ABOUT
Our gorgeous bar has quite a history.... She had the coolest of starts in life as she was originally owned by the awesome guys behind
Dead Man's Fingers Rum, who had her purpose-built. She was often seen at Festivals and events, and was known as Rum Baby Rum!
Once we saw her, we knew she had to be ours and travelled all the way down to Cornwall to grab her by the golden tassles and drag her home to the Borders!
Dead Man's Fingers Rum, who had her purpose-built. She was often seen at Festivals and events, and was known as Rum Baby Rum!
Once we saw her, we knew she had to be ours and travelled all the way down to Cornwall to grab her by the golden tassles and drag her home to the Borders!
dEAD MAN'S FINGERS - RUM BABY RUM!
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From Cornwall to the Scottish Borders |
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After the 1,000 mile round trip, and a bit of a lie-down, we set about re-branding. Lockdown turned out to be a blessing as we had plenty time to titivate her, involving much priming, painting, polishing and pimping! Our new logo was inspired by the iconic golden 'R' that hangs in Rutherfords Micropub, and, of course, our love of the burlesque. Our pal and successful artist, Nicola Cairns (also a Vegas showgirl!) designed our gorgeous girl, who we've named 'Ruthie', and we had her transformed in to a stunning lightbox at our local printers Fantasy Prints. Our super talented, and slightly eccentric, mate Spencer at Pepper Performance fashioned the huge BAR sign for the roof and Simon painted then wired the neons.
We also found a new skill during lockdown and designed and painted our own signwriting!
Oh, and Debbie's Mum re-did the golden fringing!
We also found a new skill during lockdown and designed and painted our own signwriting!
Oh, and Debbie's Mum re-did the golden fringing!
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Then, we set about installing a water system (thanks to Colin at CG Little Electrics), a cool room, beer pumps and our iconic gin microscope!
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We kept her under wraps in a huge barn in a secret location whilst we worked on her... until the day that she could finally be revealed in all her glory!
rutherfords 2- tHE SPEAKEASY! Portable hedonism
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Our very first event. Detectorcon, Northumberland July 2021
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We are so glad that day is finally here and we can share her with you! We're really looking forward to the future and can't wait to serve you in
the 'New Abnormal' way!
the 'New Abnormal' way!