TheMIDSUMMER IN HILLAM – I COULD MURDER A PINT

Media savvy Ashpal Bhogal was the first British Asian to carry the Olympic torch through Monk Fryston, as well as represent her

country at hockey. #AshpalBhogal, who had already visited the school, tweeted “Lovely to see all the schoolchildren out lining

Monk Fryston! ”

The Cross Keys is open againThe Cross Keys is open againThe Cross Keys is open againThe Cross Keys is open again New business owner Neil Sands told Hillam $ews he

was hoping to be pulling pints on Saturday night 23rd

June, with ‘Mine Host’ manager Steve at the bar.

�eil Sands runs the Boot and Shoe, Barkston Ash,

where he has been for four and a half years. He has

taken The Keys from owners Enterprise Inns and

Hillam $ews will be speaking on behalf of all its

readers in wishing Neil, his wife Sue and manager

Steve a warm welcome to Hillam Square. Neil also

runs the Jenny Wren at Beal, the Wheatsheaf and Red

Lion in Hambleton and The Commercial, Kippax.

The Boot and Shoe has a large following on Twitter,

(@boot-and_shoe) and specializes in ‘real ale’

Examples include Old Peculiar, Shepherd Neame and

Brown Cow. The pub won a CAMRA pub of the

season award in 2010. The terms under which he has

taken the Cross Keys might slightly restrict the choice

of ales, but we live in hope.

Behind the scenes a lot has been going on and

Hillam $ews has been in close touch with an investor

who had made offers to buy the Cross Keys and to

run it ‘free of tie.’ Hillam $ews in its last issue car-

ried an interview with him together with his letter to

the paper.

�eil Sands told Hillam $ews that food would be

available within weeks – reliable ‘pub food’ and Sun-

day lunches. He has received an award for good beer

and food from MP Nigel Adams.

Hillam �ews has learnt that the potential investor

interviewed in Hillam $ews is the owner of the Boot

and Shoe and it is his tenant Neil who has pipped him

at the post in the race to relaunch the Cross Keys.