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Hall effect still working well after 40 years at Oxford pub

Real ale campaigners have joined the tributes to Andrew and Debbie Hall who celebrate 40 years running the Rose & Crown in Oxford. The couple — who run the pub in the north of the city with son Adam — have created a special cask ale at Hook Norton brewery to mark the occasion and are keen to reassure their many regular customers that they have no plans for retirement. Oxford branch spokesman Dave Richardson said: “The Hall family are the perfect landlords for what many would regard as the perfect pub — traditional in every respect, with the emphasis on real ales, a wide range of other quality drinks and unpretentious food.