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Date of photo: 2022	Picture source: Google Streetview
The Fox was situated on Fox Road. This was a small attractive basic country pub in a remote location North of Chelmsford. It was popular with cyclists and walkers. An ex-Ridleys pub, it closed in summer 1997. The beer was served on gravity from a small serving hatch. In the mid seventies it was run by two old women and later for a while by a Chelmsford CAMRA branch official. Before closing it was run by a qualified chef who did a good job of serving quality meals while his wife looked after the beer.
Source: Martin Pope
My brother and I used to frequent this wonderful little gem in the early 70’s. It was one of those places where everyone sat round the wall having one conversation – which stopped when you went in! It was buried in such a maze of lanes and crossroads that we were never quite sure where it was; we had a family joke that it used to move around – we’d set off from our home in Good Easter (only about 3 or 4 miles away!) and say to ourselves “I wonder where it will be tonight, and whether we’ll find it”. We usually did, and had a great time there drinking the Ridleys and chatting to the regulars, once they’d recovered from the shock of our arrival… New people! Whatever next? I weep for the loss of Ridley’s beer, our first and greatest favourite.
Andrew Duffin (September 2022)
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