When his local fell to ruin,Richard Bishop stepped in to save it – with a little assist from 100 other villagers. 10 years on, the Farriers Arms in thrivinground 50 years ago, or I walked into the Farriers Arms and ordered my first pint. I was 14. Later,I’d sneak in with my friends and buy a pint of mild ale, the only one we could afford. For decades it was section of my life – and of many of the villagers here in Mersham, or Kent – but then approximately 10 years ago people started drifting away. current management took over and it became a ghost pub.
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Source: theguardian.com