So what do you do if you’re the landlord of a pub that was closed down and turned into flats?

Well Yorkshireman, Paul Moss didn’t hesitate, he decided to get the pub dismantled and reassembled at his new home – but his new home was actually 600 miles away in Dortmund in Germany.

Apparently Paul was pining for the feel and atmosphere of THE NEW CROWN asserting that bars in Germany are too modern clean-cut and clinical so he moved everything lock, stock and barrel – even the dirty glasses!

The last item to be shipped over and installed will be the old front doors.

Paul is now hoping that lockdown restrictions will shortly be eased to allow THE NEW CROWN to re-open its doors to customers next month, when he hopes to be serving beers from England, Ireland and Germany, as well as full English breakfasts, roasts and – of course – fish and chips.

In the second hour of today’s programme, Margaret Mills looked back to the 14th century when the Essex village of Pleshey was a mightily bustling town.

Pleshey Castle at that time was owned by  Thomas Duke of Gloucester who happened to be the uncle of King Richard II. Unfortunately it seems that the king was very jealous of the power and wealth of his uncle and took steps to redress this situation.

If you missed what Margaret said you can catch it all again here:-

See you once again next week,
Scott