Clock House Closed?

[ktm]

Just wondering if anyone knows why the Clock House was closed last night? I went zooming past and couldn't read the sign, but noted a skip in the forecourt. Surely this would be a very inopportune time for a refurbishment given its popularity on those sunny summer afternoons...?

[karter]

A refurb?

[spadetownboy]

hopefully they,ll throw the whole place in the skip, can,t stand it,once got served a pint of fizzy guinness in there which if you,ve never tried i dont recommend.

[citizenED]

when i passed by earlier today i noticed the skip and the workmen - eating sndwiches and pies out of a sainsbury's placcy bag - something obviously going down but more likely a refurb than anything else.

have to disagree with you, spadetownboy, simply for nostaglic reasons, the Clock holds a place in my affections. Is it the most unsung Pub on the Forum?

citizen

[Pierre]

There's now a sign in the window saying they're closed for refurbishment; I didn't see the opening date but I did see that they'd be re-open "with bells on" (see what they did there...)

Nice pub. Bit smokey, but July will change all that. FWIW I like sitting in the front garden area and it's a Young's pub so the ales are decent.

: P

[OutOfFocus]

http://www.clockhousepub.com/ says it is reopening on 3-May.

Were you to sit on the bench in the back room on the left hand corner you would have realised why a refrub might be a good idea. The bench had a an undulation in it and you ended up sitting on hard bit of wood :(

Perhaps we ought to test it out with a forum meet, but I would wait for a few weeks after the reopening.

[Tom]

Hopefully they will go the same way as the Grove in Balham, which had a face lift and is now superb.

Not gastro, just good youngs farm fare and a few good wines / beers