The Gillam family ran the United Service from c.1908 up until the 1940s. It closed in 1964.

The Blue Anchor
Kemp Street. Number 29 was the Blue Anchor pub from at least 1869 up until c.1910.
Image (c) Carol Homewood
The Gillam family ran the United Service from c.1908 up until the 1940s. It closed in 1964.

Kemp Street. Number 29 was the Blue Anchor pub from at least 1869 up until c.1910.

The earliest record of the Flying Dutchman I could find was in 1854 when it was run by D. Sayers.

The earliest record I could find for this pub, then known as the Eastern Tavern was 1848. Reed Ockenden was the landlord.

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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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