WE ARE CLOSING :-( ....We took over this little pub a few years ago. It was losing thousands of pounds a month, it was tired and ageing, everything leaked and everything creaked. We were aged just 25 but the pub was aged nearer to 225! We had no money, just bright ideas and a good work ethic instilled in us and inspired by all the great people weve worked for in our careers. We saved a life buying the pub and we tried to breathe a little life into an old, tired and expensive building. The building owners took their thousands in rent every month, yet as the lease dictates, they fix nothing. We tried to fix things, bit by bit, with a little help from our friends old and new. We got busier, we worked harder, we turned more lights on, we warmed the place up, but 300% energy increases meant we still couldnt save up. British gas gobble up their thousands EVERY month, we see just light bulbs and warm water in return. :-( Our little baby girl was just 13 months when we arrived, now shes five and at school.She is joined by her little brother of 7 months. Mummy, Daddy and all their friends work long hours to support them and the little pub. Some of our friends over the years werent so friendly after all, some of our friends werent so trust worthy after all, some of our friends werent so lucky, but all of of those friends have put in a proverbial building block that enabled the pub to build and grow organically. For this our family will always be grateful. Weve been accepted by the village. Weve become a part of the community. Weve cooked dinners for the school children, weve cooked dinners for the pensioners, weve cooked dinners for our locals and weve cooked dinners for the rich and famous. Weve helped people get married and weve helped people mourn, weve helped people celebrate, weve donated prizes and cooked in peoples homes, weve delivered meals to the elderly and infirm, weve sheltered the lost and the weary. Weve even helped a few people hide! In return our locals have helped us pay tax bills from their own pockets, donated us furniture, bought our baby nappies, helped us buy fridges and glass washers, most of them have been there when we needed a shoulder a to cry on, weve always offered our shoulders in return. Through it all weve tried to do the best we could afford, we built a wine stock of hundreds of bottles where once there were just a few rosés. Weve sold over 700 different beers where once just a a one lowly IPA graced the hand pumps. Weve helped sell fresh bread and eggs, weve sold champion ciders and won awards, weve stayed open late and weve opened early when asked with just one goal, that one day we might all get somewhere and have something we can all as a community be proud of. That day is today, we are proud of what everyone has helped our family become and it is with that, that THIS SUNDAY we must close our doors at 4PM. The break will probably do our family good, weve never closed for more than two days in the last four years. We ask that you support Emberton Cricket Pavilion in our absence...... .......UNTIL WE REOPEN ON MAY THE 9TH! ....With new shiny heated bathrooms, plentiful pretty picnic benches, locals discount cards! Our A la carte, Garden & Bar Menus in full flow, a choice of 30 continental & craft beers in bottles, four draught ales, three real draught ciders, five imported & craft lagers & wheat beers, nearly 40 wines by the glass, a dozen different gins, five artisan vodkas, a half a dozen single malt whiskeys including local gin, local single malt, local mead, local apple brandy, local apple juice and most of all...... ... a smile on our faces and a warm welcome. Cheers and thank you to everyone who has been no matter how often, we appreciate it. xxx Jon, Sophie, Olivia & Louis, The Bell & Bear and all who sail in her.
Posted on: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 12:29:27 +0000
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