Raj Singh apparently has bought the Brown Trout

BUSHEAD · Post by **BUSHEAD** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 12:18 am

Its just a rumour i've heard, but apparently Raj Singh apparently has bought the Brown Trout pub in Cockerton, and intends to turn it into a Indian restaurant.

Not sure if this should technically be classed as O.T. or not.

Anyone else heard this on the grapevine, or can anyone else confirm if it is indeed true?

Santino · Post by **Santino** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 12:32 am

Thought we'd signed Leo Fortune-West for a second there.

BUSHEAD · Post by **BUSHEAD** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 12:35 am

Santino wrote:Thought we'd signed Leo Fortune-West for a second there.

Class !

fat tony · Post by **fat tony** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 7:37 am

Santino that's superb!

Geordie Quaker · Post by **Geordie Quaker** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 7:56 am

Raj has previously (allegedly) bought a number of pubs closer to his home with plans in place for development. When such plans have not been approved by the local council, these pubs have (allegedly) (surprisingly) been damaged by fire.

SuperQuaker · Post by **SuperQuaker** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:46 am

The Brown Trout could be improved by fire!

wylam_rangers · Post by **wylam_rangers** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:11 am

CAMRA is currently running a very effective campaign against closing or closed pubs being given planning permission for change of use.

Admittedly this is aimed at rural pubs being converted into private houses or flats. The Bay Horse at Middleton Tyas and the Travellers Rest at Skeeby are two examples.

Jazz Maverick · Post by **Jazz Maverick** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:19 am

wylam_rangers wrote: Admittedly this is aimed at rural pubs being converted into private houses or flats. The Bay Horse at Middleton Tyas and the Travellers Rest at Skeeby are two examples.

Gutted about the Bay Horse. Was my first local as a young lad, my mates mum ran it for a good few years.

phillyallinson · Post by **phillyallinson** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:21 am

apparently raj singh has offer to take over the Copper beach. i got told this of my mate this morning at college

Hilly · Post by **Hilly** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:28 am

Jazz Maverick wrote:
wylam_rangers wrote: Admittedly this is aimed at rural pubs being converted into private houses or flats. The Bay Horse at Middleton Tyas and the Travellers Rest at Skeeby are two examples.
Gutted about the Bay Horse. Was my first local as a young lad, my mates mum ran it for a good few years.

Is the Bay Horse the one at very bottom of the bank?

Jazz Maverick · Post by **Jazz Maverick** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:31 am

Yeah, thats right, down from the old school.

QUAKERMAN2 · Post by **QUAKERMAN2** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 12:06 pm

Hilly wrote:
Jazz Maverick wrote:
wylam_rangers wrote: Admittedly this is aimed at rural pubs being converted into private houses or flats. The Bay Horse at Middleton Tyas and the Travellers Rest at Skeeby are two examples.
Gutted about the Bay Horse. Was my first local as a young lad, my mates mum ran it for a good few years.
Is the Bay Horse the one at very bottom of the bank?

Up to last year I lived a couple of yards away from the pub, always pretty quiet except for sunday lunch times, with little passing trade.Sad it has now closed but I do know they were struggling.

Hilly · Post by **Hilly** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 12:19 pm

Didn't know that it had closed... We play Middleton Tyas in our Cricket League and we usually went there afterwards. One of our lads will be distraught as last time we were there he took a bit of a liking to the lass behind the bar.

comeondarlo · Post by **comeondarlo** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 12:32 pm

Jazz Maverick wrote:
wylam_rangers wrote: Admittedly this is aimed at rural pubs being converted into private houses or flats. The Bay Horse at Middleton Tyas and the Travellers Rest at Skeeby are two examples.
Gutted about the Bay Horse. Was my first local as a young lad, my mates mum ran it for a good few years.

Jazz do you know Graham Cave, he used to be from Brompton on Swale, his family had a pub there

e4sby · Post by **e4sby** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 12:33 pm

Hilly wrote:Didn't know that it had closed... We play Middleton Tyas in our Cricket League and we usually went there afterwards. One of our lads will be distraught as last time we were there he took a bit of a liking to the lass behind the bar.

Who do you play for mate?

Jazz Maverick · Post by **Jazz Maverick** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 1:03 pm

comeondarlo wrote:
Jazz Maverick wrote:
wylam_rangers wrote: Admittedly this is aimed at rural pubs being converted into private houses or flats. The Bay Horse at Middleton Tyas and the Travellers Rest at Skeeby are two examples.
Gutted about the Bay Horse. Was my first local as a young lad, my mates mum ran it for a good few years.
Jazz do you know Graham Cave, he used to be from Brompton on Swale, his family had a pub there

No mate, dont know the guy. Have never really drunk in Brompton so apart from people I went to school with I dont know anyone from there.

Hilly · Post by **Hilly** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:16 pm

e4sby wrote:
Hilly wrote:Didn't know that it had closed... We play Middleton Tyas in our Cricket League and we usually went there afterwards. One of our lads will be distraught as last time we were there he took a bit of a liking to the lass behind the bar.
Who do you play for mate?

Did play for King James - thinking of moving clubs this season though.

wylam_rangers · Post by **wylam_rangers** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 8:13 pm

Hilly wrote:
e4sby wrote:
Hilly wrote:Didn't know that it had closed... We play Middleton Tyas in our Cricket League and we usually went there afterwards. One of our lads will be distraught as last time we were there he took a bit of a liking to the lass behind the bar.
Who do you play for mate?
Did play for King James - thinking of moving clubs this season though.

Come and play County Cricket for Richmondshire!

BUSHEAD · Post by **BUSHEAD** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 8:45 pm

which side do you play for Wylam ? 1sts 2nds 3rds 4ths ?

Hilly · Post by **Hilly** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 8:52 pm

wylam_rangers wrote:Come and play County Cricket for Richmondshire!

There's some good young lads playing for Richmond! Half of them obviously tend to come from the private schools e.g. Barnard Castle School, which I did as well many moons ago would you believe!

I think there's a 5th team coming into the league this season as well.

BUSHEAD · Post by **BUSHEAD** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:00 pm

A 5th's ? selection nights must be hellish at Richmond !

real_darlo_85 · Post by **real_darlo_85** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 10:06 pm

Proud winners of the NEWROC Darlington and District 'C' League 2009!!!

Hilly · Post by **Hilly** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:30 pm

real_darlo_85 wrote:Proud winners of the NEWROC Darlington and District 'C' League 2009!!!

That's the Division I've been playing in these last couple of years. Very depressing!

KCChiefs · Post by **KCChiefs** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:33 pm

Was the Bay Horse in Middleton Tyas the one that had the 7 or 8 sided pool table in ? that was class !

Jazz Maverick · Post by **Jazz Maverick** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:36 pm

Yeah, it used to have the funny shaped one, cost me a fortune in pints, trying to gamble on the thing!

One of my mates tried buying it when we heard the horse was closing, because we knew it has been sat out in the storage shed for years and only needed a bit of fixing up. They had got rid of it a while back though, which was a shame.

TeessideQuaker · Post by **TeessideQuaker** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:41 pm

phillyallinson wrote:apparently raj singh has offer to take over the Copper beach. i got told this of my mate this morning at college

Punch already own this. Apparently the pub is set to be going Independent so there could be some truth in it.

wylam_rangers · Post by **wylam_rangers** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:55 pm

TeessideQuaker wrote:
phillyallinson wrote:apparently raj singh has offer to take over the Copper beach. i got told this of my mate this morning at college
Punch already own this. Apparently the pub is set to be going Independent so there could be some truth in it.

Looks as though it's already independent - there's no corporate branding at all on the website

http://www.thecopperbeechpub.com/index.html

Darlo_H · Post by **Darlo_H** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:56 pm

Been a while since I bothered to look when in Darlo, but isn't their already a curry place (Spice4U or something) in Cockerton?

Add to that the fact there's already a Chinese, a chippy and a couple of pizza places may mean it'll be difficult for Raj to get permission to convert it, if that's his plan.

TeessideQuaker · Post by **TeessideQuaker** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:59 pm

wylam_rangers wrote:
TeessideQuaker wrote:
phillyallinson wrote:apparently raj singh has offer to take over the Copper beach. i got told this of my mate this morning at college
Punch already own this. Apparently the pub is set to be going Independent so there could be some truth in it.
Looks as though it's already independent - there's no corporate branding at all on the website

http://www.thecopperbeechpub.com/index.html

It was certainly Punch until a couple of weeks ago at the latest, as I deal with Pub Companies on a daily basis. As far as I am aware, it's still under Punch Taverns ownership.

wylam_rangers · Post by **wylam_rangers** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 1:26 pm

Darlo_H wrote:Been a while since I bothered to look when in Darlo, but isn't their already a curry place (Spice4U or something) in Cockerton?

Add to that the fact there's already a Chinese, a chippy and a couple of pizza places may mean it'll be difficult for Raj to get permission to convert it, if that's his plan.

Lots of local pub news here - didn't realise DD was available online

http://www.darlocamra.org.uk/DarlingtonDrinker.html

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