Thringstone - Pubs

Pubs

• Thringstone Members' Club (formally Thringstone Rangers' Supporters' club ) 01530 222737
• The Bull's Head, Ashby Road
• The Fox Inn, Main Street (closed 2008)
• The George and Dragon, Ashby Road
• The Queen's Head, The Green (closed 2008)
• The Rose and Crown, The Green (closed 2009; demolished 2013)
• The Star, Main Street (closed 1928)
• The Three Tuns, Main Street (closed 1931)

The village boasted a thriving social life in its public houses, especially at weekends, until the end of the 20th century. A particularly memorable event was New Years's Eve (or Hogmanay) - the spirit of the occasion greatly enhanced by residents of Scottish origin - when (at shortly before midnight) the pubs on the village green emptied for a few minutes as hundreds of people converged in a huge circle on The Green to sing 'Auld Lang Syne' around the kilted figure of piper, Sam Jardine.

However, three public houses - The Fox Inn, The Queens Head and The Rose and Crown have recently closed, such has been the decline in trade. The smoking ban of 2007 and competition from supermarkets have been seen as contributory factors toward the decline.