I grew up in Burnham Thorpe. Les Winter the pub landlord was a legend.
I say legend, I mean the most miserable bastard on the planet. He hated tourists, ie customers, and would regularly tell them to f**k off if they ordered anything other than Abbot Ale or Nelson's Blood.
One time someone asked if he had a bar menu, to which he replied, no, I know it of the top of my head, plain, cheese and onion, or salt and viniger.
Posted By: tudders on June 1st 2022 at 10:57:37
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- someone's gone and done a restore on the lord nelson pub in burnham thorpe (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 1, 09:44:46
- My Dad popped 'home' a few weeks ago and said this, but unfortunately they (General Chat) - Azteca, Jun 1, 11:41:00
- Nice pub (n/m) (General Chat) - revsimon, Jun 1, 11:24:03
- Lovely place to play cricket. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Jun 1, 11:06:12
- I grew up in Burnham Thorpe. Les Winter the pub landlord was a legend. (General Chat) - tudders, Jun 1, 10:57:37
- sounds like the landlord of The Gatehouse (n/m) (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Jun 1, 11:45:54
- Which gatehouse, the one at South Lynn? (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 1, 12:44:16
- Norwich. Near the Dereham road Guardian road roundabout (4 ways) (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Jun 1, 12:53:28
- Which gatehouse, the one at South Lynn? (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 1, 12:44:16
- 😂 (n/m) (General Chat) - Azteca, Jun 1, 11:43:13
- The bloke at the Crown and Mitre in King's Lynn is very similar (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 1, 11:12:43
- I ought to be going in there really,nice old boozer iirc. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 1, 11:17:37
- I went in there once.... (General Chat) - Bowfront, Jun 1, 11:11:27
- ha, we had a landlord like that bitd (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 1, 11:10:28
- There was no actual bar in those days. (General Chat) - tudders, Jun 1, 11:16:55
- i remember it like that, went in there with my old man (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 1, 11:21:04
- There was no actual bar in those days. (General Chat) - tudders, Jun 1, 11:16:55
- sounds like the landlord of The Gatehouse (n/m) (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Jun 1, 11:45:54
- Ot must be hard competing with the Hoste tbh. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 1, 10:27:34
- Bar 29 is a great alternative to the Hoste (General Chat) - Old Splat, Jun 1, 12:04:20
- Well I played cricket there when I was 18/19,never been in (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 1, 12:26:22
- oh and so it was just a couple of years ago then 👍 (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Splat, Jun 1, 12:57:11
- Yeah 2017 I think! (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 1, 13:20:35
- Well done on the 5fer. Nice place but need to re-mortgage to buy anything (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Splat, Jun 1, 12:55:22
- oh and so it was just a couple of years ago then 👍 (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Splat, Jun 1, 12:57:11
- Well I played cricket there when I was 18/19,never been in (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 1, 12:26:22
- probably plenty of punters to sustain both i'd have thunk proth (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 1, 10:47:02
- Bar 29 is a great alternative to the Hoste (General Chat) - Old Splat, Jun 1, 12:04:20
- Ooh, that's good. we've used the camp site in the village a few times (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 1, 10:11:40
- yeah, sad to see it shut down nice it's been restored (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 1, 10:40:52
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