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WANDERERS fans are gearing up to watch Whites’ biggest game of the season – in their living rooms as well as in beer gardens across the town. Win today against Crawley Town and Ian Evatt’s team gain promotion back to League One – and supporters are backing Bolton to do the business. Top Gear star Paddy Mc Guinness said: “What a way to end a season! The entire town is behind you lads. Let’s have it!” Ashley Southern from Little Lever will be keeping up-to-date with the latest...

A COUPLE are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary today. The landmark for Jim France, 76, and Marlene France, 77, from Great Harwood, comes one day after Jim’s birthday. The couple met in on a Sunday night in 1969 in Blackburn’s Starlight Club in Little Harwood. They were then in a relationship for two years before tying the knot in St John’s church in St Hubert’s Road, before it was demolished in 2009. Jim said: “It’s been great. We have both got on very well and we...

Bailiffscourt Hotel is wonderfully eccentric, a medieval manor house built in 1927 for Lord Moyne, then Walter Guinness of the brewing family. The spa is beautifully constructed in the style of a traditional Sussex barn, all exposed timber and polished limestone. Full-length windows allow spa users to enjoy the well-manicured gardens, whatever the weather. There are both indoor and outdoor swimming pools along with relaxation rooms and a lounge in which to relax after your treatment. The spa us...

A PUB landlord has said he is ‘gutted’ after being told his expensive outdoor dining pods were no longer Covid-safe by the council. The Spread Eagle pub on Northcourt Road in Abingdon was told two weeks after re-opening for outdoor dining that the expensive pods no longer obeyed Government Covid regulations. Landlord Nicholas Crawford had the pods, which cost £30,000, installed during the first lockdown last year after being given planning permission by Vale of the White Horse Distri...

A PUB landlord has said he is ‘gutted’ after being told his expensive outdoor dining pods were no longer Covid-safe by the council. The Spread Eagle pub on Northcourt Road in Abingdon was told two weeks after re-opening for outdoor dining that the expensive pods no longer obeyed Government Covid regulations. Landlord Nicholas Crawford had the pods, which cost £30,000, installed during the first lockdown last year after being given planning permission by Vale of the White Horse Distri...

She has been advised to also take another lateral flow test in a few days. “I have two young children so I didn’t want to catch anything and put them at risk,” she said. “I was so happy that I was wearing a mask at the time of the incident. “All our staff wear masks in work all the time, and customers also have to wear masks. “We’re just happy to be working. To be honest, everybody has been really good since we’ve re-opened.” The incident happened at about 9pm on S...

The Spread Eagle in King Street said that the isolated incident happened over the weekend. In a Facebook post thanking people for their support the pub said: "So what a great weekend we had here at the Spread, and we thank you all for coming in and supporting us and following the rules. "However, we had an isolated incident last night where a customer spat in the face of our manager, Charlie Allport. "Charlie is my daughter and the incident has been reported. As long as I am the licens...

Karl Brockett The Old Bull pub in Huntingdon. - Credit: KARL BROCKETT Many local pubs over the years have come and gone for one reason or another, here are just a few. I am sure I could add many more to the list, but I believe this will get your memories flooding back as a lot of Hunts Post readers will have fond memories of their favourite local. Some former pub buildings are still standing, albeit now used for a new purpose, including private homes. Sadly, others have been demolished. You p...

Author In 1870s London, at 67 Charlotte Street, there was a grocery shop called le Bel Épicier, run by the Frenchman Victor Richard. Here, a London shopper could find French coffee, mustards, pâtes, cornichon and wines — particularly those from Richard’s native Burgundy. As well as providing much-needed epicurean relief, Richard’s shop was “for many years a head centre, where political refugees, as they arrive from the Continent, go for advice and help in finding lodgings or work,...

Youngbloods VIC is set to host WIP drinks at the Spread Eagle next Thursday, 15 April.   Boy, oh boy it’s been a while. But Adland is FINALLY ready to take back it’s mojo. For over a year the Melbourne ad scene has had one of its best features locked down. We’re not talking about the steady supply of snacks or free stationary, we’re talking about the part where we get to kick-back, have a laugh, and enjoy the company of some like-minded folk over a beverage. Victorian Youngbloods, it�...