Machine Man, Long Wittenhamback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Yes sadly closed. Back in the mid 80s we occasionally met up here after work in Wallingford then continued cycling back to Abingdon - slowly! It was a lovely busy unpretentious village pub, of which there were so many back then, with a nice atmosphere and unique (to me) for having 'wood pigeon pie' on the menu. Brilliant!
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This pub closed at least 10 years ago. Now a house.
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Worked at Harwell in the 80s and last drank at what was a wonderful unspoiled pub in '91. They featured this as a place where the nuclear scientists would discuss plasma physics from the local fussion experiment at the nearby Culham labs in a documentary many moons ago. Went out of my way to find it in 02 to find it was shut. Returned once more when it was a short lived B&B before the owner developed it, or sold it, for purely residential use. The owner was the former landlord but complained that it was not a great place to run, siting if I recall correctly biker gangs. My memories of biker gangs in the area was not of hells angels but guys who went round on a variety of machines, many of them classic British bikes. All a great shame.
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Sad - was a bit of a local classic.
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Vufinder is correct. Long gone and sadly missed.
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The Machine Man has been closed for long time (2001?). It was a fine village pub with excellent ale and food but was bought by a speculator who ran it as a private B&B establishment for several years until he successfully had it de-licensed and then sold it for redevelopment as housing. A great loss.
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