The Old Dog and Duck: The Secret Meanings of Pub Names - Albert Jack Reviews
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Newest Review: ... Red Lion, The Turk's Head and The Seabiscuit Inn It almost goes without saying that some of the stories are more interesting ... more
... than others, but they are written in an entertaining and with a level of brevity that you cannot help but gain some enjoyment out of them as a book that you would dip in and out of, or as, dare I say, a 'toilet book.'
Each story is given either with a subtitle which gives an inkling for what the context of the story might be about or for the most unusual names it tells you where that pub is actually located as the story behind it is most likely linked to local history.
A lot of the stories are connected, perhaps ...more
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by - written on 06/03/11 (Very useful, 43 readings)
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The Old Dog And Duck, subtitled 'The Secret Meanings of Pub Names' aims to establish the reasons and histories behind typical pub names, which range from the largely explanatory (The George and Dragon) to the frankly bizarre ( The Bucket of Blood.) The book is in hardback with a looseleaf cover. There is a brief introduction where Jack describes his reasons for writing with the book before discussing the history of pubs and their varying purposes throughout history as well. He then lists over 120 common or remarkable pub names and gives their explanations, separating the ones that are named after racehorses to a different ... Read the complete review
