The Owl Inn - Rodley. Closing
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Owl still closed and now boarded up 4 months after the previous managers were forced out. Rumours abound that Enterprise are wanting to sell it to Tesco or similar...we'll see.I was told today that the building was originally built as a doctors house rather than a pub. Anyone know if thats true? Looks like a purpose built pub/hotel to me.Also, apparently the beck which runs alongside Bagley Lane is diverted to run through a tunnel which goes under the pub. The grassy bank in the car park apparently houses a deep drainage access duct leading to the beck. For that reason, they can't build houses on the site (another local rumour!)
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I didn't know this thread was on here otherwise idve commented ages ago. Its nice to hear good comments about that place as it was run by my family Gina is my aunt and scott and samantha are my cousins i've even worked there a couple of times.It was so run down and they really did turn that place around when they got it and its a shame to see all that hard work go to waste.On the plus side they got offered the fleece in farsley which opened a couple of weeks back now so hopefully now with the owl closed it will mean less competition and the place will get a bit of business i know the food will be a hit even if i do say so myself.The problem was something to do with taking the company LTD and enterprise inns werent being flexible at all i think.
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polo wrote: I didn't know this thread was on here otherwise idve commented ages ago. Its nice to hear good comments about that place as it was run by my family Gina is my aunt and scott and samantha are my cousins i've even worked there a couple of times.It was so run down and they really did turn that place around when they got it and its a shame to see all that hard work go to waste.On the plus side they got offered the fleece in farsley which opened a couple of weeks back now so hopefully now with the owl closed it will mean less competition and the place will get a bit of business i know the food will be a hit even if i do say so myself.The problem was something to do with taking the company LTD and enterprise inns werent being flexible at all i think. The Fleece now sells Black Sheep and it's the best pint in the area and I wish the new Tenant all the best in this endeavour!The culvert under the Owl was redesigned and made bigger in the 70's as the road flooded very badly before this.
ex-Armley lad