Pilgrim Fathers Pub, Scrooby

See www.scrooby.net/pub for details of the Pilgrim Fathers pub in Scrooby including contact details, opening times, cooking times, menu, regular events, and special event during the current and coming months.

Scrooby Village Show Organisers

See Scrooby Village Show for details of the Scrooby Show Organisers' Meeting, which will be held at the Pilgrim Fathers pub in Scrooby at 7:30pm on Thursday 19 January 2012.

Scrooby Community Cinema

See Scrooby Community Cinema for details of the Scrooby Community Cinema Organisers' Meeting, which will be held at the Pilgrim Fathers pub in Scrooby at 7:30pm on Thursday 12 January 2012.

Scrooby Wassail

The traditional christmas village wassail was held at Scrooby on Friday 9 December.  

Over eighty people came to join in with an evening of Christmas carols.  The Church raised over £600 from the evening.

The Village Hall was prettily decked-out with holly, ivy and mistletoe.  Earlier in the week the Christmas tree had been laid low by the strong winds; but re-erected, it twinkled outside the hall on Friday night.

Delicious hot pork baps, with apple sauce and stuffing, were served; provided by Gordon and Irene Ashworth, from their pig farm at Scrooby Top.  Help in the kitchen came from Helen Skelton, Izzi Marshall, Chris and Tony Spence and an army of washers-up.

Ed Marshall's More Dog skiffle band opened with a Leadbelly number and then moved on to Christmas carols for the rest of the evening.  They were joined by Richard the ex-vicar on banjo, who lead audience participation in a round.  The star turns came from Spike Arrowsmith on electric guitar and Bert Cawley on trumpet, who put together a fantastic arrangement of The First  Noel.  And to round off a great evening, the Vicar Kate Bottley, and even some volunteers, did fire eating.

2011 Scrooby Show

Egg & Spoon Over 16 Years Winners

Scrooby Show was held on Saturday 3 September 2011. Results will be posted here soon, and reported in the October Star.

Pictures of the Show are now available here.

Old Cars in Scrooby

Vauxhall 30/98 in Scrooby

On Saturday 20 August 2011 the Vintage Sports Car Club started and finished a tour from the Croft. There was a great range of vintage and classic cars from a Bugatti Brescia to a couple of Vauxhall 30/98.

Pilgrim Fathers Pub To Let

The Pilgrim Fathers is open!

The pub has a new landlord and landlady, the Smiths, who have previously run the Sun Inn at Everton and the White Swan at Drakeholes. They currently also have a pub at Appletreewick in the Yorkshire Dales.

The draught beer is really great, and they serve home-cooked food.

We wish them great success with the Pilgrim Fathers!

Film Showings In Scrooby

Scrooby Village Hall now has monthly cinema screenings.

Screenings take place in the afternoon and evening of the third Sunday of each month. The afternoon screening tends to be for kids, while the evening showing is aimed at adults. Pay on the door. Refreshments and sweets on sale inside.

Read more about past and future showings: Scrooby Community Cinema.

Scrooby Croft Horsechestnut Tree Felled

Scrooby Croft Horsechestnut Tree felled

The large horsechestnut tree on Scrooby's Croft suffered from Phytophora and has been felled by Nottinghamshire County Council. Scrooby Parish Council and Scrooby Garden Club are raising funds to commission a chain saw sculpture using the remaining trunk of the horsechestnut. More about trees in Scrooby.

Star Newspaper Available Online

The local Star newspaper is now available online. See here.

Scrooby Telephone Box Bought by Parish Council

Scrooby Telephone Box

The red telephone box on Scrooby's Chapel Lane has been bought by Scrooby Parish Council. The Council paid BT £1 for the village landmark. The kiosk will be turned into an information point for villagers and visitors. The telephone will be removed but the electricity supply will remain.

BT have recently sold many of the UK's familiar telephone booths, challenging local councils to come up with imaginative re-uses. More about BT red telephone kiosk sales on the Guardian site.

Bench and Vegetable Rack in Pinfold

Scrooby Pinfold Vegetable Rack

To complete the Scrooby Gardening Club's project in The Pinfold, Ann and John Watkins have donated a wooden bench and rack to the project. The bench has been placed under the sunny stone wall at the back of the Pinfold. The rack is to enable villagers to share surplus plants and produce with other villagers. Remember to look in from time to time. More about Scrooby's community gardens.

Comment

"I just want to thank your for adding all the fascinating information about Scrooby on your website. My husband is a direct descendent of William Brewster, by way of his son John, and we are eagerly anticipating visiting Scrooby ... Thanks again for providing all this wonderful information.
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My husband, daughter, son-in-law, and I enjoyed so very much our eagerly anticipated visit to Scrooby in June. We were fortunate enough to find the church open and Mr. Dolby present. After the adjournment of the flower committee, Mr. Dolby gave us a grand tour of the church and grounds and an oral history that was priceless. We walked around the village and took many pictures to share with other family members (descendants of William Brewster). We finished off with a great lunch at the Pilgrim Fathers and made our way back to Oxshott. I just wanted you to know how charming and hospitable we found Scrooby."

Paula Criss
New Mexico, USA