Locals in the tiny English village of West Oxfordshire are Locals in the tiny English village of West Oxfordshire
t Oxfordshire are
scrambling to raise money to prevent the town pub, the White
Horse Tavern, from closing its doors.
Seven pubs in this tiny village in West Oxfordshire have closed
over the years, and some residents here still talk about each as if
it were a beloved relative who had expired last week. The Black
Head? Turned into a private home. Rose & Crown? Demolished
and replaced with a row of houses. The Boot Inn? Kaput.
It’s not just that the two-story stone-and-brick building has been
serving beer since 1853— the year the Crimean War started, for
some perspective— and the setting for thousands of parties,
benders, receptions and Sunday roasts. It is also the last pub in
Stonesfield, population 1,500. Without it, the village would lose
its social core, as well as an important selling point to the rest of
the world.
What special or unique public places do you have in your
community? Does your neighborhood have its own “social core,”
a place of great value to the people living there?
scrambling to raise money to prevent the town pub, the
White Horse Tavern, from closing its doors.
Seven pubs in this tiny village in West Oxfordshire have
closed over the years, and some residents here still talk about
each as if it were a beloved relative who had expired last
week. The Black Head? Turned into a private home. Rose &
Crown? Demolished and replaced with a row of houses. The
Boot Inn? Kaput.
It’s not just that the two-story stone-and-brick building has
been serving beer since 1853— the year the Crimean War
started, for some perspective— and the setting for thousands
of parties, benders, receptions and Sunday roasts. It is also
the last pub in Stonesfield, population 1,500. Without it, the
village would lose its social core, as well as an important
selling point to the rest of the world.
What special or unique public places do you have in your
community? Does your neighborhood have its own “social
core,” a place of great value to the people living there?