"It had been going well for years but it was time to reclaim my home, so I was delighted when Alun Morgan approached me and suggested running the post office out of the pub, " he added.

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You can bet on the score by quarter (the home version of that one is practiced by amateurs everywhere, buying squares at the local pub or in the office pool).

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People in Tackley, West Oxfordshire, were spurred into action after the village's two shops closed, followed by the post office and then a pub.

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The Incline Arms is about 150 years old and the landlord has taken great care to ensure the post office and shop are in keeping with the character of the pub.

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Though staples of the pub jukebox and the office Christmas party, they were rather guilty pleasures.

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Before social media was born, networking was something you only did face-to-face at the local pub, a chief executive's mahogany office or in between stuffing your face with smoked salmon blinis in a soulless conference room.

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