Topic: new beginings for trowbridge pub

[Debs]

http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/8302965.New_beginnings_for_Trowbridge_s_old__old_pub/

A 210-year-old pub in Trowbridge has undergone an extensive refurbishment over the past few months and will be opening to the public this evening for the first time in three years.

Work has been going on at The Stallards Inn, which was bought by Rick Lyall, who owns Milk Street Brewery in Frome, since the beginning of the year.

Pub manager Steve Large said there had been numerous setbacks. He said: “We were going to open two weeks ago but there were some big jobs that needed doing, then we were going to open last week but there were little things that needed finishing so we put it back to this week.

“We have had setbacks along the way: when we wanted to paint the walls we had to strip them back and they were a mess, there was also some horrible chipboard on top of lino behind the bar.”

The main changes inside involve making features of the original fireplaces. The kitchen behind the bar has become a dining area and there is a walk through to the beer garden, which Mr Large has spent the last two months revamping.

The 32-year-old, of Bellefield Crescent, said that it is nice to come back to his roots after spending most of his life living in the area, working at Trowbridge pubs before managing a pub restaurant in Abergavenny, Wales.

He then ran the bar in the Civic Hall and was made redundant when it closed for refurbishment.

He said: “I have been the bar manager and supervisor at the Civic Hall for about six years.

“Then we all got made redundant. I was worried about not getting a job but then I got this one and the Milk Street Brewery is a great company to work for.

“I’m really looking forward to running the place.”

The Stallards was blessed by Canon Liam O’Driscoll on Tuesday afternoon, in a bid to bring the pub good luck for the future.

* The Hungry Horse pub, the Longs Arms in Yarnbrook, also reopened this week, with an official opening on Wednesday. The pub has been closed for two weeks while the interiors were refurbished.

we will be going for a visit in a week or so...wait for the crush to go    i want to inspect my son's handiwork. he and his mate have done all the decorating inside and out here


need a decorator??   mail me   ( never refuse a space for advertising)  looks    nice on the photos i have seen. hopefully a different class of clientel will improve this pubs reputation of old

[Lizzi Dripping]

isnt that the one by the church on the roundabout?     years ago that used to have a bad reputation for being a spit and sawdust sort of a place and a bit on the rough side. been empty for a few years from what ive seen on the bus as ive gone past 
here's hoping the new owner is able to keep it as nice as he hopes to do. there is a few pubs in trowbridge that need a face lift. the rose and crown should be next i think. that horrific pink building is awful and scruffy. i also see that the ship on the roundabout at newtown is having a clean up to. if they want to attract passing trade during the day a lot of pubs are going to have to smarten themselves up to get the punters throughthe door

[Al]

Milk Street (and The Griffin) do a fine pint Here's hoping the new venture is a success.

[Silverthreads]

The Rose and Crown is long overdue a face lift I have to agree. Anyone remember the 'Dust Hole' (as it was known then) The Kings Arms proper name! ...and was it the White Hart, now pulled down and where Smiths etc is now?