I wonder how long it will be before these popular pubs are forced out of business by the extreme views of a the small but vocal anti-smoking minority.

They wont be forced out of business at all. It's just a smoke screen (pun intended) to make people feel sorry for smokers. In any case, these pubs went downhill YEARS ago.

Hi, glad to see The Stag still around I was born there on the 6th July 1949. I now live in Yorkshire but am now making regular trips down to Brighton. Plan to visit The Stag next time.

I remember the Stag well I was married in 1961 and held my reception there. We had a great time. My maiden name was Morley and I lived in Valley Road.

My Grandparents managed the Southern Cross Pub in that era they served the community of Portslade well during the war times and after. It was a sad old day when the Old Shoreham Road got widened and shops stood empty. Portslade was a thriving village, now everyone dismisses it in a blink of an eye.

Does anyone remember Burt Hickley - worked at The George for years - think somewhere probably in the sixties and seventies