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Glenys. tried just about everything. Ex-teacher,
photographer, chef and school dinner-lady. Took on the pub with her brother
Colin in 1981. Never looked back!
Looking
after the pub garden, and her collection of hens and ducks, keeps her sane
during the busy days of summer. Loves painting, long walks, trips to Became 'landlady' of the Birch Hall Inn at
the end of October 2004 when Colin retired ! . just couldn't
leave !!
See my page for more info and some of my photographs....
Neil. Loves the outdoor
life and living at Beck Hole suits him fine...
First met Glenys when he was 12
and she was his teacher..saw her again when he delivered ice cream to the
Birch Hall Inn and married her in 1992.
Framing her art work grew into
his own business until 2004 when he joined Glenys
running the pub.
John. stepped
heroically into the breach when we lost our little Gill very suddenly i...he
lives in what was the other pub in Beck Hole ... 'The Lord Nelson' . it
closed in 1940 ..
Sharon & Louise. come
all the way from Shirley and
Ian. You
may have met our latest recruits last summer ..they came to the rescue when we had a sudden staff shortage last year and keep coming back for more !
Long
time visitors to Goathland and the pub.now they live nearby..in the early
years .we knew them only as Mr and Mrs 'Central Heating' ..in
those days they were camping.so Ian would always wear his big blue
hand-knitted cable jumper no matter how hot and crowded the bar got
.gathering up residual heat and getting redder and redder till it was time to
go back to the tent ! Gill, a friend from long ago who popped back into our
lives when she was about to retire
from a career in nursing and was looking for a part-time job....we snapped
her up. Sadly she was taken ill and died suddenly in the spring of 2004. but
anyone who was lucky enough to catch her serving in the bar or sweetshop will
know what a truly special person she was....we all miss her lots. she was our
little midget gem! Dad .survived the war, enjoyed a life of football and
fishing and drove massive cranes at ICI for 26 years. Sold up and
came to Beck Hole at the end of our first year here, and was our
right-hand-man in the DIY department . A born
joker, he'd be outside with his cup of
tea on sunny days - always ready for a chat. Sadly we said goodbye to him in
the summer of 2002, and things will never be quite the same ..but one thing's
for sure.he'll always be remembered with a smile ! Plastic Dog was rescued from a skip in the 60's he
lived in the peace of our back garden 'till Dad brought him here in 1981.
He's had a happy but hectic life outside the shop ever since - pushed, pulled
and ridden by successive generations of kids, and eventually in need of a bit of
make-over and a new set of wheels. If you miss seeing him outside
you'll find him relegated to inside duties..guarding the shop. Colin . He left home and went to sea at sweet 16. Travelled the world
on P&O liners and eventually got off at 'the other end'. He settled in Still
visits Aussie every day (in his head) and most years for a holiday to escape
our winter weather. Mad about
dogs, his lovely garden and classic cars. Recently parted with ' Mavis ' the Daimler, and 'April ' the Wolseley to buy ' Geoffrey ' a
two tone grey 1948 Rover P3..looking
forward to lots of trips out when the salt's all gone from the road !
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