Originally only a beerhouse, the Live & Let Live got its full license on March 2nd 1960.

Although a closure date of 1990 has been quoted for the pub, it was certainly still open in 1998 when Great Finborough resident John Peel presented Radio Four's Down Your Way from Combs, as he interviewed the then landlady, Pat Cobbold, in the pub. Though as she was about to retire after running it for 37 years, it may be that it closed on her retirement. It was John's favourite pub (and the closest one to Peel Acres).

In June 1989, a planning application to convert the pub to three houses was lodged. It was subsequently granted.