Published Date:
20 February 2009
THE coveted title of 'Family Pub of the Year 1989' was scooped by The Green Man Inn at Brackley Hatch, near Syresham and Gordon and Diane Bradshaw received this top national award from promoters Schweppes in February 1990, along with their prize - a holiday to Egypt flying by Concord.
Gordon had bought the hotel and restaurant on the busy A43 at Brackley Hatch four years previously, recognising the need for a pub catering for all the family.
He started by increasing the car parking spaces, the one acre garden became a 'child's play haven', and the Victorian style conservatory extension to the grill room formed another attractive but more informal dining room to the two traditional dining rooms already in place.
The presentation was attended by Coco-Cola and Schweppes Area Sales Manager John Horseman.
Also from the Advertiser in 1990:
...AMBULANCE workers and friends got together last weekend and staged a 24-hour pool marathon at the Red Lion, Brackley. The very tired team raised a staggering £800 for the Northants Ambulance Hardship Fund.
...TRAIN spotters who fondly remember the age of steam will be able to reminisce to their hearts content at The Bell Inn in Brackley at a special evening for enthusiasts arranged by members of the Great Central Railway Society.
...Buckingham & District Walking Group will shortly be celebrating their second anniversary when, as two years ago, a walk will be started from Buckingham Town Centre.
100 YEARS AGO
A BRANCH of the National Service League has been started in Bucks. Its object is to induce all the young men of the United Kingdom to undergo enough military training to enable them to defend their country in case of need.
THE most comprehensive and important survey of the problems of pauperism and unemployment ever made in this country was issued in the form of the report of the Royal Commission on the poor Laws. It is of immense volume containing 1,238 pages, and weighs over 12lbs.
THE school register at Water Stratford shows that for over four consecutive weeks the attendance has been 100 percent. Three of the children have a clear record for over two years, whilst one of the scholars, who entered the school nine and a half years ago, has been present on every occasion when the school was open.
50 YEARS AGO
NOTHING definite has been decided about putting forward proposals to discontinue the railway service between Buckingham and Banbury. However, finance details have revealed that the service is being run at a considerable loss.
A SUCCESSFUL playing-season, a 50% increase in members and a considerably increased bank balance were three important features reported to members of the Buckingham Lawn Tennis Club at their Annual General Meeting.
DESPITE the efforts of the Buckingham Rural Accident Prevention Committee and Chackmore Parish Council, there will not be a 30-mile-an-hour speed limit at Chackmore.
25 YEARS AGO
IT'S a hat-trick for local high-fliers Brackley & District Band - for the third year running they are winners of the Oxfordshire and District Brass Band Association Winter Contest, held at Cowley on Sunday.
KEEN gardeners in the Buckingham area should jump at a recent offer from the Buckingham Stratford Road Allotments Association. They have just announced that 17 of the 111 allotments on Stratford Road are vacant - and the rent is only £3.25 a year!
PLANS to demolish Winslow Police Station to make way for a housing development off Station Road were approved by Aylesbury Vale District Council's Development Control sub-committee last week.
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20 February 2009 2:02 PM
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