His main worry now is that when he’s gone, The Hare will be converted into a restaurant and leave 250 years of history behind with it. “This pub’s had 20 babies, we’ve had funerals, we’ve had engagements, we’ve had weddings, we’ve had sadness, we’ve had joy, we’ve had everything you can possibly name,” Apperley said. “If that’s not community I don’t know what is.”