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At the outbreak of World War One The Marquis of Worcester as it was known to the locals, was a community hub in St. George. It was a successful family business, which was soon to be shattered by the demands of war-torn Britain.

The Marquis of Worcester was an outside pub, with a billiard room, a bakery and stables for horses that were used for pulling the bakery cart to weddings. The family and its business took a dramatic turn in 1914, when the head of the family, Edward Weymouth went off to war. The control of affairs in the household transferred to Edward鈥檚 wife, and everyone played their part including their four-year-old son Teddy. Their daughter, Alice took on the bakery, the outside pub and the horses, only for the war to take more away from the family. With the Government looking to buy up any horses to help on the front line it was demanded that Alice gave her horses. In turn she was paid 40 gold sovereigns.

Over the next century the sovereigns have been discovered as curtain weights, in bookshelves, rice puddings and even in the concrete of the guttering. But no matter how many times the front garden was dug up the family never found the missing sovereigns.