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Buckingham Arms -
Montague Street - 1835 to 1987 Pub |
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Shoppers browsing in the Body
Shop will have no idea they have stepped into Worthing's own
Bermuda Triangle. The Buckingham formed part of a triangle of three pubs,
each a dart throw from the other. The Buckingham, the Kings Arms and
the Victoria - very handy if the landlord kicked you out! From the pictures above, we can see a small addition to the original building. The design features seem to imply this was done whilst it was still a public house.
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Door detail - left. It was common practice to have a door on the corner at that time but here it has been converted into a window. The pediment above still exists, although slightly blunted. |
A more detailed view of the door posts which are solid not wooden. This one clearly shows it's original, whilst the one covered up is carefully copied on the then new extension. Again, this is solid rather than wooden - a sign of craftsmanship I feel. |
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| Three pubs less than a stones throw from each other. | |
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NEW YEARS EVE 1986 Special thanks to Rebecca Scott |
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Rebecca Scott writes:
The reason why the pub closed was down was to the Landlord and landlady getting a divorce. Justine was their adopted daughter. I slept in the spare room above the pub twice. I don't remember the Landlord or Landlady's names, there must be a record somewhere. I remember going to the pub for the first time in 1985 and Justine's parents were running the pub, but they could have been the owners, I don't know. |
| RECOLLECTION | |
| Steve Coombes remembers . . . |
"My friends mum and dad had this pub in 1980. The ground floor and first floor were for drinking and the top floor was where they lived. My friends name was Marko Hill. When you went in the bar was on the left and there was seating down the right. The Body Shop put the building on the side I think in about 1986 (EDIT: Pub closed in 1987!). I remember being able to sit in the bar and have crisps and a coke." |
| Known landlord/manager | |
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1839 - Richard Bacon. 1855 - John Goble. 1861 - Charlotte Stent. 1866 - Charlotte Stent. 1871 - Thomas Chandler. 1883 - Mrs Eliza Chandler to George Cobden 1891 - George Hobden 1892 - Nathaniel Morling. 1914 - H Gosling 1960's Edmund (Jim) and Maud (Winks) Greenfield. 1987 - Closed
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