"Moore beer! Moore pub crawl thru the years . . ."
A review of The Lord Raglan by Mandy - Thursday 28th of September 2006
My great great grandfather, George Longman MOORE acquired The Lord Raglan sometime before May 1894, only vacating the premisies on his death in 1899. My great grandmother's letter to her brothers announcing her engagement was written in May of 1894 from "The Lord Raglan".
One of these brothers, the youngest, George Herbert Debac MOORE took over behind the bar following their father's death, and soon young George, too, must have announced his engagement in The Lord Raglan. He married one of his waitresses, Phoebe Caroline Revett, in January 1903.
The Moore's originated in Mere in Wiltshire and George Longman MOORE's father, John MOORE, owned a pub as early as 1824: The Black Dog in Vauxhall Walk (most probably at # 102). Today you can eat and drink there - it's called The Lavender.
He sold it in 1842 and bought The Duke of York in St. John's Wood. It was on what used to be Upper York Place: the Duke of York is still pulling pints but the name of the road has been altered. Today it's called St. Ann's Terrace.
John MOORE retired in 1858 and died after 13 years of being the Gentleman, at the age of 86.
Moore descendants are still in the brewery business . . . .
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