It was, Raggy - But they were one of the few at the time to have guest ales. Not sure when they started to do it though so it could well have been after your time.

Al, the whole point is that ake said that Hamish Henderson was not particularly left wing. So how can it be agreed? I am pretty sure that there are communist soldiers aplenty so I am not sure how a lament for dead soldiers disqualifies anyone from being a communist either.

As to the racist thing I can assure you that my memory is as good as yours and when someone says that east Europeans have criminal tendencies it sticks in my mind too. Someone did say that and I replied that that was a racist comment. Which it is. If it was not you that said it, then I must have been referring to someone else. And I repeat once again, it is only ever you that brings it up. It would have been long forgotten by now if you had not.