THE CHEQUERS Cookham Dean Bottom

[Watchman]

Has anyone driven past The Chequers in Cookham Dean Bottom recently (? The Mango Lounge ?)

It's an absolute bl**dy disgrace.

Dilapidated, overgrown grass and weeds, rotting outdoor furniture and allegedly, rats seen running around the vicinity.

This used to be a wonderful pub and eaterie when it was the Chequers not so long back, so what's happened to it
to make it the forlorn mess it is now?
Cannot the owners be held responsible?
Do the owners even care?

I've heard a lot of hollow 'promises' of returning it to being a restaurant again, but not much evidence of that ever happening.

Come on you Parish Councillors ....  step in and demand that something is done?

[James Hatch]

Maybe Watchman, that the local barn converting landowner should take it over and run it. It would appease the spirit of his great grandmother who use to run it. This was after she gave up being a river Thames bargee.

[Roger]

I had heard they wanted to set up some sort of cookery training place there. That is no excuse for how it looks now unless they are in negotiations with someone.

[CLIPPER]

James - loved reading your response on this topic 

[James Hatch]

Thank Clipper. Having ones family go back to the 1700's in Cookham, and being handed down knowledge by family as they gathered a Widbrook over a Sunday tea. Little boys were seen and not heard, but I was a good listener! It was at those teas I got to hear quite a lot from my aunts conversation from their old village neighbour Sir Stanley Spencer.