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Crompton Arms, Crompton Rd.

R

RayD

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Fond memories of the Sat night "free & easy" here. Circa 1953 onwards.

Couple of names remembered are Tommy the waiter & Vic the pianist.
Sadly, I believe it is now boarded up, or even demolished.
Drank in there with a mate named Donald Durbridge, are you out there Don, or does anyone else remember :?: :alcoholic:
 
Went in the Crompton a few times in the 1950s, because three members of our youth club lived there. Sorry to say I can't remember anything about it good or bad, but the same goes for so many places, like the Villa Cross and the Grapes. I was always a bit cautious in 'foreign' pubs - I kept me head down, hoping for no problems, and it seemed to work. I was more relaxed in the Roebuck, the Beehive and even the Ivy House on Soho Hill and the Soho Road.
Peter
 
Peter Walker said:
... I was more relaxed in the Roebuck, the Beehive and even the Ivy House on Soho Hill and the Soho Road.
Peter
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Strewth, Peter, you musta bin 'ard to go in them! :shock: I stuck to The Farcroft, The Grove, The Uplands and The Endwood (till I got my ticket). :?
 
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