Wetherspoons in Burgess Hill

[Return of the Rev]

What have I got to let go the fact somebody told me there was going to be a SPOONS in Burgess Hill.

SPOONS SPOONS SPOONS SPOONS BLOOMING SPOONS! YOU ARE OBSESSED SIR

 

[BensGrandad]

Not so I just mentioned that one was coming to Burgess Hill and it escalated from there but not my doing.

 

[Ernest]

I just wish Wetherspoons would take over the catering and ale at the Amex

 

[Lincoln Imp]

Shame all the decent pubs are being demolished and the town centre is just becoming pub-crawl central.

I had my last drink as a single man in the since-demolished Royal George but to be honest it was almost as grotty as the burnt-down Junction and even worse than the now expired King's Head.

 

[sully]

I had my last drink as a single man in the since-demolished Royal George but to be honest it was almost as grotty as the burnt-down Junction and even worse than the now expired King's Head.

The Junction wasn't much, but the others were proper pubs. Apparently the Top House is next to go. First pub I ever went in and has had a very cyclic popularity over the years.

 

[Beach Hut]

We did not need to know your brother-in-law has a Smalldick

 

[BensGrandad]

We did not need to know your brother-in-law has a Smalldick

I wouldnt know about that but I do know he is a fisherman in LITTLE(small) HAMPTON (dick)

 

[8ace]

Spoons are the McDonalds of boozers.

 

[Jim D]

I wouldnt know about that but I do know he is a fisherman in LITTLE(small) HAMPTON (dick)

Does he go fishing for Cod(pieces)?

 

[The Birdman]

The chap obviously had heard something but got his facts wrong, which is not surprising, At least they may not be refused by people with a vested interest as sadly happened in Haywards Heath.

You may have got that one wrong I heard that it going in further down the road in Church Walk so it will give Jacobs Post a run for its money. They pulled out of the priory as they did not think it was worth spending over 1 million pounds on a building that's falling apart and at that end of town.

 

[smiler]

Spoons are the McDonalds of boozers.

 

[Garage_Doors]

I had my last drink as a single man in the since-demolished Royal George but to be honest it was almost as grotty as the burnt-down Junction and even worse than the now expired King's Head.

What happen to the Junction? I assume from this thread it burnt down.
Was it so bad it had to be demolished?

 

[Magic Sponge]

What happen to the Junction? I assume from this thread it burnt down.
Was it so bad it had to be demolished?

Yes that badly damaged by the fire that it had to be knocked down. Sits there as a pile of rubble at the moment, or it did last time I went past. Going to build some flats on the site I believe ?

 

[Magic Sponge]

You may have got that one wrong I heard that it going in further down the road in Church Walk so it will give Jacobs Post a run for its money. They pulled out of the priory as they did not think it was worth spending over 1 million pounds on a building that's falling apart and at that end of town.

That's what I understood, as I said earlier.

 

[BensGrandad]

A fire started in the cellar after closing time one night and by the time the alarm was raised it had caught light to the floor and the fire and was in full flow, so to speak so too late to save it. It was demolished and will no doubt become flats; as it turns out rather a fortuitous fire to a pub that was struggling to keep its head above water and make a living.

 

[BensGrandad]

. They pulled out of the priory as they did not think it was worth spending over 1 million pounds on a building that's falling apart and at that end of town.

Not according to the reply that I received from Mid Sussex Council in reply to my letter requesting information under the terms of F O I, as I posted earlier.

 

[Garage_Doors]

A fire started in the cellar after closing time one night and by the time the alarm was raised it had caught light to the floor and the fire and was in full flow, so to speak so too late to save it. It was demolished and will no doubt become flats; as it turns out rather a fortuitous fire to a pub that was struggling to keep its head above water and make a living.

Thanks for that, was a bit of a grotty hole about 8 years ago when we played there (band).
fortuitous as you say.

 

[The Birdman]

A fire started in the cellar after closing time one night and by the time the alarm was raised it had caught light to the floor and the fire and was in full flow, so to speak so too late to save it. It was demolished and will no doubt become flats; as it turns out rather a fortuitous fire to a pub that was struggling to keep its head above water and make a living.[/QUOT
It's shame the Kings Head is going the same way as the Sussex ugly Duck , Royal Oak North Star Liverpool Arms,Royal George Sandrock,Hayworth hotel the list goes on thanks to Cheap booze in super Markets also a few chains of off licence have closed gone.

 

[Return of the Rev]

A fire started in the cellar after closing time one night and by the time the alarm was raised it had caught light to the floor and the fire and was in full flow, so to speak so too late to save it. It was demolished and will no doubt become flats; as it turns out rather a fortuitous fire to a pub that was struggling to keep its head above water and make a living.[/QUOT
It's shame the Kings Head is going the same way as the Sussex ugly Duck , Royal Oak North Star Liverpool Arms,Royal George Sandrock,Hayworth hotel the list goes on thanks to Cheap booze in super Markets also a few chains of off licence have closed gone.

But mid sussex will soon get a mega spoons to make up for it HOW MANY PUBS LEFT IN CUCKFIELD

 

[Return of the Rev]

thanks for that, was a bit of a grotty hole about 8 years ago when we played there (band).
Fortuitous as you say.

The sort of boozer you expect to be passing whilst someone comes flying out to discharge a shooter