Thanks for the update Web Watcher.

You are correct, Kevin Fletcher is the new landlord of the Board Inn and I wish him all the best.

Hopefully CllrJonG will have more up to date information regarding the Jodrell.

ooooo I love keyboard warriors ! - people who know very little whilst  pretending  to know a lot.

'flame baiter' is another term applicable to the rather naiive rant above..which doesn't actually say much at all apart from a few mis-placed sentiments, and faith in person's unknown, in the faint hope there may be a job in it for them. 

I've been going in the Jodrell since 1976, and even held my leaving party there in 1980. Back then it was still a hotel ( as was The Cock ) and  was being run by Jack Bond, who took it over from the solicitor Ray Allen, who'd lived at Whaley Hall prior to that. 

Yes, it was the place to be seen in and it was a 'grown ups' pub. Sadly it was left to go to rack and ruin and was just too expensive to run and maintain, and in it's dying stages had been insiduously killed off by unsrupulous landlords then managers. Once the drug dealers and kids became the norm in there and the grown ups found a better place to spend their money, the death knell finally sounded.

The problem the current owners are faced with ( for the benefit of those with tendencies to spout off naiively)  is  the men's toilets. Many readers here will know the arome de loo which plagued the men's WC.  The problem lies with the levels of the building.  The men's toilets are on the ground floor, and the drains 6 foot below that. Unfortuately, 6ft below ground level is barely at cellar level and most certainly not below road level - where all drains are.  During excavation work to sink the drains to below ( Market Street ) road level, the builders came against a very old wall/s of some distinction. Work was halted and the wall investigated. It was found to be medieval in origin - and as such can't be removed.  English Heritage are involved so it could be a long drawn out affair... rather like the new bridge saga.

With regards the Navvi: that's going to be 4 self contained flats....

.......one day.

There were workmen at the Jodrell this morning and there is a portaloo in the car park.

Anyone know the current situation?

Hi

I was in discussion with locals yesterday in a hostelry, I won't say where but it closes today for about a month while it is "done up".

I was told that the current owners have run out of money and it will, or as, been sold. I know this is not exact information but everything seems to have stopped there and no one seems to get a response from their website, so the outlook does not seem promising.

Norm

That rumour has been around for a while. The trouble is that some of these rumours have originated as stories exaggerated and bandied round many of the pubs in whaley over numerous pints.

The project was apparently still on in june as I believe the owner placed a sponsorship advert in the W3 program so, what is the truth here maybe the owner could please update us at some point if only to put things straight.

Good afternoon CllrJonG

Following your posting in the “Remembrance Sunday” thread, I note you are now in contact with the owner of the Jodrell Arms. Are you able to provide us with an update on the current position including the likely time frame for the reopening of the Jodrell?