Can anyone tell me anything about the black and white 'then' photograph? My guess is that it's the mid-1970s by the splendid fashions but what caught my eye was the smiling, fair-haired gent with the moustache, bomber jacket, platforms and flairs, strolling out of the pub: this looks exactly like my friend Nick Waller, formerly of Havelock Road and son of master builder Harry Waller.  Nick (now living in Wales) was a gregarious and regular frequenter of backstreet Brighton pubs and around this period was living in a flat in a building on the highest point of Terminus Road, near to the junction with Clifton Street, which isn't far from Guildford Steet. If it isn't him in the picture then it ought to be!

My old friend Nick Waller has confirmed that this is him strolling out of the Sussex Yeoman some time in the mid to late 1970s , probably when he used to live in a flat in Buckingham Place (not Terminus Road, but nearby). Behind him is Pete Baker who lived somewhere near the south end of Montpelier Road and Nick thinks that behind Pete could be Ken Skinner who still lives in Brighton and later had a newsagents on the eastern side of Beaconsfield Road just north of the viaduct. We now seem to know the cast of characters but can anyone please tell me who took the picture (or perhaps who donated it) as well as when and why it was taken? I would love to follow this up as the chances of a picture of a backstreet Brighton pub also accidentally being a picture of three buddies from the 1970s must be staggeringly high and has brought back memories of some happy days.

I am still hoping for some clues as to who took the 1970s picture, as well as when and why, but in the meantime I have to compliment the new owners of the Sussex Yeoman as it looks in better condition now than it did in the 70s. It's good to know that there are good, honest corner pubs surviving in Brighton. I'll drop in on my next visit.

Ah, the pub that I bought my first ever pint in! I was 17 and nervously scurried in and bought a pint of lager. Born and bred in Brighton but haven't been back in years; how I miss it...