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Mulberry's Sutherland Rd
- Thread starter Nibble
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sir albion
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I'll give that shop a miss then
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Deleted User X18H
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Where?? Oh BN2
9i (I used to live in Freshfield Road)
9i (I used to live in Freshfield Road)
tonymgc
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Used to be my local convenience when i lived in the area
Mr Banana
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They are a bit odd. There's a general consensus in my house that the young girl in there is a vampire, something out of Let The Right One In. And the women behind the counter always seem quite indifferent about you standing at the counter. Sometimes I worry that they'll forget I'm there and I'll be too anxious of offending to shuffle out and on with my day, breakfast-less. Having said that, Mulbo's has saved our collective and individual souls on a number of occasions It has an insane variety of food and exotic beers for a cornershop and, in that respect, feels somewhat symbolic of Brighton. And they never ask questions when you tiptoe in at eight o'clock in the morning looking like an extra from Napoleon Dynamite before proceeding to buy an eight-pack of Tyskie, razor blades, two packets of Jaffa Cakes, a large bag of Bombay Mix and enough baccy to keep Ken Clarke in business.
Nibble
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- Jan 3, 2007
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Ha! Yes an odd place. I abandoned my brunch ingredients in the queue the other week as it was four deep at the counter, one person on till (the one with the face like a bleached walnut). First person in queue was literally paying for a weekly shop , on card of course. Does that shop have the slowest card machine in the UK? then the next up kept trotting back and forth to the drinks chiller bringing 2 cans of fosters back at a time until he had amassed 12 cans. Then he wanted to pay for his electric and gas, 2 seperate payments, two different key/card things, then he wanted lottery cards and scratch cards to pay on card, then he wanted 2 more cards to pay in cash. Then just as he was leaving he asked for fiver pay as you go so they had to fire up that fax/card/time machine and 20 B&H. I was outta there.
Mr Banana
Tedious chump
Ingenious, if harsh, description. She looks like she knows she has a face like a bleached walnut as well, in much the same way Vampire Girl is inexorably weighed down by her fangs, her future stacking squash and cigarettes and her likely obligation to kill in the shadows. The card reader isn't slow, it's just they add great, contemplative pauses to every inch of the process...it often helps if you prompt them when the transaction has been completed (but make sure you don't offend them...they run the most diverse cornershop in England outside of Brick Lane, not forgetting Fang Girl is probably poised to decapacitate dissenters.)
Colossal Squid
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i used to rely on that shop something chronic when I lived over the road in Beggar's Bottom. One time I locked myself out and had nowhere to go but Mulberry's. The kindly lady with enormous boobs - who has since transferred to Mulberry's on Upper St James' Street - welcomed me in and mafe me a cup of tea with biscuits. We had a nice chat too. However I popped in there for the first time in several years the other day, after visiting the Round Georges and you're not wrong about them being slow. It was painful. The Mulberry chain, along with Hartleys and The Offie is owned by the notorious Majeed's, once of Crawley Town FC fame. I'm sure if they knew the staff were slacking they'd soon stick a rocket up their collective arse. Still love the shops though. Quirky convenience and a seriously good range of booze
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