The Royal Oak (ii)
Among the material that has recently turned up is a much better photo of the pub sign (now lost) that Ron painted for the Royal Oak at Cardington.
Some of his old appointments diaries have survived, and I have now had the time to examine them.
His diary for 1984 has under 10th September: ‘Commence Ptg “The Royal
Oak” ’ (it may not have been a coincidence that this was a full
moon day). The entry for 1 October reads ‘Arrange Publicity –
Cardington Royal Oak’. The sign was delivered to the Royal Oak at
Cardington the next day; the diary notes that there were ‘Photo-calls’.
Just a few weeks earlier, in July, he had drafted a large portion of The
New Pagans' Handbook in a month of relentless work. On 30 July 1984 he
celebrated his 60th birthday.
