OK, so I know it's a bit tenuous....
Jan. 26th, 2015 06:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Well, actually it's extremely tenuous, but it tickled me. And it's probably the nearest either of our lads will get to having a pub named after them...
Anyone who's familiar with the Wetherspoons chain of pubs will know that they usually name their establishments after local dignitaries or places. The Wetherspoons pub in Morpeth, Northumberland, is housed in an old cinema where in the early days live acts would perform on stage between films. One of the most popular acts was the self-styled "Dr" Walford Bodie, aka 'The Electrical Wizard', and that's who the pub is named after.
No connection to 'our' Bodie, of course, but I did feel quite chuffed to sit there drinking my pint of Guinness whilst perusing all the Bodie photos etc. I'm easily pleased, I know... *g*


Anyone who's familiar with the Wetherspoons chain of pubs will know that they usually name their establishments after local dignitaries or places. The Wetherspoons pub in Morpeth, Northumberland, is housed in an old cinema where in the early days live acts would perform on stage between films. One of the most popular acts was the self-styled "Dr" Walford Bodie, aka 'The Electrical Wizard', and that's who the pub is named after.
No connection to 'our' Bodie, of course, but I did feel quite chuffed to sit there drinking my pint of Guinness whilst perusing all the Bodie photos etc. I'm easily pleased, I know... *g*




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Date: 2015-01-26 07:03 pm (UTC)Okay, likely I'm just as easily pleased as you. *g*
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Date: 2015-01-28 07:42 pm (UTC)And it's not a huge leap of the imagination to picture Lew, is it?
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Date: 2015-01-26 07:30 pm (UTC)Isn't that fabulous! I love the pointy moustache - what a character he must've been.
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Date: 2015-01-26 11:10 pm (UTC)Oh, your post gave me another inspiration...! Thank you!
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Date: 2015-01-28 08:00 pm (UTC)Do you reckon 'AU Bodie' could persuade 'AU Doyle' to don a pair of tights? *g*
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Date: 2015-01-27 10:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-01-28 08:04 pm (UTC)*g*
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Date: 2015-01-27 01:14 pm (UTC)And, do you know, a bit of effort with Photoshop and images from the Ripper programme, and I can see an early Bodie ancester emerging in a book cover there...
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Date: 2015-01-28 08:08 pm (UTC)You've got me thinking about that book cover now...