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You're lazy as always - what is your point?

You're lazy as always - what is your point?

You're lazy as always - what is your point?

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Johny B Good
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They used to drink 6 pints of beer a day because it was safer than drinking the water - although they didn't realise at the time that boiling the water as part of the brewing process killed a few harmful things.

Reply to
alan_m

Umm, what didn't you get about my mention of it upthread?

Reply to
polygonum

Older readers may remember around that area was known as the "The Strong Country" after the the brewers Strong and Co of Romsey Ltd.

It was fortious for them that the Gravestone was in Winchester just up the road and the last line of verse was used by them at times for advertising.

G.Harman

Reply to
damduck-egg

"You are entering Strong Country" by the railway track?

Reply to
polygonum

There were a few along the line , some said you are approaching the Strong Country,some with the words you noted and eventaully "you are in" or "This is" the Strong Country. The Watercress steam line has replicas of a couple although ironically that part of Hampshire was served more by the Alton based brewers. This is one of the replica railway style ones

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Normal ones by roads were this style

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This could be seen much later,Whitbreads took over in 1969 but a 10 year maintainance contract had recently been agreed. When it ran out in 1979 Whitbreads allowed the Romsey brewery to produce a beer under the Romsey name again and many of the signs were renewed and were to be seen till a few years ago.

G.Harman

Reply to
damduck-egg

I can't remember the details, but I think that Whitbread Trophy in the area round Romsey was the old Strong brewery product (possibly altered somewhat), whereas further away it was "national" Trophy.

Do any of the old brewers still make beer? I saw a Marstons hotel/restaurant being built the other day. A far cry from Pedigree and Owd Rodger. And Silver Crown - the special Silver Jubilee bottled brew...

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polygonum

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