It’s the end of an era at the Royal Shepherd pub in Canal Street, Skipton, this weekend, with the departure of the Hodgson family.
The pub has been run by Helen Hodgson since husband Tony died last June. They were Skipton’s longest-serving licensees, having run the Royal Shepherd for 15 years.
They took over from Donald and Juanita Moorby, who had themselves been at the helm for 35 years.
Helen, son Kristian and daughters Louise and Katie are marking the final weekend with a series of events.
Tomorrow (Friday), local trio Undercover, who have regularly played at the Shepherd for Tony’s birthday, will play, to be followed on Saturday by the family’s leaving party.
During Saturday night, an auction of pub memorabilia will be held to raise money for Sue Ryder’s Manorlands Hospice in Oxenhope.
It will include displays of old Skipton photographs and cricketing mementoes collected by Mr Moorby, which were retained and added to by Tony.
The pub’s final quiz night will take place on Sunday.
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