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Old 15-01-2010, 17:16   #118
yerself
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Re: 1st pint, 1st local.

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Originally Posted by keith
the castle pub may be grubby now but when john and marie whittam were there it certainly was not they ran the castle for 17years and the brewery during that time scale would not have allowed them stay so long if they were not satified with the running of the pub
Jack Whitham was a top bloke. He used to let us go in The Castle when we were about 15. He would only serve us soft drinks and only allowed us in the tap-room. He said at least we weren't wandering the streets creating havoc and that way he could keep an eye on us.
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