WAR specialise in the sale at auction of ceramics, glassware, jewellery, clocks & watches, collectables, textiles and rugs, silver, metal ware, paintings & fine art, furniture and outside effects.WAR specialise in the sale at auction of ceramics, glassware, jewellery, clocks & watches, collectables, textiles and rugs, silver, metal ware, paintings & fine art, furniture and outside effects.

Open all hours: Stroud pub boasts proud record

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Easter Sunday marks a special milestone for one Stroud pub.

Crown and Sceptre landlord Rodda Thomas has negated the obstacle that was the Covid lockdown to keep his pub on Horns Road open for business.

Crown and Sceptre exterior | Open all hours: Stroud pub boasts proud record

A proud Rodda beamed: “On Easter Sunday, April 9th, the Crown and Sceptre will have been open for 5,000 consecutive days – non-stop and all the way through lockdown, as a shop and takeaway.”

Stroud Times visited Rodda in March 2021 when the pub was running as a corner shop – watch our video below:

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