The first Wetherspoons opened in Colney Hatch Lane, Muswell Hill, N10 in early 1979. It was originally owned and run by Andrew Marler but before long local man (at the time) Tim Martin appeared and took it over. Wetherspoons was launched. The pub was sold in the 1980s and the Wetherspoons in Muswell Hill, the Mossy Well, is now in the centre of the location at the top of Muswell Hill itself.
The pub has since been extended and gone through various name changes. Its currently trading as Furlongs and from the 12th October will have a new Sunday roast menu, something Wetherspoons no longer does. The prices are however a little higher than Spoons
I drank in the original Marlers/Martins/Spoons in 1979 and a brief memoir is below
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