EAST SUSSEX HAS FALLEN

October 2026. Glynde. East Sussex.

Down in Rye, a man’s thoughts turn to finding new pubs to colour in on the new Beer Guide.

Thrillingly, my final East Sussex tick is also in a tiny place I’ve never been to before, though I suspect you’ve heard of it. It’s possible my father-in-law has sung in its most famous building.

Steamworks in (I presume) the cosy  old waiting room at Glynde station will sell you a pint and a bacon butty at 10am, all week.

But how good is the beer at 10am on a Monday in a place folk only visit to watch “The Barber of Seville” on a Friday night ?

Really VERY GOOD Long Man (don’t worry, there’ll be Harvey’s soon enough), and a fine collection of brewery and football tat.

Almost bargain prices, too. Pint, coffee, big slices of Bakewell tart and fudge brownie for £12.25.

And the soundtrack will thrill visitors of a certain vintage.

Bob, Cat/Yusuf, Neil, Don. Perfect.

Mrs RM urges me to take a photo of the Halloween/GBG feature, and asks me what that pub is on the cover.

“It’s the one you wrote about for my blog dear“.

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Published by retiredmartin

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

18 thoughts on “EAST SUSSEX HAS FALLEN”

  1. I had an excellent lunch there about a year ago. Interestingly their website says that they don’t open on Mondays but luckily CAMRA knows better. The Trevor Arms just outside the station is also very good.

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  4. I always thought that our Bob was having a laugh with that pic. He’d know that plenty would realise that one doesn’t usually play chords on a bass guitar…

    And when a child, I always thought that Andhovealbion was an unusual name for a football side, even Brighton’s.

    Have I figured out how to leave my name without using a cod email address? We’ll see. (WP says that my own “belongs” to a WP account and insists that I log in using that. It then tells me that the account is deleted, which it is. Here’s me thinking that my email address belongs to me, too.)

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    1. PS, the only good thing about Halloween decorations is that they stop pubs putting up the Christmas ones until Nov 1st. We inadvertently visited a garden centre yesterday. It was reindeer, snow, and Santa hell. On October 11th, if you please.

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      2. With just doing the same as everyone else, has a publican ever stopped to ask themself whether Halloween and/or Christmas decorations attract or deter more customers ?

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      3. I think that an Escape Christmas themed pub, where especially “seasonal” music is banned would be rammed, Paul.

        I don’t think that nearly enough have asked that question, no.

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      2. On my recent trip to the Lake District I head Mr Tambourine Man twice in the space of two hours. Once at the pub near the station, and again in the reception/bar/lounge area of the youth hostel. Probably not heard it for 20 or more years. I had to check the news to see if he was dead.

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      4. I know who I blame for popularising Dylan in the UK of late. Dave popping to the bar on the pretense of taking back a dodgy pint of Gadds and getting the innocent barmaid to change the record to Blonde on Blonde while he’s there.

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