Maple Leaf Name Lives On
21 September 2011 by Hamst
The name of the site of a former public house in Yaddlethorpe lives on with the naming of a new nine dwelling housing development being named Maple Leaf Mews. (see left)
The pub opened in c1970 on land which was previously occupied by Canada Farm which was in the main a poultry farm. The name Canada Farm derives from the Prairie-style wooden arcaded frontage of the old farm house thought to have been built by a farmer after returning from Canada, it was itself demolished in January 1968.
The Maple Leaf (right in 2007) was built to form the centre piece of the Canada Farm Estate with the roads which were being constructed also been named along with the Canada theme, these included Quebec Road, Ottawa Road, Ontario Road, Vancouver Crescent and Alberta Road. Many ex-patrons will remember that The Maple Leaf was one of the first pubs in the area to boast a video duke box back in the mid 1980s as well as fond memories of landlords and ladies over the years.
The pub closed in late 2007 before re-opening again in 2008; it again closed for a number of months before once again re-opening for what proved to be a final run. It was finally demolished in late 2009 and had stood derelict since.
Below is a link to a previous article about the plans for the Maple Leaf site;
http://www.visitscunthorpe.com/ScunthorpeNews/Headline/Plans-for-Maple-Leaf-Site
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