In the mid sixties I lived in Crown Street (roughly where Exmouth Gardens is now).I think there was a pub at each end of the street The Raven at one end but I can't remember the pub at the other end . I think it may have been called The Crown but I'm not too sure.Really enjoyed living down there-I was only a nipper but had a ball with me and my mates declaring 'war' on the kids from Fore Street and watching the fights outside the pubs on Saturday nights . We used to go to the joke shop around the corner and up to the chippy, either Johnny's or Quilt's (not sure about the name of the second one - I think it was near the top of Bentinck Street).

the other pub was known as "the little house".the landlady was called may and she had a bad leg.there was a small chippy at the bottom of bentinck called joe's .there was one at the top of the street on the left going up but i dont know the name.i also used to have "fights" round fore street with the jennings lads and the gillison's happy days

I'm afraid the Raven public house was in Exmouth Street not far from Bentinck Street. I once lived opposite in 25 Exmouth Street in the 50s.