LukeJarmyn published The tale of one woman's campaign to shut down every pub in...

While the closing of pubs has become a common sight in the past decade, the sudden closure of Surrey's favourite Inns isn't a totally new phenomenon.Since 2010 parts of Surrey have lost a quarter of their pubs and bars, but this is a comparatively low figure compared to one parish at the start of the 20th century.The villages of Great and Little Bookham have four pubs between them now, but at one point there were fears that every pub in the parish could close thanks to one wealthy woman who made...

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