Hi, I'm new to this forum so apologies if I'm in the wrong place - but I looked up a particular pub, the Wild Duck and came across this forum and a post: 'Wild Duck, Marden - Closed
Unfortunately, this country pub is now closed (again...):
For any interested readers, my granddad ran this pub during WWII and into the 70's. It was called The Brickmakers Arms, and like so many, new owners changed the name. But they did renovate it nicely and introduced food - in former times it was very original and had only beer from bottles or from barrels in the cellar, no pumps, and nothing else much, ie a bench in the bar and that's about it! And he opened it when he felt like it! However, on my last visit to England from Australia, I took my mum there and, alas, it was boarded up and closed. And so it still is I believe. I hope someone takes it on so it doesn't join the growing number of closed down pubs in England.