Just heard that the old Elm Tree pub at Manor Top is going to be a wetherspoons, wonder if anyone else has heard the same. I think it would be good for the area.

Fingers crossed, we need a decent pub around Intake.

ooo I heard the somerfields has been bought by Tescco's, and the Elm Tree was up for sale at something like £600.000 which is very high, so a Wetherspoons would be nice instead of going into town.

But can u imagine the dregs that would go in to a weatherspoons at manor top!!!

But can u imagine the dregs that would go in to a weatherspoons at manor top!!!Oh hell yes, I remember what it was like when I was doing the karaoke there...

Wetherspoons ... ... ... the manor top .... ... ... they deserve each other!!

ooo I heard the somerfields has been bought by Tescco's, and the Elm Tree was up for sale at something like £600.000 which is very high, so a Wetherspoons would be nice instead of going into town.

Nowhere near that price

http://www.businessesforsale.com/Elm-Tree-Delicensed-Pub-For-Sale.aspx

£225,000

Hmm, im fairly sure that in the contract there will be a clause that says the new owners cant use it a licenced premises again for X amount of time...

That used to be standard in enterprises contracts....it may have changed now however.

I suppose it is needed, but I hope it doesen't affect the pubs further down the road.
Theres good transport links to that pub anyhow, so people could come from quite a distance to have a few bevvies.

I think it will do well there.

I suppose it is needed, but I hope it doesen't affect the pubs further down the road.
Theres good transport links to that pub anyhow, so people could come from quite a distance to have a few bevvies.

I think it will do well there.I agree, it is easy to fear that because of prices practised by Wetherspoons the wrong clientèle would visit but think of the Woodseats Palace which is a Free House also and there are little problems. In fact problems arise more from The Woodseats than anywhere else there so why worry?
Better Wetherspoons than Tesco on Manor Top...

it would finish up mlike the weaterspoons in rotherham town center. total **** hole

Hmm, im fairly sure that in the contract there will be a clause that says the new owners cant use it a licenced premises again for X amount of time...

That used to be standard in enterprises contracts....it may have changed now however.ghostrider is your name martin by any chance.

I can just imagine the bar staffs faces when Troggy walks in :hihi:

I can just imagine the bar staffs faces when Troggy walks in :hihi:

i would pay to see that :)

I hope that Wetherspoons bolt everything to the floor if that's the case

But can u imagine the dregs that would go in to a weatherspoons at manor top!!!

Whereas Eckington is a real classy area....:hihi:

it would finish up mlike the weaterspoons in rotherham town center. total **** hole

You talking about the Bluecoats? Its not a bad pub, that.

I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand I would welcome the re-opening and refurbishment of a long closed and rather seedly pub, and I have no problem with Witherspoons - it's just that I would be worried about who the clientele would be. If the pub emphasises real ale and meals and deals firmly with with potential or actual troublemakers, especially all day drinkers, it might be OK.

You talking about the Bluecoats? Its not a bad pub, that.

I think they'll be referring to the Rhinoceros. :gag:

ghostrider is troggy still alive ha ha i remember him when i was a kid with his wood wheel barrow

He was a couple of weeks ago...he aint happy that the travellers rest has been turned into a shop :hihi:

yes i saw the new shop when i drove past a few days ago. cant belive troggy is still on the go what a legend ha

He was a couple of weeks ago...he aint happy that the travellers rest has been turned into a shop :hihi:

Tis a shame. Has he still got his dog , haven't seen him in a while, heard he doesen't frequent the ball much anymore, an all.

I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand I would welcome the re-opening and refurbishment of a long closed and rather seedly pub, and I have no problem with Witherspoons - it's just that I would be worried about who the clientele would be. If the pub emphasises real ale and meals and deals firmly with with potential or actual troublemakers, especially all day drinkers, it might be OK.

All day drinkers will be propping the pub up....

Won't they be trying to target the social club customers for the most of time...

Bouncers on door hopefully to stop the troublemakers, altho i dont trust some bouncers anyway.

The main question is will you still be able to get a cheap knocked off TV or DVD player.

Troggy lives on Dagnam Road (back of manor top) across from mi mams, he usually stops in now as just gets abuse from the local youths 14 on to 1 (its good odds if you can get it) and was recently charged for giving 1 a slap as he'd had enough.

Obviously the PC brigade got their way and troggy got charged but it was dropped when all the neighbours gave statements to defend him. and the social workers then gave the infamous speach about how the youth "was a mis-led and un-guided poor lost soul in the depths of this world" etc etc etc.

the poor mis-guided little S*** is now in a youth offenders home for TWOC and theft.

Bit of summary justice would have been better from troggy.

I think they'll be referring to the Rhinoceros. :gag:

Ah. Yes, I see now. :|

Troggy lives on Dagnam Road (back of manor top) across from mi mams, he usually stops in now as just gets abuse from the local youths 14 on to 1 (its good odds if you can get it) and was recently charged for giving 1 a slap as he'd had enough.

Obviously the PC brigade got their way and troggy got charged but it was dropped when all the neighbours gave statements to defend him. and the social workers then gave the infamous speach about how the youth "was a mis-led and un-guided poor lost soul in the depths of this world" etc etc etc.

the poor mis-guided little S*** is now in a youth offenders home for TWOC and theft.

Bit of summary justice would have been better from troggy.I remember that, in fact I posted the link to the story in the star on here (front page as well)

Just heard that the old Elm Tree pub at Manor Top is going to be a wetherspoons, wonder if anyone else has heard the same. I think it would be good for the area.

Just spoke to my mate who lives on the Arbourthone , he says he loves Wetherspoons but the idea of one at the Manor Top is not good as many post have said because of the people it will attract

I thought Wetherspoons were opening a new pub on the site of the old Wards Brewery anyway ??????

I wouldn't expect it anytime soon. My wife spoke to one of the roofers who was climbing about on the Elm Tree a few weeks ago, and he said the place was a wreck and would need months to dry out before any work could be done on it.

Personally, I hope no one buys it and they rip it down; I fail to see how the only pub at Manor Top could be anything but a magnet for dross, no matter what they do to try and make it a family pub. (and I live in sight of the Elm Tree).

It really would be good for the area. Let's just hope it will attract the right kind of customers! I think it would be popular with people from areas like Intake, Frecheville, Hollinsend and Gleadless who don't have many decent real ale pubs in their area at present. Most pubs in south-east Sheffield are either keg-only, or at best they do no more than pay lip service to real ale.

There is the Gypsy Queen at Crystal Peaks, and the other one (whose name I've forgotten) next to Crystal Peaks bus station. And the Royal Oak at Intake and the Birley Hotel usually only have one or two real ales, if that.

Poor troggy,

I've recently been in touch with Wetherspoons, and unfortunately they tell me that they have not bought up the Elm Tree after all - I guess they may have decided against it because of the state of the building. So instead it just looks set to stand empty for the forseeable future...

bugger.............

it would finish up mlike the weaterspoons in rotherham town center. total **** hole
Surely it couldn't be as bad as the Bankers Draft?