Two St Austell Brewery publicans are each marking 45 years at their pubs, a combined nine decades of welcoming customers in Cornwall.
Billy Moore has run The Fountain Inn in Mevagissey since 1981, while Anita George has spent the same period at The Logan Rock Inn in Treen.
George, known to many regulars as Mother, is the brewery’s longest-serving landlady. Her contribution includes community fundraising, support for local groups and a welcome for people needing company.
Moore, a former fisherman, has focused on looking after The Fountain’s character while seeing successive generations of local families work and socialise there.
St Austell chief executive Kevin Georgel praised both publicans for the place they have helped their pubs hold in village life.
The anniversaries celebrate continuity as much as longevity: familiar people behind familiar bars, maintaining the relationships that make a local pub part of its community.
Source report published 2026-11-05 at 15:07:37 GMT. Source report. Pub Social coverage published 6 November 2026.
