Is it time to call 'Last Orders'?

Many years ago, I ran a country pub inside Dartmoor National Park. I ran a farmer's pheasant shoot, and it was really a very good time in my life. Then breathalyser arrived and things changed. A year or so later, I moved on.
The village I've lived in for the last fifty years has also changed out of all recognition. There are now more newcomers than locals, some of whom immediately look to change what goes on here, while others take no part in local activities.
The local pub is empty for most of the week; it doesn't open on a Monday and is often shut by 9 pm. Village life, together with the "local", has changed forever. I fear.
Can i ask which pub you ran on Dartmoor?
 
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It was the Artichoke in Christow. Happy days indeed.

The gun cabinet with a little bit of paint on it I bought from you some years ago, is going strong!

Best wishes. Mike
 
Friday l shot at the back of RAF Benson,l dropped into St Mary Bourne,my home patch.
I took the dog for a walk,pint?
Went in my old cricketing days local,40 plus people.
Knew one lad from the shoot days.
Nearly 8 quid a pint.
Bugger that.
It used to be a rural boozer,maybe its why l went West 24 years ago.
 
Friday l shot at the back of RAF Benson,l dropped into St Mary Bourne,my home patch.
I took the dog for a walk,pint?
Went in my old cricketing days local,40 plus people.
Knew one lad from the shoot days.
Nearly 8 quid a pint.
Bugger that.
It used to be a rural boozer,maybe its why l went West 24 years ago.
The George or the BVI?
 
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