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Best Pub in Oxfordshire by the Campaign for Real Ale. |
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Written by Paul Stammers
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Friday, 13 November 2009 21:46 |
URL: http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk
Headline : Best Pub in Oxfordshire by the Campaign for Real Ale.
Distribution Source : Oxford Times
Date : Thursday, 15 November 2007
Author: Paul Stammers
The Bear at Home in North Moreton, between Didcot and Wallingford, has scooped the title of Best Pub in Oxfordshire by the Campaign for Real Ale.
 The Bear at Home
The freehouse has four different ales on tap, including two local brews, which are changed each week.
You'll find our own Bear Beer from West Berks, and Taylor's Landlord are always available plus 2 guest ales from a variety of local breweries, including Loddon, and White Horse. Lovibonds Henley Gol;d & Dark are also regulars at The Bear.
However, the former 15th century coaching inn, which features low beamed ceilings and character fireplaces, is a decent bet if you're after hearty grub, produced from fresh ingredients by chefs Laura Gammon and Alan Smith, and their staff.
Fish is delivered from Cornwall and my tip is so book on Tuesdays, Fridays or Saturdays when the catch is new in.
But look out too for the occasional 'specials', such as pies, barbecue or paella nights.
As for puddings, the pub is fantastic if you like ice cream - it offers a range of Swiss Movenpick flavours that include rum n raisin, cognac, and espresso. Blokes might prefer the sticky toffee pudding !
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Last Updated on Sunday, 20 November 2011 16:27 |
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A new temporary barman - Ed Vaizey |
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Written by Dean Beedell
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Sunday, 20 November 2011 16:18 |
We had a new temporary barman recently, when our MP Ed Vaizey popped in for a chat with locals. He increased his majority to 13,547, so his "proper job" looks to be pretty secure. |
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The Bear at Wikipedia (extract) |
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Written by Wikipaedia
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Friday, 27 November 2009 10:48 |
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_at_home
 The Bear at Home is a 16th-century public house in the South Oxfordshire (England) village of North Moreton, near Wallingford. It retains many original 16th-century features, including timber-framed walls, inglenook fireplace and a well, but was extended sympathetically in 1980 to allow it to serve food. New features include a minstrel's gallery above the bar, which is almost certainly unique. In 2007, the Freehouse was voted the best pub in Oxfordshire by CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale)[1] members, and its range of locally produced real ales, ensures it is a regular entry in the Good Beer Guide.
As recently as 1930, there were four pubs in this small village, serving a population of about 400 people[2] but The Bear at Home is now the only remaining outlet. It overlooks the village green, home of Moreton Cricket Club (M.C.C), founded in 1858, a thriving club in this desirable commuter village, with members of all ages and ability; the pub has close ties with the cricket club, and is MCC's unofficial clubhouse. |
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Last Updated on Sunday, 20 November 2011 16:28 |
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The good things about the Bear at Home |
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Written by Christopher Gray
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Friday, 13 November 2009 21:47 |
URL: http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure
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Headline : The good things about the Bear at Home
Distribution Source : Oxford Times
Date : 5:16pm Wednesday 22nd April 2009
Author: Christopher Gray
I was first made aware of the good things about the Bear at Home in North Moreton – some of them at least – through an article early last month in The Times.
In it, the landlord Tim Haworth described how he and his wife Alison, tired of the many deficiencies of their local, decided to take the place over and see if they could manage it better. So well did they do, that very soon they found themselves in charge of the Campaign for Real Ale’s Oxfordshire pub of 2007.
Tim is an antique dealer by trade – he has stuff on sale at the Bear, besides running a shop in Wallingford – but he clearly has a gift for landlordship, if such a word exists,. He said: “Seeing people having a good time at your establishment is incredibly rewarding.” I fancy he has quite a lot of opportunity for doing just that.
Twenty-seven years ago, when I was interviewing the licensee of what was then called simply The Bear she, too, spoke of her happiness in the pub trade. “It’s just like having a party every day of the week.”
Since the licensee was Tracy Reed, a former actress once a darling of the gossip columns, it must be presumed that ...
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 November 2011 21:43 |
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