We’ve all had a few – fair play

Oxshott man gets drunk and swears at a police officer. Not exactly headline news unless your name is Ashley Cole. Maybe he should have come out drinking at the Running Mare instead.

Football exiles

It’s always been a source of frustration to me that there isn’t a decent local pub anywhere in Cobham that shows a game of football.
OK.You might be secretly delighted by that news but come on, show some sympathy, please can at least one landlord put on a game on so we can fulfil our national [...]

Werewolves of Ockham

I was catching up on Radio 5 today and I couldn’t believe which one of our local pubs was the scene of brutal slaughter and supernatural intrigue 27 years ago…
According to a film quiz which interviewed a lovely sounding barmaid, The Black Swan in Ockham doubled for a yokel pub with a dark secret in [...]