THE TOILET AT THE BURGESS HILL SIGNALBOX

Finally from Burgess Hill, an unexpected source of blog material, a bit of art,

and a bit of craft.

The Signalbox opens at 4pm, and I’ll skip over the question of why craft bars open when it’s dark while Wetherspoons are serving beer at 9am.

I can’t pretend it’s the most astonishing looking bar of the year, a single room with high tables and low benches,

but the GBG is about beer quality, or should be, and the Stardust Stout that impressed BRAPA last month wowed me today (NBSS 4). But is it Stardust from Maidenhead, or Only With Love from Uckfield. I feel we should be told, but I don’t care.

There’s a nice railway theme. This is Lowry’s “Tickers running to escape Burgess Hill“,

the excellent soundtrack goes from Billy Joel to Jim Croce to America,

and the toilet is, er, notable.

No, really.

But the tables are sticky, the seating uncomfortable and I make darn sure I catch that first train out of here.

St Leonards looked like a different world.

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Retired NHS, doing long walks around UK and the world to record the great bits. Focused on Good Beer Guide pubs and live music.

10 thoughts on “THE TOILET AT THE BURGESS HILL SIGNALBOX”

  4. “Finally from Burgess Hill, an unexpected source of blog material, a bit of art,”

    (looks down)
    Your definition of art is way different than mine.

    “and a bit of craft.”

    Heh. (slow golf clap)

    “and I’ll skip over the question of why craft bars open when it’s dark while Wetherspoons are serving beer at 9am.”

    Because, at 9am it’s the old punters, who wouldn’t be caught dead in a micropub?

    “I can’t pretend it’s the most astonishing looking bar of the year, a single room with high tables and low benches,”

    (looks down)
    And stuffed animals just like you and Si are fond of.

    “But is it Stardust from Maidenhead, or Only With Love from Uckfield.”

    Pfft. Definitely not Uckfield. And Maidenhead is miles away!** Google says it’s in White Waltham which, granted, is just outside the environs of Maidenhead.
    ** – (single digits)

    “This is Lowry’s “Tickers running to escape Burgess Hill“,”

    Well done! (slow golf clap)

    “and the toilet is, er, notable.”

    What an odd thing to write.

    “But the tables are sticky, the seating uncomfortable and I make darn sure I catch that first train out of here.”

    Yep, you called it. It’s Hell incarnate.

    Cheers

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    1. White Waltham is normally regarded as Maidenhead, but the odd thing is that Only With Love are from Uckfield, which is where BRAPA mentioned it as coming from the other week on Untappd, and that’s definitely from Uckfield!

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      1. (checks beer board pic – starts sleuthing checks Untappd)

        I think I see the problem. Only With Love brewery, near Uckfield, does a stout called ‘Stardust’. Stardust brewery does a few stouts, but none with their name in it. 😉

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