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  • ferneyhoughgeliebte
    Gone fishin'
    • Sep 2011
    • 30163

    #31
    "Brewers Fayre" was what Whitbread renamed Berni Inns when they bought the company in 1995:

    [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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    • french frank
      Administrator/Moderator
      • Feb 2007
      • 29507

      #32
      Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
      "Brewers Fayre" was what Whitbread renamed Berni Inns when they bought the company in 1995:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berni_Inn
      Yes, I know, ferney. That was what my link was
      It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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      • french frank
        Administrator/Moderator
        • Feb 2007
        • 29507

        #33
        On the other hand, I may have misread about Rovers. I only know such things third hand and googling. But I do they are also called The Pirates so it may have been auto-suggestion.
        It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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        • ferneyhoughgeliebte
          Gone fishin'
          • Sep 2011
          • 30163

          #34
          Originally posted by french frank View Post
          Yes, I know, ferney. That was what my link was


          I think I'm going colour blind in my ol ... middle age: I couldn't even see the red-letter link!
          [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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          • cloughie
            Full Member
            • Dec 2011
            • 21994

            #35
            I sometimes think that nostalgia would not be half of what it is without the contributions from these boards.

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            • ferneyhoughgeliebte
              Gone fishin'
              • Sep 2011
              • 30163

              #36
              Originally posted by cloughie View Post
              I sometimes think that nostalgia would not be half of what it is without the contributions from these boards.
              Ah - but it was better in the '80s, though.
              [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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              • cloughie
                Full Member
                • Dec 2011
                • 21994

                #37
                Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                Ah - but it was better in the '80s, though.
                Well something had to be better in the '80s!

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                • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                  Gone fishin'
                  • Sep 2011
                  • 30163

                  #38
                  [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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