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The Marine Hotel was situated on Selborne Road.

An amusing little pub in a residential area where it seemed a surprise to find, an idiosyncracy used to be a bar billiards table crowded into a corner which made you use a very small cue (I used to call it a toothpick) to make certain shots, and helped you get acquainted with the locals.

Tony Gorton

This pub closed in the mid 2000s, now converted to flats. This pub was used by the fledgling commandos unit based in the town in WW2 under the command of Ian Fleming, the author of the James Bond books. These soldiers played key roles pre- and post-D Day landings behind enemy lines in France and many lost their lives or were wounded. Many wrote their names on a board behind the bar and it is understood that this was rescued during the conversion.

Brian Haines (April 2014)

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