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General Scarlett's Express winner
Cheers, Peter Hornby samples the first ever pint at the General Scarlett and behind the pumps are the new licensees Mr and Mrs Whitehead, CAMRAs representative Mr Crow, and general manager of Moorhouses Brewery Mr Malcolm MacDonald. The beer is now flowing fast and furious at Burnley's newest pub, the General Scarlett and Peter is the lucky chap to sample its historic first pint. Local brewers Moorhouses took the wraps off its first self owned pub and entered a new era by launching this £90,000 plus project opposite Brewery headquarters on Accrington Road.
It's stage one of a carefully planned expansion into the tied trade market, a move regarded as critical by Moorhouses chief Atherton-based business man Bill Parkinson. The 1st pint was pulled by Mike Crow of CAMRA- the campaign for real ale. He handed it to Peter Hornby who suggested a name for the new pub after being invited to do that through the Burnley express competition. His idea, snapped up by Moorhouses preserves the name of one of Burnley's most famous sons, General Sir James York Scarlett, who led the charge of the heavy brigade at the Battle of Balaclava. Peter who works in the accounts department of Lucas Electrical raised his glass and uttered the words cheers everyone, the beer then began to flow. Peter is a member of Burnley and District Civic Trust and told us - we always try to think of things to improve the town and I thought this name would be a good idea because of General Scarlett's connection with Burnley.

Moorhouses had a great deal of help from Towneley Hall which provided information about General Scarlett. The information has been put to use in planning the decorating scheme.

Licensees of the new pub transformed from two terraced houses are local people Geoff and Janet Whitehead, who used to work at Mullards in Simonstone