Pub News Over in Barholm, Matt and Emma of the Five Horseshoes, whose service during lockdown included offering enough local produce to feed a small village, as well as a (very) wide range of ales and other beverages, had the honour of providing the bar at the Maxey Classic Car Show in August.
Reliant Regal van (not Robin as many people think) as well as a unit called Nelson Mandela House and a marquee named Peckham Place! Mangetout, mangetout……….. Planning permission has been granted in Market Deeping for the town’s first micropub, rumoured to be called the Thirsty Giraffe. Is this the next step towards Williams brothers global domination? Time will tell, but the brothers (who brought us the Frothblowers, Werrington and the Wonky Donkey, Fletton) were waiting for a licence as we went to press. Al
The Shoulder of Mutton in Weldon closed its doors in April, and local information had it that it wouldn’t reopen as a pub. Builders were in, bar had been gutted and so on. Not so – although Bogdan Vujnovic and Rada Dordevic and their family, and Mad Max the dog (after whom one of Weldon Brewery’s ales is named) have moved out (Bogdan will continue to work for the brewery). But the last I heard was that the pub has been reprieved and will open after intensive refurbishment. Here’s hoping…. And there’s more good news from that part of the Branch area. The 17th century White Swan at Harringworth, closed for about three years, is in the process of being restored to its former glory by local entrepreneur Tim Wilson and couple Patrice Lardon (originally from Lyon, the gastronomic capital of France) and Monika Peleckaite. The emphasis is to be on British food – “more black pudding than cordon bleu” – apparently, and locals are said to be happy that the “Mucky Duck” is to be a village pub again, with “nice beers, pie and mash, and a good atmosphere”. Nice beers eh – let’s hope so…. Tribute should be paid to three of the area’s Wetherspoon pubs and their customers who donated food and PPE to a local care home, hospice and food bank during the pandemic. Well done the Draper’s Arms, the College Arms and the Stamford Post! “Theme” pubs of course are nothing new, but Richard and Vicky of the Nag’s Head, Eastrea, took the genre to a new level in the summer by turning the pub and its outbuildings into an Only Fools And Horses tribute. Both are fans of the legendary series and features include the inevitable yellow 8
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