In 2004, the horrible prospect arose of losing the Vale of Glamorgan’s most unique pub when the Blue Anchor pub in Aberthaw was gutted by fire. Not the first hostelry with a thatched roof to go up in flames, a drive past the cherished place had you wondering whether anyone would ever be able to duck [...]
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Phoenix Blue Anchor takes flight once more
Posted in Pub features on January 3, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Horse and Jockey rides again
Posted in Pub features on January 3, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Pay a visit to the secluded Horse and Jockey in the little hamlet of Twyn-yr-Odyn near Wenvoe and at first you wonder how it has survived for so many years. But people have been drinking and eating there for well over a century now, and the pub has successfully changed down the decades to adapt to [...]
Dan’s the man for the Wenvoe
Posted in Pub features on November 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Half and hour in the company of Dan O’Donoghue will leave you wondering whether he is lucky to have the Wenvoe Arms, or the Wenvoe Arms is lucky to have him. As the latest “holding manager” to be placed at the village pub on the western outskirts of Cardiff, the easy assumption to make is [...]
A pink tint at the Red Fox
Posted in Pub features on November 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
WITH her pink-tinted hair and somewhat eccentric air, George Gray does not strike you at first as the archetypal country pub landlady. But then again, her friendly welcome and obvious appreciation of what most would consider the core demands of a place like the Red Fox in Penllyn, probably make her and her pub a [...]
Like father, like son!
Posted in Pub features on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Never mind the traditional husband and wife combination as pub landlord and landlady. Arthur and Liam O’Leary are proving that a father and son partnership can, in the pub trade at least, represent a marriage made in heaven. On October 18, 1982, Arthur opened the Glenbrook Inn in Barry. It grew into a thriving community [...]
Taking on X-Factor!
Posted in Pub features on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
OK, so tell me the best and worst things about running your own pub? The question produces a wry smile from Sue Millard, landlady of the Fox and Hounds in Llancarfan. “Competing against X-Factor, Strictly Come Dancing and Marks and Spencers’ £10 meal deals are the worst,” she says with a grin. “More than 19 [...]
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