Originally Posted by
Ged
If i'm not mistaken, the Moonstone is now model Zone and although I never went in it for a drink, the steps led down and the doorway into the pub sort of ran under where sayers now is which was the the St. Johns Tavern (one of 7 pubs in the precinct back then - the other 5 being the star and garter, the penny farthing, the sportsman, romeo and juliets, the Cunarder.
Yes, it wasn't really the pub for ties but we were on our usual pub crawl to meet others and called there on our way to the Captains cabin. We'd do Daley Dandelion, Scarletts bar, The gingerbread man and the Cumberland before ending up for a stay behind in the Vernon - perhaps heading over to the Gaslight or Jolenes (La Fayette) until 2pm.
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