The Swan
T: 01242 584929

The Swan

37 High Street,
Cheltenham,
Gloucester, GL50 1DX

Opening hours:

Monday - Thursday

12pm - 11.30pm

Friday - Saturday

12pm - 12am

Sunday

12pm - 10.30pm

Meet the Team
Name: Stephen ‘Chopper’ Hall
Position: Landlord.
Winner of 2006 Swan Toy’s out the Pram Awards.
A stern, decorated military man with a history of random violence currently fronts the S.W.A.N (Stephen Wants Anarchy Now) a militant group bent on taking down the local council for their parking permit rules and silly smoking ban.
Heroes: Marlon Brando & Ian Botham
TV: Sopranos, Curb your Enthusiasm & family guy.
Movies: Star Wars ep.4 & One flew over the cuckoo’s nest.
Music: Puccini, Mahler & Smashing Pumpkins.
Ambition: Eradicate the world of Chav’s.

Name: Dezmond Diego de la Vega
Position: Bar Manager.
Winner of 2006 Swan Best Dressed Male Award.
Married once to Sarah Michelle Gellar sadly she was hit on the head and has no recollection of Dez, he lives in hope to this day.
Credited with inventing “Disco Porn” tm.
Known alias’ Dirty Dez, The Poetic Pimp, The Archbishop. Leroy.
Heroes: My Mum, Batman & Muhammad Ali.
Favourite TV: Family Guy, Simpsons, 24, CSI, Father Ted & Entourage
Favourite Movies: Anything with Clint Eastwood.
Favourite Music: Jurassic 5, Metallica, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Bob Marley.  
Ambition: To take over the world.

Name: Vanda Audrey Hepburn
Position: Bar Supervisor.
Winner of 2006 Swan Pisshead of the year Award.
A Founding member of the Take That Fan club UK branch but thrown out of said club for obsessive behaviour towards the band.
Came fourth in a Davina McCall look-a-like contest in the Hereford journal county fair 2002.
Heroes: Audrey Hepburn, Stevie Wonder & Kelly Jones.
TV: Anything without Davina McCall.
Movies: Anything with Audrey Hepburn.
Music: Stereophonics, Take That, Stevie Wonder & Muse
Ambition: To marry any member of Take That, except Barlow.

Name: Matthew ‘you wouldn’t like me when I’m angry’ Woodchuck
Position: Trainee bar supervisor.
Winner of 2006 Swan Feat of Brilliance Award.
Matt wandered the earth like a nomad, righting the wrongs, wronging the rights in the hope god would show him his true path…so he became a barman.
Movies:  Lethal Weapon, Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones & Ace Ventura
Heroes: John Cleese,
TV: Simpsons & Friends
Music: Rock music in general.
Ambition: I’m not telling.

Name: Steve ‘can’t cook won’t’ Cook
Position: Head Chef.
Heroes: Stephen Gerrard, Stephen Fry & Audrey Hepburn.
TV: Heroes, Any sport, Family Guy.
Movies: Jaws, 28 Days later & Secret and Lies.
Music: Artic Monkeys, Ian Brown & Pixies.
Ambition: To play for Liverpool F.C

Name: Holly
Position: Bar Staff
Alias’: Lil Holl and Pocket.
Nominee of 2007 swan awards Best dressed female.
The most cheerful staff on record, it’s hard to fathom Holly is also a keen martial artist with skills in judo, kung fu and drunken boxing. She is by far the most huggable lady on earth.
TV: Hollyoaks.
Music: Anything on Radio 1

Name: George the dog
Position: Security.
Heroes: Dogmatix, Snowy, Well’ard & Lassie.
TV: Littlest Hobo, Ren and Stimpy & Wishbone.
Movies: Lady and the Tramp, Homeward Bound, Lassie Come Home & 101 Dalmatians.
Music: Snoop Doggy Dogg
Ambition: To have two kids and settle down in the country.

Name: Rose
Position: Bar Staff
Rose is an enigma, a mystery and a no nonsense girl. Such is the curiosity that she is weaves we had to read her CV all the way through and what we found will stun all of… opps out of space.
TV: Top Gear and family Guy
Movie: Requiem for a Dream.
Hero: Florence Nightingale
Ambition: To be a paramedic.