Pub Name History

From the Author of the Internationally Bestselling Red Herrings & White Elephants, Pop Goes the Weasel, What Caesar did for My Salad, Shaggy Dogs, They Laughed at Galileo: The pub was once described by seventeenth-century diarist Samuel Pepys as the 'heart of England while the church is its soul'. These days I would say he is only half right. There remain over 56,000 pubs in Great Britain, half of which are filled with youngsters who play loud music on a jukebox that sounds like somebody is hitting his lawnmower with a hammer, while the next-door neighbour shouts at him over the fence. The other half, however, are the perfect place to while away an afternoon with a pint and fine conversation while quietly contemplating what to do next. Well, that's what I do. The pub histories told in this collection are some of my favourite pubs and are extracts from my popular book The Old Dog and Duck (There are many more histories in there.) So take a seat in your favourite armchair by the fireside and join me on a pub crawl along memory lane and around history corner. We may be some time. Contents 1 – The Blind Beggar 2 – The Bucket of Blood 3 – The Case is Altered 4 – The Crooked Billet 5 – The Eagle and Child 6 – The Elephant and Castle 7 - The Flying Dutchman 8 – The French House 9 – The Garibaldi 10 – The George and Dragon 11 - The Green Man 12 – Harry's Bar 13 – The Hero of Inkerman 14 – The Horse and Hounds 15 – Jack Straw's Castle 16 – The John Snow 17 – The Marquis of Granby 18 – Molly Maguires 19 – Molly Malone's 20 – The Oddfellows Arms 21 - Pickled Parson 22 – The Red Lion 23 – The Royal Oak 24 - The Seven Sisters 25 – The Star and Garter 26 – The Volunteer 27 – JD Wetherspoon 28 – The White Hart 29 – The White Lion 30 – The Widow's Son