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Date of photo: 2013	Picture source: Movement80
The Grandpont Arms was situated at 1-3 Edith Road. This Halls pub was built in 1894, closing in the 1980s. It has now been converted into two private houses, one of which still bears the Halls Brewery plaque.
Review from tantallon.org.uk:
Duncan Parkes updates: The small Hall's plaque on the wall is the only evidence there was once a pub here. (2012-10-28) Previously: Banks's Bitter GBP 1.70 Guinness GBP 2.10 Strongbow GBP 2.26 (6.i.98) "Last night was busy, and if there's a half-decent night tomorrow that'll make up for a bad night like... tonight. But we were quite busy in the four weeks running up to Christmas." Possibly it was a case of finding it on a quiet night, but I was struck by how deathly quiet it was. The pair of us doubled the clientele, until a good bit later when two locals came in. An earringed youth popped through from the Newbury bar to the lounge (a bit seventies, wooden panelling, bright blue seating, odd browny-yellow-black psychedelic formica tables) and played on the one-armed bandit for a bit then went away again. The most original bits of it are the wooden Ireland hanging on the wall beneath a pair of crossed hurleys, and a reverse clock behind the bar. It's got two fonts on the bar each for Harp Irish Lager and Guinness, one or two other lagers and a single keg of bitter (Banks's), and most of the regulars drink their bitter from bottles. (7.i.98)
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Name Dates Comments Marc Longo 1967/1970 This was my Grandparents pub. I spent the first years of my life here before my Mum left the UK with my father for life here in the USA. If you knew my Mum, Rosemarie, Grandmother Elizabeth, or Grandfather ( Sergeant Major Weston ) please share any information or photos if you can.