The Ship down Wardour street (now no more ) used to have a fishing net attached to the ceiling with loads of hot cross buns in it. There were various stories as to why, but one of them was that a widow had left money to be used to put a bun in the net for each year her son didn't come back from the sea. ( I dunno why!)Now I know what a crooked billet is and why we had a Mother red cap in Camden! Any day you learn something's not been entirely wasted.
TTFN M'Lady P.