NORTH STAR, STEVENTON, OXON. Mick Slaughter advises  the current hours are Mon to Thu 5 to 11 (closed lunchtimes); Fri 3 to 11; Sat, Sun 12 to 11. NB the 01235 831677 number no longer works.

RED LION, AMPNEY ST PETER, GLOS. Please note this fantastic pub now shuts at 10pm in the evening. John Barnard is now 80  (though still very
sprightly) and finds the extra hour just a bit too much. (Prides himself on his Taylor’s Landlord - and rightly so judging by what I drank there last week).

DOVEY VALLEY HOTEL, CEMMAES ROAD, POWYS SY20 8JZ. Karen and Baz Deacon paid a visit and found the landlord much vexed that his pub had attracted unsought-for attention. So do visit but for your own well-being don’t mention the National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. You’re just passing, right!

THE NOOK, LIVERPOOL. Sean Murphy reports that nearly all the original features have been removed and junked so it therefore will be coming off the National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.