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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This chapter covers the enjoyment that the Horti people have experienced, while developing the innovations that have confirmed the Horti’s role as a major provider of social activities in the Village.
Earlier in the year we covered, in separate articles, the careers of three clergymen who had made major contributions to the history of our villages.
In previous editions of Village News we have shared the first seven chapters of our book on the History of the Horti, with each chapter covering a decade since its formation, from the 1930s to the 1990s.
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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.