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The Crown Inn was situated on Summer Road and is now in residential use.

A great pub. In the 60s and early 70s it was run by Marion and John Wilder and John’s brother, Bob. Being a Watney’s house the beer was passable but the company was amazing. Marion was one of the first to introduce food. She did a great prawn curry with chicken in a basket being a particular favourite. The Darts board was very popular. The wilders were a brilliant team. They used to look after us all very well with a particular effort being made at Christmas. Very regrettable to learn that it is now a Thai Restaurant

John King (June 2022)

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Name Dates Comments Stephen Taylor 1966/1967 First pub I started drinking at, age 15! There was a large group of us regularly drinking there with the girls mainly from Surbiton High School. I was 1 of the youngest with my friend Jonathan & the Wilder family turned a blind eye regarding our ages. We once had a pub crawl covering all local pubs from the Masons Arms on the Portsmouth Road, ending at the Marquis of Granby at the Scilly Isles roundabout, about 20 pubs.

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