Many villagers remember the Coopers as Mrs Cooper continued as licensee for many years after the death of her husband. Before them, the Cartwright family presided. Mr Wally Cartwright, on the right, is the grandson of the landlord who took the Half Moon in 1908. Mrs Betty Smith (nee Cooper) is Mrs Cooper’s daughter and was born in the pub.
With thanks to those pictured for interrupting their lunch to be photographed!
Article appeared in the Village News October 2009 page 23
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Village News October 2009
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Many villagers, including me, will remember going into The Boot, which closed around 15 years ago.
My name is Alan Reason. I was born in Wilstone in 1947 and lived there for sixteen years until 1963. Most of the buildings I knew as a child still exist even if now put to different uses. However, one Wilstone village building that has disappeared – and one I remember very well – was the village school.
The question I most often get asked living in Long Marston’s Rose and Crown, is when did it stop being a pub?
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One Comment “A century at the Half Moon at one sitting”
Robert Cartwright
says:My great grandmother Maude Durkin (nee Cartwright) and her husband John Durkin where landlords in 1931, when Maude unfortunately died as a sequelae to childbirth.