The Jolly Tanners, Staplefield

Having been told about the recent broadcast on these pages I subsequently read the copy in the pub i felt compelled to write something. i now hard the landlord does try to keep all and sundry happy at what is a difficult time for pubs in general, not least this one. the present landlord does have a mountain to climb to match the performance of the previous owners as they were driven exclusively by money and sold at the top of the market at a price never to be repeated. this meant that husband and wife worked, slept and played for the day when the price was right. Good luck to them they cant take it with them! However as we know Chris is on his own in the role. business is not as it was 4 years ago and he is working outside of the house to boost income. Not afraid of work, lets hope it rubs off on the other man in the field. Good company, reasonable food, plenty of free music, and one of the friendliest drinking watering holes for miles. Whoever the author of the original pack of rubbish is or was will probably know that we now know who you are, why, well because a really true local would have taken the landlord to one side and said can i help, as most of us do! Poacher

27 Mar 2010 16:35