‘Why the long face?’
A new pub landlady got a shock when she discovered one of her regulars is a horse.
Jackie Gray recently became landlady at the Alexandra Hotel in Jarrow, Tyneside.
She says she got a pleasant surprise when carthouse Peggy joined owner Peter Dolan for a pint.
The 12-year-old’s tipple is a pint of John Smiths and pickled onion crisps.
Mrs Gray said: “When I bought the pub a few weeks ago I heard rumours that one of the regulars was a horse but I didn’t quite believe them. It was a hot day when the horse came in and I was shocked at first because I have never run a pub before.”
Mr Dolan, 61, from Jarrow, bought Peggy six years ago and discovered her fondness for the pub when she followed him inside.
According to the BBC he said: “Peggy’s no bother at all. Most of the regulars know her as she’s been coming in here for years and for them Peggy’s a bit of a novelty. She’s a proper lady.”
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A Horse Walks Into A Bar said,
Pingback • 11 June, 2007 @ 4:41 am
[...] A lady buys a pub and in walks a horse. This is just too perfect to be true, but let’s pretend that it is until someone proves otherwise. [...]
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Trackback • 7 October, 2006 @ 1:15 am
A Horse Walks Into A Bar…
A lady buys a pub and in walks a horse. This is just too perfect to be true, but let’s pretend that it is until someone proves otherwise.
Peggy the horse is a regular at the bar in the Alexandra Hotel.
Jackie Gray recently became landlady at the …