Was there a pub in Brighton station once upon a time?

[Bring back Bryan wade!!]

Defintely called Bonapartes.

 

[public school boy]

I met my Selwyn there. Happy memories.

 

[Southern Toon]

I bet you were well chuffed.

 

[public school boy]

I bet you were well chuffed.

A bit more than that. I certainly had a tender behind!!

 

[Brighton Gull]

it might have been Bonapartes later on but nothing so great in the late 1950s. When my mother & friends used to take us kids up to London they always went in there on the way back (long journeys in those days!). it had a longish bar & I remember it was very, very quiet. Can't remember the name but there are tours of Brighton Station (usually during the Festival) where you can see tunnels & all sorts of things - perhaps they remember the name of the bar. I think it was next to the cafeteria & a bit further up from where M&S is now. My mother was very chuffed one day when we got on the Brighton Belle just behind Sir Laurence!

Talking of long journeys - did anyone take the coach to London in those days? It seemed to take forever, before the M23. The route meandered through the Surrey Hills & near Reigate, I think, it used to stop for tea & toilet. I always remember there was a tiny caff, with someone playing the piano! However long was that journey then?

 

[ali jenkins]

It can't have closed down that long ago as I remember having a drink in there a few years ago

 

[Hillian1]

It can't have closed down that long ago as I remember having a drink in there a few years ago

Thank god for that, I thought I was going mad for a minute there. I had a drink in there about 3 years ago with my boss.

 

[Left Footer]

It was Bonapartes at the end but before that it was a proper pub which I used most days after work.
It closed then reopened as Bonapartes which I rarely used, wasn`t the same.

 

[Return of the Rev]

thank god for that, i thought i was going mad for a minute there. I had a drink in there about 3 years ago with my boss.

The relationship between the driver and the guard is very important

 

[Southern Toon]

It was run by Travellers Fare in the 80's, absolute shit hole

Correct - used to deliver the beer there years ago, not certain but somethings telling me it was called the Whistlestop.

 

[Left Footer]

Correct - used to deliver the beer there years ago, not certain but somethings telling me it was called the Whistlestop.

Give that man a prize, yes now you said it, it was definitely the Whistlestop.
Been racking my brains for ages.

 

[Kumquat]

Definitely called Bonapartes. I met my girlfriend there and I said to her that my Mum wanted to call me Napoleon when I was born but was worried I'd be bullied. She thought that was so sweet and the rest is history. We've been together ever since. She often says I remind her of Napoleon. I tell her it makes me feel ten foot tall when she says that and for some reason she seems to think I'm taking the piss.

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

I don't remember the burgers but I do remember the tiddiogies (?sp) just outside on the right. The only place I ever saw or even heard of them

 

[Left Footer]

Definitely called Bonapartes. I met my girlfriend there and I said to her that my Mum wanted to call me Napoleon when I was born but was worried I'd be bullied. She thought that was so sweet and the rest is history. We've been together ever since. She often says I remind her of Napoleon. I tell her it makes me feel ten foot tall when she says that and for some reason she seems to think I'm taking the piss.

Not denying it was called Bonapartes but that was very short lived and opened after the original Whistlestop closed.

 

[Kumquat]

Hmmm. Napoleon Whistlestop.

 

[Footsoldier]

Drank there once in 96 after the Brighton - Cardiff game and it was a war zone. Cardiff were drinking in there and a mob of Brighton walked in and trashed the place and I mean trashed it and Cardiff got a good kicking. No windows left outside or inside, all tables and chairs were smashed and there were no optics left.

 

[Butch Willykins]

Moving on from the pub in the station, does anyone remember the Connex trains which had a buffet car with seating area? it was like a moving pub. Must be about 15 years ago

 

[carlzeiss]

Wasn't the pub called The Brighton Belle?

I am sure that it was at one time .

 

[Westdene Wonder]

My memory suggests it was a Buffet which also sold beer.

 

[pork pie]

It was always the Station Buffet in the old days. In there for a quick one when waiting for the train to Hove, or the train home after the match.