Landlords Revenge

Landlords Revenge. We had exchanged contracts on a pub and one of the very near locals was making a nuisance of himself, in always insisting on a pint seconds before we called time and then taking up to an hour to finish it. The girls asked me to have a word because it was making us [...]

I’ve heard of cooking the books, but not cooking the cash.

MONEY TO BURN?! Just as you thought business couldn’t get worse?  Imagine how one Publican felt when they saw their profits go up in smoke – quite literally – in the microwave! Mr & Mrs McLoughlin, who run The Miners Arms in Bristol were very busy on the evening shift when a staff member emptied the till [...]

The Final Drink

The Final drink Late one evening two men came into the bar, looking fairly sombre, bought a couple of pints and sat down and proceeded to drink them. A few minutes later a local came in and asked “Who’s died?” none of us had any idea and asked why he had asked, he said that there [...]

So Much for Coni

My family decided that my youngest son should have a cat, against my better instincts. A very pretty cat was rescued from the local cats home, she totally ignored us and tried to run away on numerous occasions before finally deciding that we were possibly acceptable. Having a cat wandering around a foody pub is [...]