The Signalman, Ditchling Rise, Brighton

This used to be a good, solid back street local when it was the Railway Tavern. It sold a useful pint of Harveys, was a bit scruffy and had interesting railway memorabilia on the walls. Its opposite London Road station. Its now been tarted up - fireplaces scrubbed up, walls knocked through, books bought by the yard and 'new' railway memorabilia put up.
It sells gastro-pub grub like 'hand made fish sausages' (perhaps a section of eel?). When visited on a January Saturday night by 2 of the GOGs and 2 other grumpy old gits it was heaving with what looked like students and recent London immigrants with stupid haircuts. One of them, sitting under a 'Smoking Prohibited' sign was snogging his small dog. The ale was good - Arundel Sussex Gold and Bitter and Hophead (and I think another one as well) but at over £3.30 a pint, expensive.
2/5