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| Downlands - Upper Brighton Road - 1939 | |
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Built in 1939 by Portsmouth and Brighton United Breweries, who later changed their name to 'Brickwoods' but ceased trading in 1983. It was another classic
Roadhouse design built specifically to capture the passing motorist.
It was a Beefeater pub (Whitrbread Brewery) for a while but is
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| Number 3 Commando outside the Downlands Hotel | |
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Our thanks to Steve Bray for the images of peter and Betty taken in the car park of the Downlands in 1953
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Pictured Right, John Bugler and son outside the Downlands Hotel. The pub had been subject to an armed robbery. He had entered through an upstairs window at the back dressed in a brown jacket, pale green trousers, a red stocking over his head and pink rubber gloves on his hands. His weapon, a double barrelled shotgun. The landlord suspected he had broken in when the pub was open and hid in the function room. The pub had just been locked up when he appeared. Approximately £1,000 was stolen from the safe for which the landlord had sensibly handed over the keys. |
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| Disabled parking at the front of building | |
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