Great Food and Drink A great canal side pub Th’owd tithe barn Garstang

[Howard H]

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[63720]

Is that the one with the trainset in the roof?
Tia.

 

[Howard H]

Is that the one with the trainset in the roof?
Tia.

No that’s Guys restaurant in Bilsborrow about 5 miles south but a similar set up but the tithe is more off a pub

 

[namwaldog]

Morning Howard,
We used to go there about 35 years ago when we lived at Scorton. Remember they had it decorated in an 'agricultutal' theme with implements and hand tools everywhere. There were long bench tables running the length of the building and the waitresses were dressed as 'serving wenches' with mop hats and pinafores. They served fruit wines by the glass out of barrels.
Seem to remember copious amounts of good country food.

Barry

 

[Cal54]

Back in the day when the Tithe Barn was first developed it was owned and run by a local businessman, John Wilding. The agricultural theme was interesting and the food was great - the wine barrels were a particular favourite trying all varieties of fruit wines. It’s been a few years since I’ve been but it was in the hands of a brewery when I was last there and didn’t have the same atmosphere. Still ok though.

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[Howard H]

Morning Howard,
We used to go there about 35 years ago when we lived at Scorton. Remember they had it decorated in an 'agricultutal' theme with implements and hand tools everywhere. There were long bench tables running the length of the building and the waitresses were dressed as 'serving wenches' with mop hats and pinafores. They served fruit wines by the glass out of barrels.
Seem to remember copious amounts of good country food.

Barry

That was a while back now Barry but yes you are correct they used to have medieval nights ,wild nights indeed. The bench’s have gone now except for some in the windows but the pub still has an agricultural theme . When the sun shines the beer “garden” over looking the canal is a fantastic place to be .

 

[Howard H]

Back in the day when the Tithe Barn was first developed it was owned and run by a local businessman, John Wilding. The agricultural theme was interesting and the food was great - the wine barrels were a particular favourite trying all varieties of fruit wines. It’s been a few years since I’ve been but it was in the hands of a brewery when I was last there and didn’t have the same atmosphere. Still ok though.

The wine out of those barrels was absolutely lethal Cal,it finished many people off . The barrels have gone now but they still sell the killer wine by the glass .

 

[WESTY66]

I’ve been here a couple of times in winter, great pub, great atmosphere. Must come back in summer when all this crap is over and have a few beers outside overlooking the canal basin, I bet it’s very nice with a bit of hot sun shining down

 

[Cal54]

Howard H - I know what you mean about the wine barrels .
I was at Bridge House Marina with a few female Funsters and we had a bit of a session in the Tithe Barn. The upshot was bravado kicked in and we agreed to sign up for our first trip to France in our MH’s - and ended up at the Twin Lakes rally. There was about a dozen of us!! Loved a schooner of Mead!!

 

[pampam]

Did they used to do lancashire hotpot (about 38 years ago) i remember goin there with my dad on his way to lancaster castle

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[Howard H]

Did they used to do lancashire hotpot (about 38 years ago) i remember goin there with my dad on his way to lancaster castle

Probably it was a very basic menu back then

 

[Hils and Glenns]

Morning Howard,
We used to go there about 35 years ago when we lived at Scorton. Remember they had it decorated in an 'agricultutal' theme with implements and hand tools everywhere. There were long bench tables running the length of the building and the waitresses were dressed as 'serving wenches' with mop hats and pinafores. They served fruit wines by the glass out of barrels.
Seem to remember copious amounts of good country food.

Barry

Did they used to do lancashire hotpot (about 38 years ago) i remember goin there with my dad on his way to lancaster castle

I was brought up in Garstang and remember the early days of the Tithe barn. The long bench tables and the fruit wines. The hot pots were a bit rough in my memory.
I remember spending a Christmas eve there once though and it was very atmospheric. The tithe barn is in a lovely spot and well worth a visit.