"Big John's" or "The Far House"
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"Big John's" or "The Far House"
Image: © Des Colhoun Taken: 18 May 2009
I was well acquainted with the eponymous Big John (John McGrath), a giant of wit and wisdom. He ran a great bar and his fame new no bounds. He had a great turn of phrase and in the late 50's it is claimed he decided to introduce Scrumpy into the pub. After a week's trial the project was called off and when a customer asked Big John why this should be so, he replied, "What's the point? Eighteen shillin's in the till and a house full of ~!**?"g madmen!!"
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Image Location
Latitude
54.790486
Longitude
-7.473462