On a recent journey across the West Sussex coast my driving companion suddenly turned off the A27 to take a detour down Memory Lane. Having lived in Brighton 30 years sago he wanted to see if he could locate any of his old haunts. After a quick spin through Portslade and along the Brighton seafront we found ourselves at a multiple junction in the Seven Dials area where we came upon Andrew's old local, the Marquess of Exeter. Since we had a long drive ahead of us we decided to stop for a swift half. Having consisted of three small rooms back in the 1970s, the Marquess of Exeter has doubled in size and is now one room nestled around a half-circle bar. Although somewhat modernised, many of the features are original, including the windows and the ceiling. The current landlady, who has run the pub for fifteen years, was one of the Marquess' young upstart barmaids at the same time Andrew was one of the pub's young upstart patrons. They reminisced about the old pub and a lot of the old customers, some now deceased while some are still regulars. | ![]() |