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The Horseshoes, Blunham

The Horseshoes, Blunham

The Horseshoes The Challenge Roy and Liz Brown took over the Horseshoes pub in Blunham, Bedford in 2012. The pub was sold to Red Oak Taverns in March 2021 while pubs were being forced to stay closed as part of the Covid 19 lockdown. At the time both Roy and Liz were...
The Horse & Jockey

The Horse & Jockey

The Horse & Jockey The Challenge Debbie and Brian decided to take on the Horse & Jockey in late 2019 with their anticipated entry date being 24th of March 2020. Despite the national restrictions being implemented only 4 days earlier they remained committed to...
The Tall Ship

The Tall Ship

The tall ship The Challenge When Red Oak purchased the Tall Ship in 2019 it had a long standing reputation for good quality sea food. When our tenants decided to move on in 2021 we wanted to reposition it back to a more traditional community pub. Sam Nasrat took the...
The Anchor Inn

The Anchor Inn

The Anchor Inn The Challenge Boroughbridge local Lesley took on the Anchor Inn in September 2020. She faced 18 months of opening, closing and trading with restrictions due to Covid-19. The site was also starting to look tired and faced multiple maintenance issues...
The Arnold Arms

The Arnold Arms

The Challenge The Arnold Arms was closed for longer than expected following the difficult COVID-19 trading periods in 2020 and 2021. At the centre of the village, we knew that the winning formula was just around the corner and we worked tirelessly to find new and...