Bradford's historic Park pub to reopen after refurbishment (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

Great pub back in late 80s early 90s lets hope the magic comes back .Taxi from town on regular basis !!!!

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Yes a great pub in the past.( But more recently an unfortunate dubious reputation in the clientèle it was attracting ).--Will it be open on Christmas Day ?. Will there be any food??
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To keep a Pub going today. There has to be great attractions and prices to attract. Unfortunately Supermarkets prices of Alcoholic beverages are destroying the need for expensive Pubs.
This Pub needs to create many diverse attractions--and engender a Local Community Meeting House/Spirit.. So people in that area can meet and greet, and get to know each other. There needs to be big screen television-Sports related programmes-major entertainment programmes etc.. PLUS CAN YOU GET SPECIAL PERMISSION FOR A SMOKERS ROOM ??.- Or can you make a really cosy outside area, for smokers to enjoy a pint and a fag!!!
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A pub has stood on the site for more than 100 years with a foundation stone above the door dating the ‘Turf Tavern’ to 1894.
If it was ever a coaching inn, then it must have been re-built as the Turf in 1894.
Keighley Road itself is a relatively modern construction from Victorian times - the old Bradford to Keighley toll road used to run up Toller Lane, the toll gate was just above the junction with Church Street.

Give it a couple of years then it will be closed take about throwing good money down the drain.

Good luck with the Turf, I hope it proves to be a decent, respectable and valued addition.

Great to see it coming back to life, but it will have to be doing something very special for it to survive in the long term and good luck to them..

Good luck to them but I fear it's an area where the local population tend not to drink because of religious beliefs. What has happened to the Kings Arms, The Delvers and The Fountain just up Emm Lane is a warning. They were very busy pubs in the 60's, 70's and 80's with a thriving well-heeled local community, now look at them. Run down and struggling, The Fountain shut and burnt out. Whether it's just high prices or the local ethnicity I don't know but if they think The Turf is going to relive the heyday of the great British drinking tradition, forget it. I just hope Wear Inns haven't spent too much money. They may survive just like The Hare and Hounds on Toller Lane selling expensive pop and steaks.

Is it haunted?

This is a most welcome addition to our choice of venues for a night out. With good management and marketing it will be a tremendous success. Good luck to all concerned.

collos25 wrote:
Give it a couple of years then it will be closed take about throwing good money down the drain.

Ah shush why can't you be pleased that there is a bit of investment going on?

Sounds like a good think for the pub, the area and the city to me.

mad matt wrote:
A pub has stood on the site for more than 100 years with a foundation stone above the door dating the ‘Turf Tavern’ to 1894.
If it was ever a coaching inn, then it must have been re-built as the Turf in 1894.
Keighley Road itself is a relatively modern construction from Victorian times - the old Bradford to Keighley toll road used to run up Toller Lane, the toll gate was just above the junction with Church Street.

There was also a toll gate at the junction of Leylands Lane / Toller Lane.

Great news, I wish them all the best.

Micro breweries? Sounds promising!

Mummys little Sunbeam wrote:

mad matt wrote:
A pub has stood on the site for more than 100 years with a foundation stone above the door dating the ‘Turf Tavern’ to 1894.
If it was ever a coaching inn, then it must have been re-built as the Turf in 1894.
Keighley Road itself is a relatively modern construction from Victorian times - the old Bradford to Keighley toll road used to run up Toller Lane, the toll gate was just above the junction with Church Street.

There was also a toll gate at the junction of Leylands Lane / Toller Lane.

That would be to catch any travellers coming up from Heaton then. Most of this history in on the first ordnance survey done for Oliver Cromwell in the 1640s for the battle of Bradford Moor.

This used to be a good pub and then it got a lot of dodgy customers who regularly took cocaine openly on the tables as well as the toilets.
I stopped going in about 5 years ago but if this new landlord can be picky about the customers then it could become a great pub once again

mad matt wrote:

Mummys little Sunbeam wrote:

mad matt wrote:
A pub has stood on the site for more than 100 years with a foundation stone above the door dating the ‘Turf Tavern’ to 1894.
If it was ever a coaching inn, then it must have been re-built as the Turf in 1894.
Keighley Road itself is a relatively modern construction from Victorian times - the old Bradford to Keighley toll road used to run up Toller Lane, the toll gate was just above the junction with Church Street.

There was also a toll gate at the junction of Leylands Lane / Toller Lane.

That would be to catch any travellers coming up from Heaton then. Most of this history in on the first ordnance survey done for Oliver Cromwell in the 1640s for the battle of Bradford Moor.

Mr Cromwell will be happy to know that Asian folk have now taken over the area :D

The Hoffster wrote:

mad matt wrote:

Mummys little Sunbeam wrote:

mad matt wrote:
A pub has stood on the site for more than 100 years with a foundation stone above the door dating the ‘Turf Tavern’ to 1894.
If it was ever a coaching inn, then it must have been re-built as the Turf in 1894.
Keighley Road itself is a relatively modern construction from Victorian times - the old Bradford to Keighley toll road used to run up Toller Lane, the toll gate was just above the junction with Church Street.

There was also a toll gate at the junction of Leylands Lane / Toller Lane.

That would be to catch any travellers coming up from Heaton then. Most of this history in on the first ordnance survey done for Oliver Cromwell in the 1640s for the battle of Bradford Moor.

Mr Cromwell will be happy to know that Asian folk have now taken over the area :D

Good! Go and top yourself, then you can tell him.

wja1966 wrote:
This used to be a good pub and then it got a lot of dodgy customers who regularly took cocaine openly on the tables as well as the toilets.
I stopped going in about 5 years ago but if this new landlord can be picky about the customers then it could become a great pub once again

It can be done....trust me, i know. i wish them good luck, its a beautiful building.

MontyLeMar wrote:
Good luck to them but I fear it's an area where the local population tend not to drink because of religious beliefs. What has happened to the Kings Arms, The Delvers and The Fountain just up Emm Lane is a warning. They were very busy pubs in the 60's, 70's and 80's with a thriving well-heeled local community, now look at them. Run down and struggling, The Fountain shut and burnt out. Whether it's just high prices or the local ethnicity I don't know but if they think The Turf is going to relive the heyday of the great British drinking tradition, forget it. I just hope Wear Inns haven't spent too much money. They may survive just like The Hare and Hounds on Toller Lane selling expensive pop and steaks.

Ah all my old stomping ground.

Sadly the area is no longer populated by potential drinkers

The Park/Turf was the busiest place in Bradford for several years from the mid to late eighties.

But now with pints from the supermarket at 40p as opposed to £3.40p in pubs togerther with all the other social change these past ten years no amount of dressing up will bring back the halycon days.

They"ve gone forever and the pub is destined to follow the gin palaces of Hogarths Victoriana,the small cinema,the music hall,the fish N chip shop and the dodo.

See the gem the jacobs well boarded up again.

And the **** and bottle.

And the ring of Bells.

All cracking water holes 25 years back.