The Foresters Arms, Brockenhurst
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| The Foresters Arms |
PUBLICAN Andy Colverson
spends half his life pulling pints
and the other half fighting fires.
Andy is joint licensee of the
Foresters Arms in Brookley
Road, Brockenhurst, and a
retained (part-time) firefighter at
the village fire station.
He never knows when he will
have to abandon his customers
and dash off to a fire or road
accident.
Andy, 27, had just finished giving
an interview for this article
when he was called out to a
blaze in a boarded-up house at
Southampton Road, Lymington.
He worked at Fawley refinery
before entering the licensing
trade four months ago, when he
and his business partner, Adam
Barnes, each bought half the
pub.
Adam had worked there for
several years and Andy was a
regular customer who regarded
it as his local.
Situated at the southern
entrance to the village, the
Foresters Arms was a shop and
post office before being converted
into a pub in 1906.
Its position at a busy corner
near Brockenhurst railway station
enables people sitting in the
popular patio garden to watch
the hustle and bustle of village
life.
Award-winning comedy actor
Mel Smith filmed a BT commercial
at the Foresters Arms in
1996. More recent visitors
include former Saints star
Jimmy Case, the last player
signed by Lawrie McMenemy
when he was manager.
The pub is popular with students
at Brockenhurst College
and also welcomes holidaymakers
staying at the nearby
Hollands Wood campsite.
Andy said: "We're considered
to be the locals' pub but also get
a lot of tourists who come here
year after year."
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