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Picture source: Russell Judge

The Old Bull & Butcher was situated on Banbury Road.

My parents would take us there as kids because they had a large lawn at the side with tables and drinks were served through a window hatch to the customers outside.  The pub was one of a number owned by Hotelier/Restaurateur/Publican Bill James who lived in the village at Ryton on Dunsmore. My first job after leaving School was at his Dilke Arms Hotel also in Ryton. Bill James also owned the Dun Cow Hotel in Dunchurch and my mother worked as his book-keeper. I was once sent to the Old Bull and Butcher to clean the cellar when they were short of staff. My father and his brothers met there regularly on a Sunday lunchtime up until it closed. It was latterly used as an Indian Restaurant before being left empty and falling into disrepair

Nigel Walden (December 2014)

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