Martyn, that sounds like Wilby, used to go up wooden steps out the back to a long room above some sort of barn attached to the pub. I don't remember there being a bar at one end though - either that was new or I'd never noticed it as I never felt the need for alcoholic stimulation
I didn't know that it re-opened in the late 70's either, but by that time I was in the army and had left the area.
Did revisit the place one Sunday lunch in the 80's, just to show the missus. Had a nice conversation with the landlord: "You'd never believe the reputation this place used to have, terrible, all sorts went on here..."
"Oh really?"
Damn, you've really got me wondering about that bar.
-Kev.