snookle Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Can anyone settle this ? I am certain that in the mid to late eighties, The Cross Scythes, Totley, was renamed The Roast Inn for a short period of time. A friend of mine from Dore confirmed this, but does anyone else know if this is definitely the case ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 The Fleur de Lys, almost opposite, is currently boarded up and advertising for a new tenant. Curiously they may indirectly support the memory if you look closely at the following; http://www.enterpriseinns.com/PropertyReports/89089e57-debf-dd11-834d-005056b009d5_ReportPDF.pdf It will be a brave person who takes the Fleur on, especially with so much local competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookle Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 So you don't know, then ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 So you don't know, then ... That link lists competitors, including Cross Scythes Roast Inn. It may have been about the time it was all refurbished and the bus terminus layby closed. It triggers memories of changed signage, but Cross Scythes may just have been less prominent than Roast Inn for quite a short period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sedith Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 I reckon you are right, I seem to remember the Cross Scythes being called the Roast Inn. Fleur has never been the same since Ossie ran it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joan lee Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Good old Ossie Tyler brilliant days. My mum and dad had The Herats Of Oak at that time and i went to Brantwood school with his daughter. Nice days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Glypta Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Is this pub being converted into a supermarket? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyno Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 In the Totley Independent dated March 1991, on p.7 is a short note to say the Cross Scythes is no longer a "Roast Inn" and is to become a fun pub. http://www.totleyindependent.co.uk/back-issues/1991/ "Roast Inn" sounds like a brand, like "Wetherspoons". [on edit]. "Roast Inn" was originally a Whitbread brand, ending up after a merry go round of buying and selling with Punch Taverns. When did the Cross Scythes go independent? I know its current incarnation dates to 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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