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	Picture source: Christopher Maidment
The Sussex Arms was situated on Cuckfield Road. This pub was a 19th century brewery tap and is now occupied by a print and design company.  The Sussex Arms part of the building and the Brewery (now Brewery Mews) are all now residential accommodation in keeping with the original structures that have been maintained.
My mother was teetotal and my father rarely drank so I was not never taken to the pub and left outside with ‘a glass of pop and a packet of crisps’. Back in the early 1970’s I was too young to buy alcohol but was looking for a lunchtime drink. I knew my grandfather used quite a few pubs, including the Lamb just up the road, so decided to give the Lamb a miss and go to the Sussex Arms. Having taken a big breath I went through the door, looking neither left nor right, and ordered my pint. Relieved that I had been served I had a drink then put the glass back on the bar. I then glanced right then left. Deep joy! The only person there was my grandfather, a man of few words, who said, ‘Are you alright?’ I said that I was and finished my pint quickly and left. He never mentioned the occasion to my parents.
Ian Jarmaine (Novemebr 2020)
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Date of photo: 2014	© Copyright Simon Carey and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence