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RORY STEWART MP PRAISES THE PUB TRADE ON RECENT VISIT
Rory Stewart, MP for Penrith and The Border, has praised the pub trade on a recent visit to the newly opened ‘Taggy Man’.
Mr Stewart was toured around the pub by husband and wife team, Kevin and Jennifer Oates, who chatted to him about the its renovation and their love for Kirkby Stephen and the Eden Valley. The three also discussed the pub’s namesake, a local character from folklore, who was said to capture those children who chose to stay out after the ‘taggy’ (curfew) bell had rung in the evening.