Photos by Loraine Leeson and Emily Usher
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A 16th century inn, once Henry VIII’s Forest Gate hunting lodge, The Old Spotted Dog has been left to rot since it closed a decade ago.
Help local people ensure that this important building is reinstated as a pub and hub for locals and visitors alike.
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Would be a shame to lose the building, but I remember there wasn’t much custom towards the end (I moved to Australia in 2003), so what to do with it?
It was being purposely run down. It will be a properrly managed community pub.