The great village REVIVAL
‘It’s so much more than just a pub’
Sally Soady, 63, lives in Bamford, Derbyshire, with her husband John, 65.
We’ve lived in the beautiful village of Bamford for 24 years – a perfect, rural location in the heart of the Peak District. For years, the village had two pubs, a shop, GP surgery and post office.
‘It’s evolved to have something for everyone’
The GP surgery closed in 2007, which was a real blow. Then one of the pubs, The Derwent, shut its doors in 2011. When, in 2012, we heard the remaining pub, The Anglers Rest, was up for sale and then shortly afterwards that the post office
