The Rising Sun, Kemsing

My Grandparents Jack and Bunny owned this pub for many years, my mum, Nova, was born in 1940 and the Rising Sun was her home until 1959 when she got married, my Grandparents moved in 1976. I was born December the 8th 1964 at 10pm and at that time electricity arrived at the Rising Sun, an expensive night for Grandad, a first Grandaughter and no more gas lamps!!!

There were two rooms when I was growing up, one had a hatch as the bar and a dart board the other the main bar. The extension was previously a cow shed and was full of muck and bullets and a mad Jack Russell called Chummy who we kept away from.

I haven't been there for years and it's sad to think it is run down and un-kempt, Nana and Grandad kept a tidy place and a pretty good pint was pulled too!

4 Mar 2010 18:54