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A Journey Around the
Pubs of Time
This amusing story first appeared
in a 1918 edition of the Melton Times .
As i started my walk around the town of Melton I passed the Jolly
Butcher out for a ride on his Black Horse accompanied
by his Dog And Gun and being frowned upon by the Bishop
Blaize for hitting a Black Swan.
Passing within a few yards of the Plasterers Arms I saw
his Peacock feeding from the Mash Tub.
Further on I saw the Generous Briton selling Three Tuns
of acorns from the Royal Oak to the Marquis Of Granby
by the Boat for the feeding of his pigs.
The Duke Of Rutland was out on his bicycle and had run
into a Wheatsheaf twisting "a Wheel and losing
a Bell.
He told me he had Iost Eight Bells in this way in the last
seven days.
He asked me to go into the Crown and the landlord showed
me his Golden Fleece which he kept in his Corner Cupboard
of his Vaults.
In the ensuing discussion the question arose about what should
be done with the Three Crowns which was settled by deciding
to put one on the Kings Head, One on the Queens Head
and one on the Blacks Head.
As we came out into the Street we "saw a Fox run out
the Vines in the wood.
I next called the Noels Arms and when I got inside, Harboro
was telling people of a White Lion he had seen.
George said he must have been colour blind and it was a
Red Lion but the landlord of the Bricklayers Arms
said we must all have been drunk because it was a White Hart
and, after much argument, we all went home by the light of the
Half Moon. Missed out are the Rutlamd Arms and of
course the most recent additions to the town - Burmese Cat,
Welby Hotel, Cherry Tree.
Of the 36 mentioned in the story only 15
still operate as public houses. That's progress for you.
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