tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998777999874455363.post7245527158849791668..comments2023-10-24T11:35:35.401+01:00Comments on Ed Fordham: The depiction of a pub sign within the communityEd Fordhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07778969774423680910noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998777999874455363.post-54012449406955120172008-10-17T22:36:00.000+01:002008-10-17T22:36:00.000+01:00I too hate it when young management upstarts decid...I too hate it when young management upstarts decide a pub needs a new name. These creeps place no value on local history.<BR/><BR/>I was extremely annoyed when the landlady of the Sir Colin Campbell took down the lovely portrait of the soldier who commanded the Thin Red Line at Balaclava. I have an ancestor who sounded the Charge of the Light Brigade so I enjoyed passing the picture of Colin on my forays along Kilburn High Road.<BR/> I believe it was taken down because of anti-English sentiment.<BR/> Sir Colin, in fact, was a working class Glaswegian who rose up through the ranks to become the most popular general in the British army.<BR/> Ask the regulars in the pub who he was and they have never heard of him!<BR/> Another sign that irks me is the one with the picture of George Washington outside the pub of the same name in Belsize park. The pub was actually named after the builder who built it not the first American president!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com