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Today’s newly pinned brown sign
The Rockingham Arms filled out my little form today on the “get me involved” page of the website, which means they’ll now appear on the Follow The Brown Signs map and show up when people need inspiration for things to do in North Yorkshire. It’s a big project to get all the brown signed attractions of the UK mapped, but more and more we’re getting there (you can add one too you know, every little helps…)
On my form I have deliberately not asked nominators to write the usual piece of marketing copy about the attraction/facility, instead I always ask them to say why it is important and why Britain would be worse off without them. This is a really key thing for me because instead of writing “we have a coffee and gift shop, we have lovely gardens and it’s a great place to visit for all the family” people go into much more detail and really show why the place they are nominating properly matters.
And such was the description that Callum gave of The Rockingham Arms, he writes: “We employ local people are the hub of the village, as the pub is the only thing in the village”.
It bought a smile to my face and so thought I’d share it, I’m always so happy to sing the praises of places that sustain a community spirit and keep such important hubs alive in rural communities. Rock on The Rockington Arms, you are not going ignored 🙂
