Update on the refurbishment of the Gardeners Rest

[Greenleaves]

I will have you know it is genuine BM, the bloke at the market told me himself. The concrete backing is to give it strength.

[veggiechicken]

I thought a marble floor was somewhere to play marbles - like a pool table is for swimming.

[Greenleaves]

Dont tell me...the juke box is something a short prince stands on?

[Greenleaves]

I go away for 2 weeks and all hell breaks loose. Marble in the the back room (snug) there's posh.

Snug....that is soooo old school Janie.....its our function room

[JanieB]

Snug....that is soooo old school Janie.....its our function room

OMG. I dread to think, wot sort of functions? At least with a wooden/plank floor the drips would seep through to the cellar. The marble will be just slippery or very um sticky.

[Lumpy]

But then we would have an alcohol flooded cellar and have to spend a fortune getting the emergency services out to rescue Rary.

[rary]

The marble floor in the back room is the first stage of the conversion into a Scandinavian sauna Janie

Oh good can I try it out first, pleeeease.

[Sheneval]

Oh good can I try it out first, pleeeease.

rary - I've heard there may be a small charge to pay for staff tips - maybe you could work up a sweat and stand outside in the rain?

[rary]

Ooops, sorry, got a bit mixed up I was thinking on Lumpys cellar, where if I went first I could dry it out.

[rary]

TIPS, To Insure Prompt Service, when have you ever had or heard of prompt service in the Gardeners Rest, the only time they are quick (prompt) is when someone says they are On The Bell, and in my experience that is a rare occurrence also, I think some of the clientele are a bit tight fisted, unlike myself

[Sheneval]

TIPS, To Insure Prompt Service, when have you ever had or heard of prompt service in the Gardeners Rest, the only time they are quick (prompt) is when someone says they are On The Bell, and in my experience that is a rare occurrence also, I think some of the clientele are a bit tight fisted, unlike myself

I think you may be thinking of old Silas Marner who used to be a weaver - you won't know him by that name and I promised not to reveal his new identity - he is a neighbour of Georgie Eliot who is closely related to Mary Anne Evans who runs the corner shop. Old Silas used to be as tight fisted as they come till he adopted that golden haired kid he found left on the doorstep of the GR - the one he named Eppie after his mother and sister - since then he is not above buying you a pint if you catch him in the right mood.

I do love talking drivel

[veggiechicken]

Come on Shen - who dumped little Eppie at the GR and why?
Need to know more.................

[Sheneval]

Come on Shen - who dumped little Eppie at the GR and why?
Need to know more.................

VC - Well the story I heard and I don't want you to quote me as it caused a bit of a scandal at the time was that she was the daughter of Godfrey Cass son of the local squire who owns the land on which the GR is built, and his estranged wife, Molly Farren, who had a slight problem with the drink.

Apparently one winter's night, Molly was trying to make her way to Squire Cass's New Year's Eve party with her two-year-old girl to announce that she was Godfrey's wife and get him into trouble with the Squire and maybe get a few bob out of him to boot.

On the way, she called in at the GR. A couple of regulars plied her with drink. I won't name them but AP and BB might be able to throw some light on the subject. She got that drunk she fell down a short way from the GR and ended up lying in the snow.

Now here's something that will have you in hysterics - rary's name was also mentioned - as you can well imagine nobody gave that any credence at all - just ridiculous.

The child wandered away and ended up on the doorstep of the GR where Silas found her there just before closing time and took her home. Before doing so he followed her tracks in the snow and discovered her dead mother.

In any case Silas never contacted Social Services and since nobody involved wanted to own up to what had happened the whole matter was hushed up, although it is said that AP and BB were drunk for a week at Silas's expense. Silas spread a story that she had come to him as a miracle replacement for some money he had lost or that had been stolen from him and in time she was just regarded as his own daughter.

[Sheneval]

VC - if you doubt what is written in the aforesaid don't take my word for it - check it out on Wikipedia

[Greenleaves]

And the GR is even open yet.....Gawd help us when it is....