THE end of an era for a landmark Liphook pub will be marked next week when The Deer's Hut at Griggs Green closes its doors pending a major refurbishment.

Built as a hunting lodge for Queen Anne, who came to inspect her herds of deer in 1708, it has played host to countless locals and a variety of celebrities, many of whom were making films on the old Longmoor railway nearby.

Photographs of sex symbol Jayne Mansfield and co-star Anthony Quayle, who filmed It Takes a Thief in the 1960s, are among the artefacts that adorn the walls of the pub.

Comedian Frankie Howerd, a star of The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery, is another celebrity who dropped in for a pint of good beer and a warm welcome.

Last orders will be taken on Monday evening by landlord and landlady Steve and Lorraine Frain, who are the fourth couple to have run the pub since the end of the Second World War.

For full story, see this week's Liphook Herald.