The tenants at The Fleece Inn in Haworth and the Dog & Gun in Oxenhope are both celebrating major milestones.
Mick and Kath Roper took over the Dog & Gun pub in 1994. Since then, they have worked hard to see it go from strength to strength, offering great food and drink, coupled with warm hospitality, producing a splendid Yorkshire atmosphere.
2024 marks 30 years of Mick and Kath at the helm, making them Timothy Taylor’s longest-serving tenants. Ably assisted by daughter Jodie and son-in-law Ian.
Mick and Kath had this to say about their time working at the Dog & Gun: "After our grandchildren were born, Jodie and Ian stopped for lunch at the pub instead of going straight home from the hospital, so it has been such a hub for our family life.
"Now our grandchildren have got a bit older we have three generations working here at the Dog & Gun."
Just behind them is Trudy Pilmoor, who runs The Fleece Inn. A cosy, Yorkshire inn with traditional stone flagged floors situated on Haworth’s famous cobbled main street.
Trudy Pilmoor receiving flowers from Paul Turner, Timothy Taylor's Estate Operations Director, in celebration of her milestone.
Trudy started her career with Timothy Taylor’s by working with them at the Albert Hotel in Keighley. She is now celebrating her 25th year with the brewery and is looking forward to many more.
When asked about her journey with Timothy Taylor’s, Trudy stated: "I have worked at many pubs across the Taylor’s pub estate.
"I started off managing the Albert Hotel, then moved to The Woolly Sheep Inn in Skipton, the Royal Oak in Ripon, the White Swan at Fence, and finally became a tenant at The Fleece Inn in Haworth, only three miles from where I started at the Albert. It has been a great adventure."
As well as their brewery business, brewing award-winning beers such as the nationally renowned Landlord, Timothy Taylor’s also operates a modest estate of 19 pubs, with 17 of those run by tenants.
Paul Turner, Estate Operations Director at Timothy Taylor’s said: "In our 17 tenanted pubs, while our partners, the tenants, operate independently trading businesses, we support them fully as part of our ownership responsibilities. We take pride in treating them as part of the family.
"At Timothy Taylor's we state our philosophy very clearly: We recognise that by working with stakeholders that share our passion for quality and our commitment to the values of honesty, integrity, respectfulness and fairness we are most likely to succeed as a sustainable, family-owned and profitable business over the long term.
"Heartfelt congratulations to Mick, Kath, and Trudy on celebrating their impressive milestones. We look forward to working alongside them, and our other tenants, for many more years to come."
