Jimmy and Phil have visited this pub in Goring on a number of times in the past whilst accompanied by married women such as their wives and have enjoyed the occasional good meal there.
The old landlord was a bit of a weirdo in many respects but he also had some redeeming features, when we think of one, we’ll let you know.
The landlord we are referring to is an old boy named Ray who had a rather large dint in the front of his head. We don’t know but hazard a guess he had had some form of brain surgery. The surgery must have been successful for he was still quite a quick wit in his own strange way amusing. You would be quietly chatting away and then he would suddenly interject with some witticism quite out of the blue. His repartee was Irish jokes such as the Irish man on Mastermind was asked a series of questions “Question one .How d’ya spell farm? EIEIO, question 2, Name ten animals that come from Africa? Nine lions and an elephant and question 3.In Greek mythology , name three characters half-man half-beast ,Crockodile Dundee, Billy the Kid and Buffalo Bill”
The Captain asked after Ray and was told by one of the Angels in Black that “We haven’t seen him in a couple of days but he still lives just up the road in a cottage by the church.”
“By the way”, the Captain said “His wife, Mabel is a lovely woman and the creator of proper home cooked food, you could a learn a lot from her”, “And you could learn a lot from me “She replied “Such as what “interrupted the Cabin Boy “Good manners for one she said” “Well you’re welcome to try where we failed if you like “said Billy “But you’re fighting a losing battle”
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