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Date of photo: 1994	Picture source: Simon Hall
The Fox & Hounds was situated on Lilbourne Lane. This pub is now in residential use, as a house called Fox Holes.
My family the Harpers ran it from early 1800's to around 1860.Sadly i didn't do the family history until it had become residential as believe much of the interior beams etc were untouched. Lot of stories about it from old articles in the 1800's.From Bacon being stolen to hobbled slightly small pint glasses being used , an illegal raffle for a horse and many other funny tales of the time.It was also the main meeting place for councils, associations and even magistrates cases.Lot of fox hunts and pigeon shooting arranged out of there too. Later members of my family ran the Admiral Rodney that was in the drapery in Northampton about 1910.
James West (May 2017)
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Name	Dates	Comments
David Colcomb	1990s	1st visited pub in 1992 when it was run by 2 elderly ladies. Very quiet and little atmosphere. Returned a few years later to find it transformed. 1st and only time I've been greeted with a handshake by the owner on entering the pub. His name began with a D (Declan/Dermot) and his wife was called Jo whose birthday is on the 25th of January 'cause we gave her a book of Rabbie Burns poems as a gift.
Maureen Taafe	1954 to c1971	Mildred and Vincent Taaffe ran the pub during this time and myself and my brothers grew up here. Fantastic place to live, the most popular pub in the area. My mother was ex-NAAFI and desperately wanted a pub. We were one of the first pubs in the area to serve food - hot dogs on Saturday nights with sausages from the butcher in Yelvertoft and bread rolls from the bakery in Cold Ashby.

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Picture source: Russell Judge