Jimmy Cricket’s latest Golden Welly award presented to manager of the Royal Toby

Jimmy’s latest Golden Welly award presented to Danny Tujeshyn, manger of the Royal Toby

Jimmy Cricket’s latest Golden Wellington award has been presented to Danny Tujeshyn, who manages the restaurant at the Royal Toby Hotel in Castleton, Rochdale.

Jimmy decided to recognise the great hospitality and service Danny has provided to all who have been to the restaurant over the years, and also for all the assistance he has provided in helping the venue host the Wooden Hut Club.

This club - which Jimmy is a member of - is a regular lunchtime get together for the show business fraternity of the north of England. As Jimmy is a founding member, it just happened the club started meeting at the Royal Toby due to its proximity to the motorway.

From its first convening several years ago, the club continues to meet at least six times a year at the Royal Toby restaurant and for its Christmas convening the club also puts on a festive show for the elderly population of Rochdale.

Over the years these lunchtime get togethers have featured notable performers such as Bernie Clifton, Graham Grumbleweed, Johnny Casson, Smug Roberts, John Henshall, Arthur Bostrom, Buzz Hawkins, Fred Fielder, Freddy ‘Parrot Face’ Davies and many more.

The latest club gathering was during the afternoon of Tuesday 21 October and Jimmy used the opportunity to thank, in front of club members, Danny for his contribution in helping to organise the events. He also awarded Danny with the October Golden Wellington award.

Jimmy added: "I have been going to the Royal Toby restaurant for years, ever since I moved into Rochdale in the mid 1970s. It is my favourite restaurant because I am a fan of good food and good service. A lot of the latter has been down to how the restaurant has been run over the years and Danny has been a tremendous manager.

"When we started these Wooden Hut Club lunches several years ago Danny was happy to host them, to the point where club members view the restaurant has its official home, even though we now have guests travelling over from as far as Chesterfield and Chester.

"This means there is no push to move the luncheon club to a venue in Manchester or Leeds as Danny always makes us feel very welcome and can be spotted wearing one of our Wooden Hut club badges."