In October we finally found out the name of the new owner of the Gardeners Pub and managed to contact him, his name is MR HANDRINE and he has been in contact with us regarding the future of the pub.
Mr Handrine has the intention of RE-OPENING the pub as a Pub Restaurant but as a leased pub with new licensees, the advantage of this is, THE PUB WILL BE PRIVATELY OWNED WITHOUT TIES TO A BREWERY OR PUB COMPANY.
This will be extremely beneficial with buying Beer etc, and will cut out the " middleman "
Following interviews and checks, Mr Handrine selected local couple Beki & Scott Crier to run the pub, and although Beki & Scott were involved with the pub previously, i am conviced that they will be an excellent choice as licensees, not sure if Mr Handrine listened but because of my knowledge of the pub and customers i added my endorsement of Beki & Scott as licensees.
The pub re-opened for seven days on December 21st on an interim licence and then re-opened permenantly just before New Year on a permenant licence.
We are delighted to have a village pub again and we wish Beki & Scott a VERY SUCCESSFUL AND HAPPY FUTURE IN THE GARDENERS.
CHEERS EVERYONE !
We are now nearing the end of the 2024 bowling season but we have still not had the name of the new owner of the Gardeners confirmed, the solicitors who handled the sale of the pub gave me the name { Mr Handrine } as the new owner but this has not been confirmed, this means that we have been unable to pay the annual rent for 2024, although, this is not because we haven`t tried, i have sent many messages to the solicitors { Chand-Singe } and the supposed contact mobile number of Mr Handrine but have had NO response.
The Bridgers raised enough money to provide toilet facilities for the duration of the season and the power is still connected, the water has been brought by the club committee, this means that the bowling club has been able to carry on as normal, but, 2025 could bring further problems, we will face these if and when they arrive
We have been informed that the pub site has now been re-sold, but, we do not yet know who the new buyer is, there are many rumours including that it has been bought by a " pub development company " if this is true then there is every chance that we will still have a pub in Howe Bridge.
The Bowling Green is safe and arrangments has been finalised to ensure that we will have Power, Water and Toilet facilities at the green, so, whatever happens bowling will still be available.
The green is now open and the first league match is on Wednesday March 27th in the Parks League, the Midweek League starts on April 2nd,
New members will be very welcome, please just turn up
Middle of January 2024 it was announced that the Gardeners Pub was closing on January 22nd, there had been rumours around for a while that the pub would be up for sale but what happened shocked everyone.
The pub was sold before anyone found out any details of the sale, and, the company that bought the pub and all of the land around the pub was planning to build houses on the site, fortunately for the bowling club they had a very secure long term lease on the bowling green,vehicular access to the green and a small area for parking, this couldn`t be used unless the bowling club surrendered the lease AND THAT WAS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
The problem with the pub closing was regarding the water and electricity supply to the green, it would be disconnected, and, there would be no toilet facilities.
Water was not a prblem and we had an excellent generator for power, but, we would have to solve the problem of having no toilet facility.
BUT, before we could sort anything out we were informed that the company who bought the pub had changed their minds and they sold the pub onto a company that developed and renovated properties to create pub restaurants / gastro pubs so, there is now the possibility that we will still have a pub and the use of its facilities, fingers crossed that this sale goes ahead.
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