tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post3440920952871605631..comments2024-03-27T11:18:59.924+00:00Comments on Sun Dried Sparrows: Fur coats and fighting cocksChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-20595043975228936602015-06-13T18:09:53.687+01:002015-06-13T18:09:53.687+01:00Thanks Hugh, I like that.. the Strugglers Arms.. t...Thanks Hugh, I like that.. the Strugglers Arms.. the history... the smugglers becoming strugglers!<br /><br />I grew up with the whole sense of horror at the idea of fur coats and so I never expect to see a real one these days but on my one and only trip to Italy around 8 or 9 years ago I was surprised by the number I noticed being worn by elegant women... It has to be said, they did look stunning - I just wish I could've believed they were fake!Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-86059935432048513732015-06-13T07:53:34.019+01:002015-06-13T07:53:34.019+01:00My personal favourite pub name is 'The Struggl...My personal favourite pub name is 'The Strugglers Arms' in my hometown of Lincoln. It's just below the castle walls and was the pub where condemned prisoners were dragged for one last pint before being hanged. I went to school just opposite and, at the time, the sign actually showed a pair of smugglers, - Another example of airbrushing history, I suppose.<br /><br />I share your general sympathy for PETA's general aims, but you're right about them being mis-guided over this. I hate most of what fur coats stand for, but, for what it's worth, I'd have probably fallen in love with your friend in hers in the blink of an eye. That's exactly how art students looked when I was at college.Hugh Marwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06337456965006812402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-52686470761086122212015-06-01T18:47:43.311+01:002015-06-01T18:47:43.311+01:00Perhaps just as well...Perhaps just as well...Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-90400117944962983332015-06-01T14:02:13.292+01:002015-06-01T14:02:13.292+01:00.......we never go!.......we never go!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12140350486850944468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-36276112605521347372015-05-31T17:30:14.042+01:002015-05-31T17:30:14.042+01:00All really evocative... and far more interesting t...All really evocative... and far more interesting than a Crown or a Chequers. I love these animal names.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-28858794424210028252015-05-31T17:27:32.590+01:002015-05-31T17:27:32.590+01:00Ooh I didn't know that about planning permissi...Ooh I didn't know that about planning permission but I can see a point to it... maybe pub names should be Grade II listed... (or maybe they are?)<br />Do they charge rip-off prices in The Swindler?!Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-82220083353079876392015-05-31T17:24:15.026+01:002015-05-31T17:24:15.026+01:00You know, I wondered if PETA did these sort of thi...You know, I wondered if PETA did these sort of things just to get in the news and thus spread the word. Unfortunately I think it gives out the wrong message completely and they are more likely to be ridiculed, but it occurred to me that it may be an attempt to get people talking about them in the hope it might lead to other things?<br />I love the sound of your Honest Man! A wonderful piece of local legend and the plasterwork sounds great... and I like the idea of a living lamb head-dress, just think how warm it would be.<br />Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-40155591478023110002015-05-31T17:16:23.631+01:002015-05-31T17:16:23.631+01:00I had some 'interesting' experiences too w...I had some 'interesting' experiences too when I worked in my local village library... But I agree, they're great places, just they do attract some oddballs! Hope you get your w/e at Gladstone's.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-3736379981434041892015-05-31T17:13:50.670+01:002015-05-31T17:13:50.670+01:00That's the one! I think I'll give his mic...That's the one! I think I'll give his microwave pies a miss.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-49401540161456024732015-05-30T23:54:15.847+01:002015-05-30T23:54:15.847+01:00Who said libraries were boring? ( I love them actu...Who said libraries were boring? ( I love them actually, I really want to spend the weekend at the Gladstone one)Circe's Attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123904248094064043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-53368740961485039542015-05-30T15:32:43.970+01:002015-05-30T15:32:43.970+01:00The Swan with Two Nicks is not far from here, ther...The Swan with Two Nicks is not far from here, there's a Bear and Ragged Staff I've drunk in, a Bleeding Wolf (now flats). <br />Swiss AdamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-90825206953376318232015-05-30T12:18:36.178+01:002015-05-30T12:18:36.178+01:00I thought, in England a nyway, that in order to ch...I thought, in England a nyway, that in order to change a pub name you had to have planning permission? Yes, England does have some "exotic" pub names, but they always seemed a bit more imaginative, although the Saracens' Head is possibly racist, than Scottish ones. Round here, the names sound nice and exotic, until you learn the translations. Our local is the beehive, there's a blue sea, but there is one that might translate as The Swindler! georgehttp://gaforsyth.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-8184460727064944442015-05-30T08:06:06.255+01:002015-05-30T08:06:06.255+01:00...with a bemulleted barman called Bobby sporting ......with a bemulleted barman called Bobby sporting a disgusting tea towel permanently draped over his right shoulder!John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-55039201391424474432015-05-29T23:34:42.586+01:002015-05-29T23:34:42.586+01:00Shame about the renaming...all a bit too PC. I su...Shame about the renaming...all a bit too PC. I suppose, as you suggest, it's all part of a general 'rebranding', but I like to think of pub names as being similar to names of towns, villages and churches, kind of permanently on the map!<br />Fur coat and no knickers... unfortunately also a particularly 'effective' introduction if the person wearing it happens to be an eccentric 80-year old bag lady who flashes at librarians... (it happened to my brother-in-law!)Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-41891579717592252072015-05-29T23:27:51.663+01:002015-05-29T23:27:51.663+01:00Thanks Darcy.
Ah a blue painted Golden Lion! I ca...Thanks Darcy.<br />Ah a blue painted Golden Lion! I can just imagine it from your description... it was your use of the word 'ciderheads'!Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-34470883006976120352015-05-29T23:25:55.752+01:002015-05-29T23:25:55.752+01:00Exactly... just makes everyone think they've l...Exactly... just makes everyone think they've lost the plot. <br />Yes please get back to me re. the pub name, I'm intrigued. Those are weird ones you mention... do the names have any history or relevance to anything in particular?<br />Yep, EIGHT pubs (a couple are mainly restaurants now, though, and it is a big village... still, we're spoilt for choice.)Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-27057633373639817842015-05-29T23:23:13.752+01:002015-05-29T23:23:13.752+01:00As a fan of 'Still Game' I think all Scott...As a fan of 'Still Game' I think all Scottish pubs must be called The Clansman!<br />I don't know which would be more questionable - fur coat and no knickers, or fur knickers and no coat?Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-16540234043677072912015-05-29T23:20:04.867+01:002015-05-29T23:20:04.867+01:00Even though I agree with you about new names I mus...Even though I agree with you about new names I must say I'd rather like to see a pub called The Twatish Lawyers... imagine the pic on the sign!Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-74468210513557780262015-05-29T23:17:02.294+01:002015-05-29T23:17:02.294+01:00That's just as silly isn't it...and, given...That's just as silly isn't it...and, given the origins you describe, totally irrelevant. Imagine a pub called the Cottonmouth, though...<br /><br />104? You must have our share of heat. It's cold here...only about half that here today.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-21973393257951650002015-05-29T23:09:10.871+01:002015-05-29T23:09:10.871+01:00Hmm, maybe they should just be more choosy about t...Hmm, maybe they should just be more choosy about the pictures? The Saracen's Head I used to know showed him grinning with his body obviously still intact. Thank god we don't see dismembered limbs on all those 'Arms' pubs....<br />'Kevin' as a pub name isn't working for me I'm afraid...!<br />Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-58199282897563624842015-05-29T22:36:13.683+01:002015-05-29T22:36:13.683+01:00There seems to be a fashionable rebranding of pubs...There seems to be a fashionable rebranding of pubs around where I live from the old traditional names to more fashionable and less problematic ones ( maybe reflecting the change from old men and dogs on strings to men with fashionable beards and craft beers) so goodbye Golden Cross, Red Lion ,hello, Better Half, The Urchin etc. I hope they don't rebrand the English Bull Terrier, I love them despite their unfortunate antecedents.<br />BTW, fur coats and no knickers, yes someone acting as too posh but also quite an effective introduction!Circe's Attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123904248094064043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-11162214799416776972015-05-29T20:08:20.374+01:002015-05-29T20:08:20.374+01:00Very well put re the lunacy of PETA, and it goes f...Very well put re the lunacy of PETA, and it goes for all the over the top PCers.<br /><br />The second closest pub to us is a Golden Lion. It's exterior has just had a repaint - all blue! Despite it being very close I don't frequent it - full of ciderheads, and the live music is usually bottom of the barrel bands playing rock covers very loud. A shame because only a few years ago a blues nut ran it for a bit and they had a very good jukebox. Darcyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16374469353415719429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-87466320492655606582015-05-29T20:06:08.046+01:002015-05-29T20:06:08.046+01:00PETA are definitely not doing themselves any favou...PETA are definitely not doing themselves any favours here. They should take a good look at themselves and quietly move on to a suitable contemporary cause worthy of their attention. <br />Best pub names? We passed a corker a couple of weeks back, but the name escapes me for the moment, I'll get back to you if it comes to me. I've always admired The Case is Altered and The Eel's Foot though.<br />You have EIGHT pubs in your village!!!!! I'm not much of a drinking man these days, but with that lot on my doorstep I could be sorely tempted!The Swedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-62317498685439763642015-05-29T18:59:23.398+01:002015-05-29T18:59:23.398+01:00Scottish pub names are unfortunately less exotic o...Scottish pub names are unfortunately less exotic often either reflecting either the area or the landlord's name<br />There is a local expression Fur Coats and nae Knickers which is levelled at someone acting posher than they actually areCharity Chichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12049726176497694026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-6651263450085385442015-05-29T16:54:22.123+01:002015-05-29T16:54:22.123+01:00I love pub names and hate it when a pub that has b...I love pub names and hate it when a pub that has been called something lovely and trad. for eons gets a change to something abhorrent like 'The Slug and Lettuce' or 'The Twatish Lawyers' or whatever. PETA are clearly mental and are doing the animal rights movement (for which I have massive sympathy) no good at all. Nutters everywhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com