News & Events
What’s on at The Packhorse
WHAT’S ON IN FEBRUARY Charity Coffee Morning Tuesday 4th February Jan Keene is organising the charity coffee morning in aid of Glenburnie Butega School in Uganda. This charity has strong links with local churches and Monkton Combe Pre-Prep School. For over 30 years the charity has provided a home and school for orphans and children […]
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Packhorse Community Pub Shares
As everyone knows, we are a very proudly-owned community pub. We exist as a result of the legendary generosity of c. 430 shareholders who supported the project ahead of its historic operning in 2018. Since then, continued interest in the pub and thriving venture has been such that we, recently, organised a secondary round of […]
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Staff Feature – Alex Gill
Meet the Team Feature Each month (or there about!) we (or Bob Honey) finds out a bit more about the great team at the Packhorse. This time Bob Honey finds out a bit more about Alex. Alexander Gill (best called Alex in a busy pub!) has been a cheerful and busy presence in the Packhorse […]
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Genial Host of the Packhorse places a wager … in 1932!
With a huge thanks to Jenny J for passing this to us, we have just become aware of a fascinating story involving the Packhorse Pub some 90 years ago (1932). Jenny found some old newspaper clippings which started with the following: It reads … Just for a Wager I understand that a sporting event of […]
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