AFTER 28 years Gary and Jacqui Salt have left the Horse and Jockey in Knighton. The couple bought the pub in 1989 and since have transformed it from a traditional pub into an award-winning guest house with eight en-suite bedrooms and a restaurant.

The couple’s three children were all born at the Jockey and all worked in the pub and restaurant before moving away, with two of them going into the hospitality trade. The pub has now been sold and to mark the end of their time at the Jockey, Gary and Jacqui put on a party for all their staff past and present and all their customers over the years. At the party there was live music throughout the afternoon and evening and the pub was packed.