Unfortunately,
the first news is the really bad news:
On Tuesday 27 January, Dawn, landlady of "The Crown" in Brook Street, was found dead in her kitchen.
This tragedy comes not-so-long after she lost husband Jim, and is a terrible loss to everyone who knew and loved them.
Our deepest sympathies to to them all.
Cash flow crisis?
It is a long-established truth in the pub trade that January is a dreadful month for trade, after the excesses of Christmas and the New Year.
Some landlords, it is said, will stop at nothing to resurrect flagging till receipts.
Customers of the Thorogood Empire would expect nothing less from his entrepreneurial employees.
But it took residents of Glemsford to dream up the the ploy used by Kevin and Paula.
Make up your own mind about:
"The Belgian Reunion"
!!!?
As reported elsewhere, in October 2003,
a group of like-minded l*g*r drinkers
invaded Belgium for the weekend,
and a good time was had by everybody,
although I'm not sure if that includes the Belgians.
So, over the weekend of 17/18 January, 2004, it was decided to hold a "reunion".
Even the Guestbook bears witness to the events.
And pictures have been obtained ...
It looks as though the bar was full ...
Memorabilia were proudly worn
"And the whole rhythm section was the purple gang..."
as the old place rocked to its beams.
By the way, what did happen to the Persil?
Mind you, far be it from me to rumour-monger, but there is a suggestion that not all were delighted by the nature of the event!
An (anonymous) correspondent tells me:
" ...You moved just in time, as we have been subjected to live music in the Angel ... only surpassed in the Cock: keyboard, backing track with (I kid not) Chas & Dave songs, "...