A woman who won a pub competition as a child will finally receive her prize, 25 years on. Jeanette Smith’s drawing was selected as the new sign for The Five Bells tavern in Eastry in 1999, following a contest at her primary school. However, the six-year-old was never handed her reward, a £10 book token. But this has now been rectified by the current pub management, after Ms Smith told her wedding photographer about her childhood success, as they walked past the inn on her big day. Ms Smith, now 31, says: “When the pub changed hands 16 years ago, I thought it wasn’t ever going to happen and I u…
