The Mole and Pig is Balgowan’s local pub, where neighbours rub shoulders with
tourists and Millgate Cottage’s guests.
Enjoy good family food and ‘pub grub’
What Inn is this
What Inn is this
Where for the night
Peculiar Traveller comes?
Who is the Landlord?
Where the maids?
Behold, what curious rooms!
No ruddy fires on the hearth --
No brimming Tankards flow --
Necromancer! Landlord!
Who are these below?
Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
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The TV, as well as the hundreds of memorabilia items, was donated by The
Memorable Order of Tin Hats, (M.O.T.H.), that Millgate Cottage has
adopted as its charity.
Money for the charity is collected in the specially built M.O.T.H wishing
well in the centre of the Mole and Pig’s circular garden.
In 2002, Millgate Cottages residents were joined by members of the
Howick (Lion’s) shell-hole at a moving ceremony for the dedication of
the wishing well to the M.O.T.H order.
After finishing a hearty meal, pub-goers have a choice of entertainment.
They can challenge each other in:
A game of pool
A darts competition
A round of putt-putt
Or take a seat at the bar and watch rugby, motor racing or whatever is currently showing on DSTV.
The locals know it well, but visitors can enjoy one of the four locally-brewed Nottingham Road Brewery beers. They
have a choice between:
Pickled Pig – a dark brown porter
Whistling Weasel – a pale ale
Tidily Toad – a light lager
Pye-eyed possum – a pilsner
Refreshments can be taken al-fresco in Millgate Cottage’s lovely garden, inside the pub or in the dining room.
Millgate’s very own ghost story.
Some 18-months after the ceremony handing over the wishing well to the M.O.T.H order, something strange happened. A
visitor, who claimed to be a psychic, asked who were those smartly dressed men, wearing blazers and ties she’d seen
standing around the wising well were. No one stood by the wishing well. Upon hearing the explanation of what M.O.T.H
stood for, the visitor turned a little pale and as she realised that the men she saw were M.O.T.H. members who had
themselves ‘faded away’.
Even stranger, when checking with the Old Bill, he counted to six, the number Lion’s Shell Hole members, who had indeed
‘faded away’ since the dedication ceremony.
OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE, THEY SIMPLY FADE AWAY.
