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Picture source: Bernard Lamb

The Five Bells was situated on Tylers Hill Road. This pub is now in residential use.

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From The Good Pub Guide 1983:

Imposing ranks of handpumps dispense 'guest' beers which change each week, as well as Arkells BBB, Chiltern Beechwood, Courage Directors, Fullers ESB and London Pride, Marston's Owd Rodger, Truman Sampson and Wadworth 6X, in good condition; there are also over two dozen lagers from all over the world. Readers with widely varying tastes particularly commend the way that the Stratfulls put themselves out for customers, and as a result this attractively simple country pub has a truly friendly atmosphere - lively too, with a juke box as well as sensibly placed darts, dominoes, cards and a fruit machine. Bar food includes soup (60p), a good choice of sandwiches (from 60p), six-ounce beefburgers (75p), pate (85p), ploughman's with Cheddar, Stilton or liver sausage (small 80p, large £1), pizza (£1.45), and home-made hot dishes such as shepherd's pie (£1.35), liver and bacon (£1.40) and chilli with pork (£1.70). Fresh fish is a speciality here, and might include sprats (£1.35), herring or mackerel (£1.50), moules mariniere (£1.50), eels cooked in white wine, fish stock, onions and herbs (£1.50), and local river trout in a mushroom and prawn wine sauce (£1.55). Note that evening meals are served only until 8pm. There are seats outside this small house, which is quite remote up a quiet lane: tracks lead off into the woods.

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