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| RICHARD COBDEN - CLIFTON ROAD - 1868 | |
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The Cobden Arms - Now the only
pub remaining in a street that had three. Built in 1868 by the Rock
Brewery of Brighton. Special thanks to Carol Sullivan and her mother for permission to use a family picture and also a copy of the family history which I shall be delving into very soon.
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Patrick Dalton,
the landlord in 1986, had a ban on duke box's in the pub. The pub was named after the political activist Richard Cobden who was born near Midhurst in 1804. |
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Keeping up a tradition: Steve Walker, the current landlord of the Richard Cobden, sent in the modern picture of the regulars in a joint celebration of the Royal Wedding and the coronation of George V, depicted on the left, one hundred years ago this year. (click the modern picture to enlarge) |
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Something of a rarity these
days, pub games. I was pleased to discover, tucked away in a quite
corner, a selection of board games, cards and amazingly a Shove ha'penny board. This is a pub that doesn't have a pool table but offers these more subdued activities.
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Bit of a mystery this one.
Bolted high up on a far wall is this curious ship porthole, complete
with storm cover.
The legend on the clock face reads, HMS Loyalty - Harland & Wolff - Sank on the 22nd of August 1944. The ship HMS Loyalty (J217), a mine sweeper was sunk in the English channel by a German U-boat with the loss of 20 lives. 30 survived. Does anyone know why it now graces a pub wall?
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| REFIT - Open July 2017 | |
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| Known landlord/manager | From: The Worthing Journal |
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1868 undated: Davida & Michael |
1913: Fred Tupper, landlord of
the Cobden arms, Cobden Road, organised a Boxing Day walking race
from the pub to the Norfolk Bridge, Shoreham, and back, a distance
of around ten miles. A Stevens won in one hour and 47 minutes.
Worthing Journal issue 84, 2017.
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