Save us from the BBPA!
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 9:24 Just arrived in Harrogate.
I am giving a short presentation to an FLVA (Federation of Licensed Victuallers) seminar at The Old Swan Hotel.
I'll be discussing the Save Our Pubs and Clubs campaign and I've just noticed that I am following Dr Martin Rawlings MBE of the British Beer and Pub Association.
The BBPA has never shown the slightest interest in supporting the campaign or reviewing the smoking ban, a point I might mention during my speech!
Simon Clark
Hope you're having a good day.
I am currently having afternoon tea in Bettys, the famous cafe and tea rooms founded in 1919. Whenever I'm in Harrogate I come here.
In a few minutes I shall buy a couple of 'Fat Rascal' coffee mugs, made exclusively for Bettys by Emma Bridgewater. They are designed in honour of Bettys Fat Rascal and I have two at home already but you can't have too many Fat Rascal mugs, in my opinion.
By coincidence, each speaker at this morning's seminar was given a Fat Rascal as a small thank you. I shall eat it as soon as I get home. After all, "there's nothing better than a warm, buttered Fat Rascal".
Reader Comments (6)
The BBPA never shown the slightest interest in supporting pubs.
And now, if today's Daily Mail is to believed, the BBPA will be co-operating with the government to water down their products.
"I am currently having afternoon tea in Bettys, the famous cafe and tea rooms founded in 1919. Whenever I'm in Harrogate I come here."
I'm not surprised, wonderful place and the cakes are gorgeous.
You can eat a whole Fat Rascal? Impressive.
You can also go to 'Betty's' if you're in York or Northallerton!
Personally, I stopped going (and I was a frequent customer) when they went entirely smoke-free ahead of the smoking ban.
"Fat Rascals?" In the light of the BBC's latest Newspeak Directive, won't they now have to be called "Heavily-framed Rascals?"
Well, until they ban the word "rascal," that is ...
"Heavy-framed individuals of socially challenged behaviour."