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Obed Arms pub outing, early 1900s

By David Wickham

I am not sure about the date of this photograph but�I think is around 1905-15. My Grandfather, Albert Spencer Wickham, b. 1880, is in the front row standing fourth from right, between the man with the banjo and the first man sitting down. The poster in the centre window is advertising the Obed Arms, Slate Club and Friends Annual Outing. So was this the day of the outing?

Do you recognise anyone here?
Does anyone recognise anyone else in the photo? I have been trying to read the cap tally of the naval rating and can only hazard a guess that it might be HMS Canada, which would date the photo after 1914 to go with the medal, which looking at his age would be WW1.�He also�has one good conduct stripe, denoting at least 4 years service.

Do you know anything about the pub?
We note with great interest, the man in the light suit sitting and his very large pipe bowl. What on earth did he smoke? My father, now just turned 93, was born in 1913 in Dinapore Street which is where the family were living. Sadly both pub and street are no longer. The photo was taken by Stanley Mann of 27 York Place, Brighton.� It would be really wonderful to get some more information about this photograph - can anyone help me?

Obed Arms pub outing

From the private collection of David Wickham

This page was added on 24/11/2006.

Comments:

I was born in Dinapore Steret in 1942. I think at either number 1 or 2, it was on the lower side coming in from Richmond Street and my mum's family also lived for a long time at number 14. When the street was damaged by the bombing, we then moved to Sussex Terrace where we were bombed out again. There were 3 pubs in Dinapore Street, one both ends and one in the middle, but that one closed down and was used as a doss house (my mum's words, not mine). When the houses were bombed, they found one old lady sitting on a toilet, nude, in the middle of the road, but I think she died shortly after. There were quite a few casualties in that raid. Mum said they were trying to bomb the railway station.

By Patrick Collins (Catswhiskas) (25/11/2006)

There was a run of correspondence in the B&H Leader earlier this year around this pub. It was in Albion Hill and was listed in local directories as a beershop. I think it survived until the 1950's.

By Geoffrey Mead (27/11/2006)

According to my mum Winnie's old diary, the other pubs in Dinapore Street were The Gun Tavern in the middle of the street, run by two old ladies until it closed.� The other was�The Live and Let Live on the Richmond Street end. I should imagine opposite was Breed's fish and chip shop. Both pubs were always full she wrote, even though the locals were strapped for cash, they could always find a penny or so for a pint or two. Sounds familiar?

By Patrick Collins(catswhiskas) (27/11/2006)

The Live and Let Live was a beer house only.�The landlord, who l remember as Fred, owned a few properties in the area. The best thing was when he got to know you and he would get the real stuff from under the counter -�better than light and lime. I�remember it well.

By Leslie Dean (16/01/2007)

At some sage members of my family were landlords of the live and let live, I don't know to much about them thought.

By Patrick Kite (19/09/2007)

I�lived�at 24 Dinapore Street, also known as the Gun Tavern, when it was a house when�I was born in�1947 for about 12 years with my Mum, Dad, sister Carol and�brothers Pat, Harry and�Malcolm.� Then we moved to Whitehawk.

By Roy Sargeant (29/01/2008)

By the looks of the buttonholes of all the men in the photograph, the outing was held on Oakapple Day!

By Roy Grant (12/02/2008)