At last - The Landlord

Quiz – which of the people pictured below is in charge of our local?

Regular readers will know that we have been missing a vital component in the running of a pub, a landlord. You have been introduced to a number of people, so a few more from our cast list might be appropriate in the search for our elusive host.

No. 1

No. 2

Nos. 3 + 4

No. 5

Well, have you guessed?

One of the above is the resident Chef, another an occasional bar person with an inexplicable enthusiasm for Manchester United and colourful description. One has already been identified elsewhere as 'management'. That leaves a lady and the landlord, have you got it?

The answers are of course:

1. Andy from Manchester

2. Andy the chef

3. Management

4. Paula

5. Steve

And our landlord is N0. 5 - Steve.

Steve's return has presaged a new age in customer cosseting.Not before time, some might say but the upholsterers have arrived. We are being treated to a recovering of the furniture. And that's not all, when we arrive we are surprised to sit and find dishes of nuts on the table. Is Steve trying to reintroduce himself after a summer of absence or are we entering a new age of customer comfort?

With all of this activity it would be easy to forget why we congregate. And this week was as interesting as usual. One gem of a discussion centred on the inevitable path towards extinction. This arose after someone talked about the impact of pet death in a family or household. It developed into an interesting theory. Get pets that outlive you so that when you pass they can have the pleasure of devouring you, thereby saving the expenditure of a funeral and contributing to the cause of recycling.

This last idea, because it was hers, gives me the opportunity to introduce Jeannette, a young woman with some very distinctive thinking along with a very real interest in people and community.

Jeannette

Let me leave you with another interesting question that is puzzling the company. We've all heard about the Christmas Truce where World War 1 combatants left their trenches to engage in a game of footy. England v. Germany. But we never hear who won? We need to know. An even bigger question, did it go to penalties? Any information with regard to these matters would be gratefully received.