Image (c) Carol Homewood
The earliest mention in the directories that I could find was 1845. However it could very well be much older than that.
During the end of the nineteenth century the Carpenters Arms was being run by a man named John Christie. Christie's is what it was called from c.1900 up until the late 1960s.
This former pub is on the corner of Guildford Street and Upper Gloucester Road
Listed in the directories from at least 1852. At that time ran by William Marchant.
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Work has now commenced on controversial plans to alter the traffic flow and accessibility of the area between St. Peter’s and Pool Valley.
Days are numbered for most of the buildings along Pelham Terrace, Lewes Road.
Demolition has started of the old Pink Coconut Night Club.
Built in 1933. Closed as a cinema in the late 1970s, it became a Bingo Hall. This closed in 1997.
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