Viva Brighton April 2015 Issue #26

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pub: the robin hood It takes me approximately four seconds to cross the road between my house and the Robin Hood, so it’s accurate to call it my ‘local’. The first time I had a pint there was the first day I moved into my flat, and landlord Chris Dodd informed me in quick succession that it was Britain’s only charity pub, and that sadly this didn’t make my beer tax deductible. This hasn’t stopped me from returning there on an extremely regular basis: it’s one of the friendliest boozers I’ve ever come across, a public house in the real meaning of the term: in effect, an extension of my living room. The place is owned by entrepreneur Martin Webb. Webb (with now-Tory-MP Simon Kirby) was, until 2002, part owner of the C-Side chain of Brighton pubs. The pair sold the chain for £15m, and split the profits. Shortly afterwards Webb bought the ‘Hood’. As a thank you to the city that had helped him make his fortune, he made it Britain’s only charity pub: all the yearly profit, after running costs are paid, goes to local causes. The name ‘Robin Hood’ is, by the way, a fortuitous coincidence: in fact it has been called that since it was built in 1852. Another very-regular there is pub restorer Neil Hayward, who refurbished the interior when it was bought by Webb, and lives above it. He’s studied the history of the place, and tells me we’re lucky it’s still there. On the 9th April 1941, a Nazi bomb destroyed the two next-door buildings on Norfolk Place, accounting for the incongruous redbrick building at no. 4, and the pub’s higgledy-piggledy shape. This left a gap in the terrace and what is now the eastern half of the pub was in the post-war years a courtyard, where the clientele would drink beer sitting on beer barrels. Before its subsequent extension in the eighties, Neil tells me, the interior was tiny. After that extension, particularly in the long tenancy of Brian Hayes, the Hood became known as a ‘rugby pub’, and the Robin Hood XV was one of the best teams in Brighton. It’s still a great place to watch the Six Nations, and other international games, if you like a bit of atmosphere. But there are many more reasons to go: fine beer, pleasant bar staff, £5.95 pizza, board games, a popular Monday Night quiz… and the warm feeling that however much cash you spend in there, a portion of it will go to a good cause. Alex Leith, painting by Jay Collins
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