Jon Richardson is investing money to assist save his native pub.
When the 42-year-old comic heard that The Plough in Fadmoor, North Yorkshire, shut all of the sudden in 2011 with plans put ahead to remodel it into two houses and 4 vacation lets, he didn’t hesitate to develop into a shareholder in Fadmoor Neighborhood Pub Restricted to maintain the boozer open.
Jon – who created a pub referred to as The Canine and B****** within the storage of his Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, house – stated: “I really like pubs a lot that I turned my storage into one, nevertheless it didn’t scratch the itch, so now I’ve ended up proudly owning one. Or a share of a crumbling one, anyway.
“After I first heard about The Plough, I needed to go and see it, after which after I met the wonderful individuals working to rescue it, I couldn’t resist getting concerned.
“Like a superb pint, they’re vigorous and funky with good heads on them, they usually make you are feeling higher concerning the world.
“Pubs are the beating coronary heart of their communities, and we’re, hopefully, going to have a good time bringing The Plough again to its former glory.
“I do know it’s going to be onerous work, however I’m able to roll my sleeves up and watch different individuals getting their fingers soiled.”
More4 has commissioned an eight-part observational collection – working title named A Yorkshire Pub with Jon Richardson – that may observe Jon as he joins forces with the local people to revive and re-open The Plough, which dates again to 1782.
Peter Jones, Chairman, Fadmoor Neighborhood Pub Restricted, added: “We’ve got plenty of work to do to renovate this derelict pub, which has been closed for 14 years, and produce it again to life as a thriving neighborhood pub on the coronary heart of this village.
“We stay up for sharing this journey with Jon and More4 viewers, particularly as Jon has supplied to purchase the primary spherical once we open!”
Channel 4 has hailed A Yorkshire Pub with Jon Richardson – which has been created by Full Fats TV – as a “dream fee”.
Jayne Stanger, Senior Commissioning Editor for Channel 4, added: “This can be a dream fee: a much-loved comic with a ardour, a incredible neighborhood brimming with sensible characters, plus a mission to save lots of one of many most-cherished British traditions – the common-or-garden native pub.
“Cheers to Jon, his Yorkshire pub, and the workforce at Full Fats TV capturing this particular story for us.”
Colette Foster, CEO of Full Fats TV, stated: “At Full Fats TV, we might been studying concerning the decline of pubs, nevertheless, it was the rise of neighborhood pubs halting that decline that actually impressed us – locals shopping for pubs liable to closure and repurposing them to supply providers for the complete neighborhood in addition to a pint.
“We had been delighted when Jon stated he wished to put money into The Plough, permitting us to observe him and the Fadmoor neighborhood as they create this particular native in a spectacular a part of Yorkshire again to life.”
