Locals receive hundreds of nominations but await payment

Sparky the beer loving Shetland pony joins the Adopt a Local Campaign. Sparky a tiny Shetland Pony has developed a taste for real ale. His owner John Baldwin discovered his drinking habits by accident one afternoon when Sparky decided to neck the remainders of a customer's PINT. Since then Sparky has leapt to fame appearing on National and International TV News and Kids programmes. It only seemed fair that he should be allowed to join the Adopt a Local campaign. The adoption money goes towards his expensive pastime

The Adopt a Local campaign has really started with a bang. Managing Director Jon Ellard spent three nights sleeping on his office floor following early morning interviews with Australian Radio stations including Radio Canberra and ABC Australia. In total 33 radio interviews were undertaken with numerous press interviews coinciding. During the first three weeks the web site had visitors from the USA, Canada, Australia, Germany, Switzerland and Denmark etc.
Pubs2000 would like to thank all the media organisations who have given the campaign such a publicised and high profile start.

John Baldwin from the Globe Inn says ‘I’m thrilled to bits with the campaign so far. The very next day we had new customers coming in saying that they had heard about the Adopt a Local campaign and subsequently decided to come in for a drink and bite to eat’. When asked to comment about what effect the campaign had had on trade John Baldwin said ‘business is picking up and we have had our busiest month of the year this is largely down to the campaign and of course our famous shetland pony 'Sparky’.

Pubs2000’s other clients have also been making similar comments and observations.

Our locals have received hundreds of nominations for Adoption but only a small number of people have completed payment. For those of you who did not want to use the online payment system you can now use the Adoption Forms.

Adopt a Local star Dickie & Pubs2000’s MD Jon Ellard guest on Day Time TV Talk show with Melinda Messenger and Richard Arnold.

On Monday 7th April Pubs2000, 3 of their pubs and 3 of their locals appeared on a new show called Loose Lips, which is presented by the lovely Melinda Messenger and Richard Arnold. The show, which is shown on the cable channel Living TV went out on Thursday 10th April. It is the fifth TV appearance that the Adopt a Local Campaign has had. Previous TV appearances were on HTV West, BBC Midlands Today and Carlton Television. For more details on Loose Lips visit the Living TV web site.

Jason Reeves and John Baldwin attended from the Globe Inn with their local Ray Taylor. Pat and Tim Nelmes from the Tall Ship came with their local Colin Byrne. The star of the show was local Dickie Sadler who arrived with the Plough Inn landlord Craig Brown. Everyone went up together and made a real day of it by stopping of at several pubs on the way up and back. After the show local Colin Byrne even bumped into one of the Channel 4 newsreaders and interviewer / investigator Juliet Morris. To see the pictures please click here.

News From Adopt a Local Favourite ‘Arthur Ayres’

Hey I’m Famous "I have appeared on the box or should I say on the TV, HTV West I thinks. Been in lots of papers too, I talked them through my life story, that’s the bits I wanted them ta know. I thinks it were the Western Daily Press 4th March and again on the 11th cor twice in a week! It were in the Gloucestershire Echo and the Standard newspapers. It’s gunna be in the Times too. "
	"I’ve ad me 90th birthday, 21st March it were ad me a big party. I got 50 pints of beer in behind the bar from all my friends new and old. Got lots of me favourite bacci too and even a Landlords tie not many av got them av they? I played skittles that night and I won."

The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 55 adopts 3 of the locals