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beer
I joined the boycott as soon as it was launched.
The Lewes Arms is a great little boozer with some quaint features, such as:
1. A debating chamber in the front bar; just pull up a chair, get your rollies out and join in whatever discussions were happening. No telly, nor jukebox, nor anything except chat really.
2. A ban on the use of mobile phones long before it became trendy to ban the use of mobile phones. Offenders were invited to buy a round of drinks for the patrons.
3. Home of the roll-up; at least fifty percent of the regular occupants rolled their own.
4. Beard central: the Lewes Arms was home to a number of folk groups using the upstairs facilities; also some amateur dramatic societies who, in keeping with the local back-turning, have found new homes.
5. Home to Toads, a traditional Sussex past-time involving the lobbing of heavy gold coins onto a shaped stool and several traditional/ wonderful/ bizarre Sussex events, such as Poodle racing, cribbage competitions, pea-rolling . . .
It's a shame that corporate greed should seek to place a nasty great jackboot into the midst of all this tradition; but equally uplifting that the good people of Lewes appear to be standing firm against it.
This evening we'll be ploughing considerable funds into the Pelham Arms (Badger Brewery) and the Royal Oak (Harveys). I won't be going into the Lewes Arms.
Cheers!
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph
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