I’m sad to report the passing of one of Great Wolfords long-term residents Frank Lax The funeral of Frank Lax will take place at Great Wolford Church on Wednesday 15th February, at 12 noon. Frank died peacefully in Warwick Hospital on 27 January. Family flowers only, thank you. A collection will be made in aid […]
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The campaign to rescue OUR village Pu...
Our third Pop Up Pub evening held on Friday 18th November 2016 was another successful get-together with a throughput of 57 people during opening hours. A queue was forming and getting anxious as the doors opened at 6.30. Anxiety peaked when the early doors crowd found that the “Landlord” had forgotten the tapometer for knocking […]
Pop-Up Pub in support of the campaign...
On Friday November 4th 2016 (this week) there will be an Pop-Up Pub at Little Wolford Village Hall. Starting at 6.30pm with last orders at 10.30pm. This will be a social event to allow villagers to meet up while the Fox and Hounds is closed and to discuss ideas and strategy for the campaign to […]
Looking for the Fox and Hound...
The Fox and Hounds Inn at Great Wolford in Warwickshire is still widely advertised on the Web. If you’ve come to this page hoping to visiting this “Quintessential English Inn” then I’m afraid you’re too late. The lovely, historical old interior was torn out by the new owners in 2015. As you may have […]
New campaign to rescue the Fox and Ho...
On Friday October 21st (tomorrow) there will be an open meeting at Great Wolford Village Hall to launch the campaign to rescue the Fox and Hounds. Starting at 7pm there will be mulled wine, soft drinks and hot food, all provided at no charge. We aim to keep this informal but also to have serious […]
Fish and Chips and Bingo! Saturday 22...
FISH & CHIPS and BINGO Saturday 22nd October at 7.00 pm Little Wolford Village Hall £10 per person A really good friendly night out with a first class fish & chips supper and cash prize bingo Bring your own drinks and we’ll provide the glasses in aid of St. Michael & All Angels Church […]
The Fox & Hounds – ACV lis...
Stratford District Council has approved the application to add our local pub to the register of Assets of Community Value joining several other pubs in Warwickshire whose communities feel that they are under threat. Those of you who could make it to the last Parish Council meeting will have heard Lynn Mathias tell the meeting […]
The Closure of the Fox and Hounds
As you may know, it was a bad night for the village at the Parish Council meeting yesterday. The progress of the application to Stratford District Council to have the pub listed as an Asset of Community Value (ACV) was on the agenda. The owners of the Fox and Hounds and a.n.other were present. The […]
The Death of a Country Pub
Here’s an article I received for publication before the recent Parish Council meeting where it was revealed that the owners of the Fox and Hounds have applied for change of use on the grounds that the pub is no longer financially viable. With Peter’s consent I held it back until after the meeting but we […]
Correspondence regarding the Fox and ...
I receive regular emails via this website regarding the current state of our village pub. Visitors and locals tend to express either astonished disbelief at the state of the ‘service’ they receive or simply ask whether it has closed down for good. Here are a couple of more recent ones that I’d like to share. […]