As a lasting tribute to Horndean Special Bitter and the genius brewery that created it, I have set up a little tribute gallery - the Gales Brewery Archive. There's not a huge amount there at the moment, but it'll grow.

If you don't know, George Gale & Co was once a great local brewer based in Horndean, Hampshire. In 2005, it was taken over by Fullers of Chiswick (makers of London Pride, ESB) who immediately closed the brewery and relocated production to Chiswick. They've since rebranded all the local pubs, removing all trace of the Gales name, and the old Gales ales are gradually dissapearing from the pumps too.

The old Savoy cinema in Petersfield will shortly be no more. The cinema, built in the thirties, closed to cinema-goers in 1986 - but it was given a new lease of life in the nineties when it opened as a nightclub, first under the Oscars name, and then later as Vertigo - the only nightclub in Petersfield and the surrounding area. Ultimately it became a victim of its own success, as its owners decided the proven market for a nightclub and leisure facilities demanded a new, modern, purpose built development (complete with the inevitable sound-proofed flats above).