The Three Tuns Auction

Last updated: 29 June 2006

One of Hay's historic pubs went under the hammer on Thursday 22 June 2006. The Three Tuns has been in the same family from generation but has now passed into new hands. View some pictures from the auction here and listen to audio clips with the former landlady Lucy Powell and the new owner Ian Burgess.

Parish Hall Auction 1  2  3  4  5  6  The Parish Hall in Hay on Wye was packed for the auction of the Three Tuns pub which started at 3pm on Thursday 22 June 2006.

your comments

Trevor Havard
Lucy and her barrels of Cider in the Kitchen 2 pints could turn your face to crimson red..And then you could not stop laughing for the rest of the evening
Thu Nov 19 16:15:10 2009

Gerald Bangor Wales
Edgar Brooks, as mentioned by Lindsay, Chepstow, was also my great uncle. Lindsay, I hope you see this - we must be cousins! I can't find the picture you mention.
Sun Oct 5 17:51:21 2008

Hugh & Debbie McConnell. Suffolk
The Three Tuns was our local for a while, many years ago. We have many, slightly blurred memories of Lucy and her "Loopy Juice". Always ready to share her knowledge of Hay and its history with her visitors she always made us feel welcome and more like friends than customers. Hope she is still well and enjoying her retirement.
Fri May 30 09:11:05 2008

Lindsay near Chepstow
My great-uncle Edgar Brooks was Lucy's father's drayman....elsewhere on the Hay page I have posted a pic of Edgar's wedding to Florrie Shail who was my grandmother's sister...haven't seen the pub for 20 years so although I remember it as it "was" I should take a look and see what's going on
Mon Jan 7 08:41:19 2008

April Ashley
I have such wonderful memories of Lucy and her lovely warm welcome and I never went out without a visit to her. I wish her much happiness in her retirement she certainly brought a lot of it to us.
Mon Jan 15 10:26:34 2007

Dave Thompson, Cheshire
One of the main joys of visting Hay was always a visit to see Lucy at the Three Tuns, for a while you could relax and step aside into an unspoilt world when a pub was a charming place to visit. I hope Lucy has a happy retirement.
Sat Jul 8 10:07:53 2006

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