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Thread #55554   Message #2189537
Posted By: eddie1
09-Nov-07 - 02:50 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Odd pub names
Subject: RE: Folklore: Odd pub names
Things may have changed now but back when my guitar was only a flat-backed mandolin, you would find folkies from foreign parts wandering up and down Forrest Road in Edinburgh looking for the famous "Sandy Bells". The pub was actually called "The Forrest Hill Bar" and there was no reference to "Sandy Bells" outside.
Sandy Bell was a one-time barman there but his name lingers on.

I loved the name of Ronnie Corbetts fictional local. The Rat and Handbag!

Eddie