hill to the Prestonville.

By Jules (08/08/2007)

Asked my soul mate to marry me here circa June 1990! Loved her then as I love her now!

By Graeme White (16/04/2008)