The Travellers Friend, Woodford Green

Hello to all on this board, all customers past and present of The Travellers Friend pub.
We would like to introduce ourselves as the new owners of the building and as of Friday 22nd November 2013 the leaseholders. The freehold and lease have been purchased by ourselves. We note recent press speculation concerning the premises and wish to put the record straight.
We have always maintained that so long as the building is under our control (and we have no intention of ever selling) then it shall always remain a Public House and nothing has changed. This building will NOT be a block of flats in a year’s time. We also note a lot of the comments on this board, some with amusement, however many of the points made will be taken seriously. I quote from one thread "The pub is clearly past its prime and needs positive and assertive management. New toilets, new cellar, new kitchen, new glasses and a thorough going over inside and outside will be a much and obvious start. With a bit of capital injection and fore thought , the gold mine that once was, will resurrect itself from the ashes it now finds itself in and past regulars will flock to its call"
We couldn't agree more and will slowly start work on a lot of these issues. They will take time so please bear with us but rest assured they will be addressed.
The idea of buying this property was conceived over 10 years ago. Now we have it, it won't take us 10 years to get right. There will be subtle changes but we shall endeavour to maintain it's wonderful character.
Any ideas or suggestions are welcomed. Please come and see us, we want to hear from the locals.
You know where we are.
Thank you for your custom.

Scott & Andrew

24 Nov 2013 12:46