Pubs closing NOW- in our time.

Chinook · Post by **Chinook** » Tue 17 Aug, 2010 2:07 pm

Chinook wrote: The Imperial in Beeston has closed. There's a notice on the door but I haven't had a chance to park and read it yet. I remember when I first moved to Beeston (10 yrs ago). We did a pub run one Saturday afternoon starting at The Kings Arms in Holbeck. Then went to The Spotted Cow, Bull's Head, The Brittania, Waggon & Horses then finished at The Imperial. All these pubs (except the Bull's Head I think) have been shut at some point or another. With The Brit and the Waggon & Horses (now the United Bar) re-opening. Maybe a reflection on the trade in general over a 10 year period. Also, near me is The Malvern which has been boarded up for a few years but no-one seems to know what to do with it. Update - Got my big butt out of the car and took a look at the notice. It advised that Enterprise Inns had re-entered the premises and the lease was now terminated.

Phips · Post by **Phips** » Tue 17 Aug, 2010 3:19 pm

Yup - The Old Cock now has a sign, and very nice it looks too. Meanwhile the Woolpack is having its pub-guts ripped out to form a replicate of the Courhouse Centre. (Why did they never make use of that frontage area - or the beer garden round the back - all the time the Bowlers was closed?).The Sycamore and The Brunswick in Morley gone eh? I used to go see Hotfoot Gale there back in the early 1970's. Remember the Ted revival of then?

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Tue 17 Aug, 2010 11:11 pm

Phips wrote: The Sycamore and The Brunswick in Morley gone eh? I used to go see Hotfoot Gale there back in the early 1970's. Remember the Ted revival of then? When I was about 18 in 1954 I had some friends who lived in Morley and they used to take me to the Sycamore, which seemed to be universally known by the local folk as "The Seccy."

edgey2001 · Post by **edgey2001** » Wed 18 Aug, 2010 12:02 am

BLAKEY wrote: Phips wrote: The Sycamore and The Brunswick in Morley gone eh? I used to go see Hotfoot Gale there back in the early 1970's. Remember the Ted revival of then? When I was about 18 in 1954 I had some friends who lived in Morley and they used to take me to the Sycamore, which seemed to be universally known by the local folk as "The Seccy." The Sycamore is apparently being turned into a 5 bedroomed house, it was popular not too long back. Probably the busiest pub in Morley on a weekend.

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Wed 18 Aug, 2010 9:19 am

edgey2001 wrote: BLAKEY wrote: Phips wrote: The Sycamore and The Brunswick in Morley gone eh? I used to go see Hotfoot Gale there back in the early 1970's. Remember the Ted revival of then? When I was about 18 in 1954 I had some friends who lived in Morley and they used to take me to the Sycamore, which seemed to be universally known by the local folk as "The Seccy." The Sycamore is apparently being turned into a 5 bedroomed house, it was popular not too long back. Probably the busiest pub in Morley on a weekend. Stretching my memory to the limit, but was it a Tetley's pub in the old days ??. The new house owners will be in luck if someone's forgotten to cancel the weekly ale delivery !! LOL LOL

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Wed 18 Aug, 2010 11:17 am

BLAKEY wrote: edgey2001 wrote: BLAKEY wrote: Phips wrote: The Sycamore and The Brunswick in Morley gone eh? I used to go see Hotfoot Gale there back in the early 1970's. Remember the Ted revival of then? When I was about 18 in 1954 I had some friends who lived in Morley and they used to take me to the Sycamore, which seemed to be universally known by the local folk as "The Seccy." The Sycamore is apparently being turned into a 5 bedroomed house, it was popular not too long back. Probably the busiest pub in Morley on a weekend. Stretching my memory to the limit, but was it a Tetley's pub in the old days ??. The new house owners will be in luck if someone's forgotten to cancel the weekly ale delivery !! LOL LOL It has been a Tetleys pub for as long as I've known it. It was possibly the best pint in Morley 30/40 years ago. But the last time I was in there - to watch the 2005 RL Grand Final I think, they had the pumps on the bar but no traditional ale.When I was growing up in Morley Tetley's pubs were a bit thin on the ground. Apart from the Sycamore in central Morley there was only the Brunswick and that was in Morley Bottoms. Pubs which subsequently became Tetleys, were the Albion (Ramsdens) and The Slip (Borough Arms - Ind Coope)Compared to other towns central Morley is a bit short of pubs. If you walk from The Fountain (Sam Smiths) down Queen Street, there is only the Queen (John Smiths) and The Royal (Last Orders) .And there isn't what I'd call a decent one among them. Wetherspooons where are you????

Phips · Post by **Phips** » Wed 18 Aug, 2010 1:01 pm

Sounds like The Sycamore was another of Enterprise's 'Restrictive Covenants' i.e. sold only on condition that it can never be a pub again. Despicable practice.How they can apply this to something that was built as a pub is beyond comprehension - and it looks like the hoped-for challenge to the legality of this has now been dropped, with the axing of the £3.3m scheme to protect commumity pubs from closure and demolition. A paltry sum to withold, surely, and one you would have thought might have provided the Chancellor with more long term benefits, with the continuation of taxes and duty raised?I still think we should be recording these lovely old pieces of what may soon become history while they are still pubs.Most tenants are more than happy to oblige and will provide some of the place's history as well. And what better excuse for a pint?

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Wed 18 Aug, 2010 6:56 pm

There is an article about the Grey Goose in Belle Isle on page 14 of today's YEP. In that it states locals were dismayed and upset when the Grey Goose closed several months ago. The YEP noted that the building has now been earmarked as a possible restaurant. It also notes that at least one of the former customers has decided to express disappointment by spraying "Bring Back the Goose" across the building's exterior (there is an image of that and the pub sign). The article is headed 'At least one ex-customer doesn't think Goose is cooked".

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Wed 18 Aug, 2010 8:18 pm

Leodian wrote: There is an article about the Grey Goose in Belle Isle on page 14 of today's YEP. In that it states locals were dismayed and upset when the Grey Goose closed several months ago. The YEP noted that the building has now been earmarked as a possible restaurant. It also notes that at least one of the former customers has decided to express disappointment by spraying "Bring Back the Goose" across the building's exterior (there is an image of that and the pub sign). The article is headed 'At least one ex-customer doesn't think Goose is cooked". A restaurant???oh yeah - that'd be a gold mine. - unless they mean MaccyD's I s'pose.

uncle mick · Post by **uncle mick** » Wed 18 Aug, 2010 8:50 pm

drapesy wrote: Leodian wrote: There is an article about the Grey Goose in Belle Isle on page 14 of today's YEP. In that it states locals were dismayed and upset when the Grey Goose closed several months ago. The YEP noted that the building has now been earmarked as a possible restaurant. It also notes that at least one of the former customers has decided to express disappointment by spraying "Bring Back the Goose" across the building's exterior (there is an image of that and the pub sign). The article is headed 'At least one ex-customer doesn't think Goose is cooked". A restaurant???oh yeah - that'd be a gold mine. - unless they mean MaccyD's I s'pose. The Grey Goose. It was a rough place even in the 1970's when Peter Jarvis was the Landlord. Who would want to go for a meal around there ?BTW called in the Garden Gate last Monday, it was a pleasure. Leeds Best was on top formPS. No slight on Belle Isle, from a ex Miggy lad