Great photo Ron, well done for sharing it, must be late 1940's?

The Pub on the left Ron was The Windmill. I believe that it was once the site of an actual windmill.

Could this windmill have been the Copperas Gap Mill?

My Aunt and Uncle (Myers) ran the 'Clarence' until the time of demolition and relocated to the Railway Tavern by the railway crossing gates. Anno domini prevents me from remembering much about the surrounding area of North Street

Yes, that is the windmill, and also close by is the Jolly Sailors which I spent some time outside waiting with a lemonade and crisps.

Was the property named "King" a butcher's shop in the 1950's?

Dudley: Number 68 North Street was a butcher's shop in 1956 according to Kelly's directory.

Hi Jean, was Len your brother by any chance?

The pub on the right could not be the Clarence. This was on the corner of East Street and North Street. My father spent a great amount of time there.

Well I think you will find that it is the Clarence. It was not on the corner of East Street. My nan lived there so I'm very sure.

To Eddie Mccabe. The pub which was at the bottom of East Street, Portslade was called the Claredon Arms. I have a book on North Street and the pub is mentioned in it. Hope you are keeping in good health. Did you every find the other photos that you were going to put on the site? Regards

The pub on the right of the picture was the Clarence better known as Monty's and was one of the first pubs that I ever drank in. I remember Monty's nephew Bob whom I knocked around with at one time. The pub opposite is the Windmill that was owned by a Mr Bohanon. I spent my 21st birthday in there: 22nd April 1959. The shop R.Carden was my cousin's (known as Peter) who was a metal polisher. The butcher's shop was owned at one time by Mr Mathews or Mathewman. I grew up in that area having been born in George Street, No 3, in 1938. My friend Leslie Hamilton has an early Kelly's directory that I will borrow when I retire from politics and put down a few memories. I woukd like to catch up with anyone who remembers me from those days during the war and just after.

I agree that the pub in the picture was the Windmill and not Montys, ie the Clarence. That pub was further along the street, to the right of the picture, on the corner of a street that I cannot remember the name of but, I believe, opposite the long lost St. Georges Square and also not far away from Gobel's (not sure of the spelling) greencrocers shop. Getting back to the picture, was the second shop on the right Mrs Parnell's wool shop at some stage?

I remember the Windmill pub around the early 1950's when I used to play piano in the bar. The piano was sited on a small stage that was fenced off by railings. Seeing this for the first time I asked the landlord if he experienced troubles in the bar (why would they place railings around the piano & player?). He replied "No, but if there was he could handle it". Anyway, there was no trouble and I enjoyed my times playing there. Quite a few of the customers were merchant seamen from various countries.

Does any one remember the Jolly Sailor pub in Portslade and the landlord and his wife George and Marie Masters or their son Eric?

many thanks

I have a photograph that you may find interesting but it is a very early one of my grandparents' fish shop on North Street circa 1920. Edgar Sands also had a barbers shop next door. I can't quite place where it would have been but for sure it was long demolished before I was born in 1954. I remember playing with a girl who lived at the Clarence Hotel- Sandra Luxton. My family lived in 104 St Andrews Road, my father lolling against the wall in the photo as a child, married brought up two children and died in that house in 1987. Please see the photo.