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Picture source: John Charnley

Known to many locals and regulars as The Dorchester. The pub was sited on a farm and run by three brothers. I remember the wall-mounted electric bar heater, complete with scorch marks up the wall above. As well as beer, they sold Uncle Joes Mint Balls.

Mick Easton (May 2014)

This pub has now reopened.

Admin (January 2022)

I have just been for my lunch with my wife to this pub which re-opened in recent years. The last time I was in there, was back in the early 1980'S when some of us from the nearby Waddecar Scout camp would go there in an evening. Some of my recollections are the clock in the bar that ran backwards; if you looked under 18 they would still serve you but only with a half pint of mild and the local policeman coming in after hours for a pint ! As per the other posting, I knew it as the Dorchester.

John Livesey (August 2022)

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