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Foundry Street

Where I live
By Adam

Just some images of the North Laine and especially my home in Foundry St.

Photo:Looking over to the Setting Sun from outside the Pond

Looking over to the Setting Sun from outside the Pond

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Photo:North Laine viewed from the Setting Sun

North Laine viewed from the Setting Sun

Photo by Adam

Photo:Foundry St and the Pedestrians Arms

Foundry St and the Pedestrians Arms

Photo by Adam

This page was added on 26/06/2006.

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During the late 60's and up to 1974 I was a regular at the Pedestrians Arms;it was a pub [thankfully] in a time warp and a real slice of Brighton history. The pub had been in the same family for over a hundred years as the then landlord Henry Hazelgrove had taken up the license in the 1950's,but his wife Eadie had taken it up from her father in 1928 and he had been landlord since the 1860's. This is my memeory from 30 years ago so dates may need tweaking after research! As Henry was 82 when he gave up the pub there was a great deal of customer participation in helping him in the last year or so. Last leavers after 'Time Gentlemen Please' were given a broom and/or wet cloths to clean up the bar. As you left after the chores he always thrust a large [very large] dark rum into your hand to down in one! Hefty late leavers were sent to the cellar to lug up crates of ale. These were invariably crates of bottled pints of Guinness,as the pub was opposite the GPO it was generally peopled by postmen, especially at lunchtime,they all seemed to drink bottled Guinness. One lunch break I went in for a pint and as the cricket was on, Henry said to get my self a drink,as I was pulling my Watneys Mild [ah happy days...] some strangers came in and thought I was the barman...followed by others...and some postmen. I never sat down for my entire lunch break! Henry always stated his pub was not for entertainment [no music,no juke box,no 'bandits'] it was a boozer. The one exception was a large [1960's large!] TV which was only on for 'Test Match Special' as Henry was a cricket fan.They has their own angling club - The Pedestrians Arms Deep Sea Anglers or PADSAC and the saloon bar had a wonderful old marine chart showing the fishing grounds off the Brighton shore. A proper pub!
By Geoffrey Mead (05/01/2006)

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