You may be interested to read Jim Walker's account of the Earby murder of 1892 (look in the Articles section of this website) because there's a connection with the White Lion. The bloke responsible lived just opposite (houses now demolished) and the pub was a regular haunt of his.

I've also written a song called "Unholy Moses" about the incident and your pub gets a good mention (does this qualify me for a free pint??

What sort of food will you be serving? What kind of beer? Are you a Free House or part of a bigger group?

Anyway - Good Luck with your venture. It's heartening to see such an important historic building brought back from the dead - well done!

Thanks for your interest, as of yet the full menu is not decided, partly due to wanting the chef to have a fair input, and we have not yet employed a chef!

We are part of a bigger group, but want to run the pub as we would our own - the food side of things will be completely run by ourselves with no brewery input.

The beers are still in the balance also, and any suggestions are welcome - i.e. favourite ales.

We would like to retain a traditional atmosphere within the pub, respecting the building. And hope to make it a welcoming place for the local public, and visitors alike.

The article is an interesting read, thanks. And your song, do you have a link to the lyrics? We are wanting to feature some traditional local artwork within the pub, and may be interested in a framed version of the lyrics to feature - then you may qualify for a free pint!!

One of the reasons why the old pub struggled in recent years was its poor "beer experience". If your beer's no good and nobody can afford to buy it anyway, you don't have much of a pub, really!

How's about Copper Dragon from Skipton? Or Old Speckled Hen? I dare say a lot of other people would prefer lagers, so you'd need a decent selection of them too.

I know I'm in a minority, but a decent vegetarian menu is always welcome and influences what pubs I patronise. By decent, I don't mean reheated frozen veggie lasagne or cheese omelette. Summat a bit tasty and unusual - if I can cook it easily at home, why would I spend my brass eating it elsewhere?

As for the lyrics - I'd be delighted to supply them. But I reckon it's worth at least a pint and a half

I hope the opening lines aren't a bad omen for you:

"New start, that's what you wanted..."

Just don't walk over to the shoeshop in Barlick with a large rock in your hand!

I will definately take on board the suggestions, and any future ones. The idea for us is to sell what people want - and remain flexible. If something sells well we'll keep it if it does not we won't! We don't want to force people into buying what's available - if it's not what they want. There is obviously a limit to the flexibility as not everyone wants the same lagers, or the same real ales, and we have to keep some continuity.

We want good beer - we know good beer ourselves and would definately not sell what we would not buy. Lager's are obviously popular, but we will respect the demands for traditional ales, and vary according to demand. As for price, we will be competitive and understand people won't pay hard earned money for poor quality beers.

We will be definately providing a vegitarian selection, and as well as traditional meals, there will be more varied tastes on offer at reasonable prices - and not frozen lasagne!

Yeah, walked straight into that one! Probably will do with this too, what's traycle?

Lots of weird tales told about this pub. No doubt you'll be enlightened in due course.

The only unwelcome guest we ever saw was a small, furry 4-legged one with a long tail - though I'm absolutely sure there won't be a re-appearance with the new landlords.

I'll leave it to Nolic to explain about traycle.

Here is a picture SCG took earlier this year...