ABOUT THIS BLOG

This popular and historic pub was acquired by its owners in 2009 with a view, initially, to building flats for social housing and then subsequently developing a small housing estate. Local residents opposed these plans from the start.

Planning permission was granted in 2010 after which the site was put up for sale. After many years of inactivity, building work finally started in July 2015. Locally, this was seen as good news. However, the houses have yet to be completed.

The aim of this Blog has been to keep residents informed of current developments and to record the long history of this small community's fight to keep its pub.

Thursday 20 August 2009

Gallery

Here are a few photographs of Rough Close, including an early picture of the George & Dragon showing how little things have changed over the years.  Or maybe it's just me!  Anyway, this, as you all know, is what it looks like now:

 





And here is what it used to look like:


Not much difference is there?  And who would want to destroy our community's links with the past?

For those who are interested, here are a few more images of the village in former times.



Well sorry about that one.  At the top of the image it is, of course, The Swynnerton Arms!

Here's how it looks now:



Again, has much changed?




Past times.  
Another view of "The Swynnie"  but also showing what used to be the village shop, the village green and is that a bus?  And a policeman?  Some things do change!