Free crisp sarnies are served at the popular watering hole, with chips on Saturday nights
Consternation when plans were revealed to open a micro pub in Bestwood is long-forgotten. Three years on, locals have really taken the Butcher's Pencil to their hearts.
The Butcher's Pencil was opened to replace the former leisure centre and social club at Nottingham City Hospital where workers used to meet to play squash, snooker and tennis and have a drink. It closed during the pandemic, in September 2020, after it was deemed unviable. After nearly 50 years, the club - believed to be the last in the country - was demolished in March 2022.
The money paid for the shop to be gutted, rewired and licenses. Many local tradesman, amongst them electricians, plasters and plumbers, did the work for free, just charging for materials, ready for the Butcher's Pencil to open its doors on May 17, 2021. "I got him some duck eggs from the farm shop the other day," said Tarnya. The pub belongs to two WhatsApp groups and if anyone needs any shopping someone will oblige. "When staff know someone who lives on their own and doesn't cook they'll drop dinners off.
Since opening, the Butcher's Pencil has raised more than £7,500 for a diverse range of charities - dementia, British Heart Foundation, dog rescue, a young mum with stage four breast cancer and T-Pot's family are just some of the good causes.
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