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| New White Bull, Giltbrook, Notts. |
Save The New White Bull Pub Group
CHARGE of The New White Bull Brigade!
The Suffolk based pub company that brought us the demise of The Hardy & Hanson brewery in
Kimberley (amongst others), leaving the site to decay, now want to sell our pub to somebody who
doesn’t run pubs – we’re fighting for our survival, can you help?
We need to raise awareness of our plight and we need your help in doing so. Far too many good
pubs are being lost.
• We don’t do noisy sports TV.
• We are not a pub that is identical to the one in the next town
• We are not a gastro-pub.
We were built for one purpose and one purpose alone. People! We are a real pub with real people,
real fires, and selling real ales fromlocal microbreweries.
Q - Why is the pub up for sale?
A – Money! We are a viable pub, but only in the right hands. We are forced to buy beer at inflated
prices, rather than from the whole market, where it is cheaper.
Q – There are two pubs in Giltbrook; why don’t you just use the other one?
A - We want to continue to offer people a choice of two pubs in our community as we realise that
there are different kinds of pubs for different kinds of people.
Q –Have you made them an offer?
A – Yes; our proposal was the full asking price plus VAT and a guarantee of 10 kegs per week for two
years, which is give or take a further 100k, but the pub company is still not interested in selling to us.
We have various groups of people that use our facilities such as a Pool Team and a Skittles Team.
We also have regular visits from a group of young adults with learning difficulties that haven’t always
been made welcome in other pubs, but which are made very welcome here. We are a real
community pub and have the backing of our local MP, Anna Soubry, as well as the Nottingham
Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), however, we need help in raising our profile in the
media.
Such is the depth of feeling in our community, that when we looked for 21 people to come forward
to form an Unincorporated Body, to try and register our pub as an Asset of Community Value under
the 2011 Localism Act, we obtained close to 400 in a very short space of time.
The New White Bull has existed since the turn of the 19th century, an impressive red brick building
situated on Nottingham Road, Giltbrook, near to the Ikea Retail Park. For the right pub operator, this is an excellent opportunity; we have a large function room which hosts live music and charity
events, with an even bigger rear garden and a secure children’s play area.
The New White Bull is close to celebrating its double century and we are passionate about keeping it
open.
We are not a white elephant…………we are a Raging Bull!
New White Bull History
The Pentrich luddites, on their route to Nottingham, were passing through Giltbook and woke the
landlord for beer, bread and cheese, and as they left were caught by a small force of Dragoons. 40
of the luddites were sentenced to be hung, drawn and quartered, however it was later reduced to
just hanging and beheading!
Furthermore the coaching inn of The New White Bull is featured in D H Lawrence's short story
....Strike Pay.
For more information, please contact Mr Leslie Moreland:
Tel: 0115 875 8719 E: lez_moreland@hotmail.com
[Jeff says: Apparently, the plan is/was to convert the pub to yet another one of those 'convenience' stores - probably like the destruction of the popular Kimberley Miners Welfare just round the corner. - An absolute disgrace!]
