Andy C Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Is this since he couldn't buy the pace in Walkley? I think the Walkley Library project is also going ahead - converting half the building into a bar/cafe to provide the funding to save the library in the other half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyP728 Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 I was just wondering if anyone had an update re: the renovation of the Stoops? It looks like work hasn't started on it yet - cutting it fine to be ready for 3 Valleys at the beginning of June! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy C Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 There have been complications that have delayed work beginning and the Stoops will no longer be in 3 valleys this year as they won't be open in time. Things are happening behind the scenes and should still be open in the summer, True North is a company that does things properly and professionally so they won't cut corners to open sooner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottf Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Still nothing happening unfortunately, its all gone suspiciously quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F. Sidebottom Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 http://dronfielddigital.co.uk/blue-stoops/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxydebs Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 http://dronfielddigital.co.uk/blue-stoops/ Just says 502 bad gateway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F. Sidebottom Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 It's on a pretty poor website - pictures taken from inside the Stoops last weekend, followed by the following article: If you’re anything like me, the last time you thought about the Blue Stoops, it was Christmas and you were outside talking nonsense to people who had come back to Dronfield for the seasonal festivities. Perhaps, a lad dressed as Santa punched your friend in the face? (Remember that, Elliott?) Well, independent brewers True North Brew Co (http://www.truenorthbrewco.uk/) have bought The Blue Stoops, and they intend not just to restore it, but to upgrade it to a more worthy status as a gastro pub with the introduction of a new commercial kitchen. You may remember True North Brew Co from other boozy establishments such as: The Forum Bar, The Old House, The Common Room, The York, The Broadfield and The Riverside. Basically, a company capable of running many venues with individual identities, simultaneously. I had the good fortune of bumping into a few members of the True North Brew Co at Dronfield Business Forum, a monthly networking event for local businesses hosted at 10a High Street, on Wednesday. I’m scant on the details but they assured me later this year the refurbishment will be finished, with not just a commercial kitchen, but an upgraded bar and a desperately sought function room. If their other venues and reputation as brewers are anything to go by, I think Dronfield can expect the new Blue Stoops to deliver a totally new style of public house. Something which is badly needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiffRaff Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Just says 502 bad gateway. Link now (25 May) working again....sort of! http://dronfielddigital.co.uk/blue-stoops/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyP728 Posted June 29, 2016 Author Share Posted June 29, 2016 Still not much happening to The Stoops (from the outside). Few more stumbling blocks maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markfor Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 The mental barriers?? I've noticed over the past week or so that the mental barriers around the car park of the Blue Stoops have been removed. I got talking to someone yesterday who is friends with the bar manager in the Manor House - they have supposedly been told that the Stoops has been bought by the guy who owns the Forum, Old House, The York etc in Sheffield. Good news if true, be a shame to see the Stoops go to waste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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