A plaque was unveiled in tribute to legendary Trowbridge pub landlord and musician Alan ‘Peewee’ Hunt on a memorial bench at the site of the Village Pump Folk Festival on Sunday.

The bench, under the gaze of the Westbury White Horse, features several names of deceased former members of the event’s organising team.

Peewee, who was a well-known figure in Trowbridge thanks to his popular Peewee’s Real Ale Bar, died in September from cancer.

Hundreds of people turned out for his funeral earlier this month.

The 69-year-old fronted rock bands Lucy la Stique and Mechanical Horsetrough and was a regular contributor to the folk festival at White Horse Country Park, near Westbury.

Festival director John Alderslade, who attended Peewee’s funeral, said: “He always played a part in the festival for several years and he ran the bar for a long time.

“Even when he became ill he would pick performers up from the airport.

“So it is only right that we recognise him by putting his name on the bench.

"He was central to the Trowbridge music scene and there was a time when his bar and the festival were the only places you could hear live music.

“He also played the festival a number of times in various guises, including Mechanical Horsetrough, so it is definitely appropriate that his name features on the bench with past organisers.

“It was incredible to see the number of people who attended his funeral and it only showed how well-loved he was in the town. We had a number of people along as part of the unveiling as well.”

Other names on the bench include that of festival co-founder Alan Briars, who was part of Mechanical Horsetrough with Peewee and who died from cancer in 2007.

Mr Alderslade added: “There are a lot of great names on that bench.

“It is regularly used as it looks out on the lake, with the White Horse above it.

“Peewee is more than deserving of his place on it.”