As Stan Laurel is everywhere this week, I thought I would revisit the first week of my holiday.
Waiting for the bus in Bottesford, I amused myself taking photos of this pub from a distance.
What I didn't know then was that the Bull Inn was once kept by Stan Laurel's sister.
Not only that. When Laurel and Hardy appeared at the Nottingham Empire to do a Christmas show in 1952, they stayed at the Bull.
The Nottingham Post has a photographs of them behind the bar and enjoying a drink with their wives.
I have good friends in Bottesford and will call in. A lovely village. Mum's care-home was nearby but she died in February. Stephen
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry to hear that. I love the path from the station to the church.
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