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Originally Posted by Tealeaf
Too early for me. First time drank there was '72, an old boy called Joe was the landlord. You could always get a decent pint of Thwaites in there; these days, there is nowhere in Church to get a pint of real ale.
There was another old boy called George who was the landlord of the X Guns until the mid-70's.....I can't remember his surname, but he did have a metal plate in his head which used to pulsate when he got excited. You're not confusing the Guns and the Thorn, are you?
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No the Landlord of the Thorn was George Tomlinson in the middle fifties.
We used to use the church gates as football posts....all the relations of my friends used the Thorn...it was more popular than the Cross Guns.
I don't remember Joe...........In 1972 I was abroad.