That's more like it .I suspected they were there amd Lo! they ARE ....Fatling and Firkin,The Sweyn Forkbeard ,Goat and Boots (sheep shagging?),The Tipsy Toad,The Goat and Compasses,Goose and Firkin - awful.
I wouldn't arrange to meet anyone in any of these pubs as would be embarrassed to place any of these names in sentence.
I liked "Our Mutual Friend" ,though,I suppose they all could be reduced, as in, "I'll see you at the Friend".
Mikefule triggered a memory with Dew Drop In.
I remember doing a gig many years ago near Bolton as I recall, at a place called the Last-Drop Inn.
So what you say ? Not very outstanding, well, the hotel ( and a tiny complex) was owned by Pierrepoint ( was it Albert?), who was as most of you will know ,was Britains last official Hangman - and still is, for all I know !!!.