the old Crawford Arms pub at Red Rock

drove past it yesterday and they seem to be adding an extension to the building. Anybody know what's happening. It's been shut for a while after the restaurant flopped.

70s and 80s brilliant meals good luck to them

I can't remember ever having a good pint in there.

there was more work going on when I passed by today. Still don't know what it's going to be though.

Most likely a Chinese or Indian restaurant, nearly all the empty pubs are being taken over with them, there is one at Plat Bridge (Moss Lane) being turned into one

Definitely not Chinese or Indian it will be run by an Englishman.
He is keeping the Bridge 63 name as well.

The word is that the pub may reopen with a cafe/ice cream parlour attached-hence the extension!
perhaps not a bad idea!

Excellent spot it's a great place in the summer ,the previous owners have never quite got it right ,hope they get it right this time

Years ago when it was crawford arms wasnt the bar top all cover in old penny pieces 1d stuck on with glue or am i thinking of somewhere else

Its a lovely canal side pub,& was my mum n dads local way back in the 50s.didnt seem much money about but they knew how to have a great time.

went past last week and it looks like whatever was happening isn't happening now.

i-spy that is sad to hear .

they are making slow progress but it has been like that for a while, i'm guessing they are probably taking their time and aiming for a March / April opening?

Somebody told me they same people are opening the new pub in Swinley and had switched their efforts to that for now - not sure how true that is.

give them time then.

I'm driving past nearly every day and they seem to work on it for a month or so and then have a couple of months off.

Hope they get it up and running in time for the summer trade.

I hope they don't start putting a slice of orange on their turkey salads, or they'll fail as well!

heaven forbid terrible it will spoil the orange

There should be some way of ensuring that these old pubs keep their historical names,even those that are restaraunts. Very often there is so much attached to the names and they are a part of our tradition and heritage.

I have always got names of 'Crawford' at Red Rock, mixed up with 'Crown' at Bradley ...

Dunno why

i enjoyed fishing along the canal there a few years ago, i remember watching them get deliveries, a fruit and veg wagon used to pull up and it was driven by a young girl, the veg was taken off the wagon by a young lad, it always made me smile, i cant remember who they worked for, but it looked hard work, i think they came from Standish but i,m not sure, its 30 odd years ago

That fruit and veg wagon would've been delivering oranges, to put on their Turkey Salad Barm Joeys!

Turkey and orange?.They'll be putting a slice of black pudding and an umbrella in the guinness next.

sounds good to me nothing wrong with fancy cocktails

See today's photo-a-day. Progress still looks slow.

it doesnt like they are in a rush looks like a private dwelling now.

Gone

The last time I was in there the chef did a runner just as we arrived so they shut the kitchen down, that was about 3 or 4 years ago, the time before that I was in there with my wife to be, I had borrowed my uncles vauxhall cresta and parked on the carpark to the rear of the pub, well when we tried to drive off the clutch went and no way could I getup the slope to the road , it finished up with me being towed into gorden fords and my wife and friends going home in a taxi, all in all a very expensive night out, so that pub doesnt do it for me

"The last time I was in there the chef did a runner just as we arrived "

He must have run out of oranges!

PS: "I had borrowed my uncles vauxhall cresta ...... the clutch went ..... towed into gorden fords"

Taking a sick Vauxhall into Gordons Ford for repair isn't normal behaviour!

Tonker in 1964 it was any port or garage in a predicament ln the late hours of Saturday night, and you still havent changed your behaviour,

Tonker in 1964 it was any port or garage in a predicament ln the late hours of Saturday night, and you still havent changed your behaviour,

Gone again

Could you write that again Aitch, I'm a bit hard of reading?

It doesn't look promising for a pub does it, spent many a happy hour along that canal bank, a few pints later on in the pub and listening to me old mate sammy, happy days

Any news update

Nothing going on at the moment, i-spy.
The plan was for a single storey extension with decking area, the extension has been built, but they haven't worked on any part of the pub at all this year.

It is supposed to be opening as a pub and coffee house, but when....

Went past t'other day,no sign of life or work being done.Seen barges lined up along cut bank on hot summers days,and the pub packed.Oh for the good owd days

it looks a little bit sadder every time I go past the place.

I DONT THINK IT WILL BE A PUB ANYMORE.

WHY DO YOU SHOUT ALL THE TIME.???

capital gains.

Broady we are all deafCome on Golden Bear type in lower case with nearly 1000 posts now under your belt you would by now know its not computer savvy to use upper case except to stress a point(its classed has shouting at someone via your keyboard) IT JUST NOT DONE OLD BEAN

Fifty years ago we would walk up the canal bank from the old boat house to the Crawford Arms.
We were certainly ready for a glass of beer when we arrived.

Didn't quite a few canal boats stop of there at one time?
when it was a good pub fer meals and a pint

hope it reopens good luck to them summertime make some money get on in there people.

there's still plenty boats veteran. Just no ale.

They're private moorings there and a few live on the boats.I used to chat to one of them called Denis when i called for a pint after fishing on the canal.

Signs of activity when I went past today and the pile of rubble is getting bigger.
A good sign maybe

hopefully i-spy.

Yes i-spy we came past as well them bricks are really piled up at the end. must be really gutting it

It's still looking very sad and unloved