Island Life Magazine Ltd June/July 2010 | Page 164

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Island Life - June/July 2010

The Essex - a move in the right direction
When Nathan Clark decided to call

of the Year two years running, are

time on his six-year spell as joint tenant

heading the few miles to Godshill.

of the Pointer Inn at Newchurch, he

It’s a new challenge for owners Nathan

seriously considered emigrating to New

and his father Paul, and one they are

Zealand.

relishing. “I really did think of going

Thankfully for the customers he had

to New Zealand to live, because that is

served so well in his previous venture

where my wife Brenda comes from. I

he eventually decided to move only

would probably have looked at a similar

to Godshill. Partners Nathan and his

project in New Zealand, but then The

father Paul – with a touch of floral

Essex became available so we embarked

expertise from mother Chris – have

on this venture,” Nathan explained.

re-opened The Essex, with what can
only be described as a few interesting
additions.
Already word has got around. As a

“We felt it was an opportunity that
was too good to miss.”
So after three weeks of hectic
refurbishment and redecoration, carried

result many of the diners who enjoyed

out by Greenbank Developments, The

the gourmet delights served up at

Essex was back in business after an

Newchurch, which earned The Pointer

18-month spell under a previous name

Inn the coveted ‘Island Life’ Food Pub

that is strictly banned from use within

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