Comments on: The 1967-68 Good Food Guide http://www.leyton.org/2009/08/24/the-196-good-food-guide/ Thoughts. Comment. Opinion. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:13:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Richard http://www.leyton.org/2009/08/24/the-196-good-food-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-26373 Richard Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:25:06 +0000 http://www.leyton.org/?p=1801#comment-26373 <p>It'd be nice to think it was him, but I fear chances are Raymond Postgate was 'just' the editor of the review. That said, given there was a fair bit of media interest in The Miners' Arms around that time (helped by these reviews), it's nice to think there was a good chance he did visit, so could perhaps add him to the list of well-known visitors :-)</p> <p>Not sure what The Clangers' would have thought of clear snail soup, mind...</p> It’d be nice to think it was him, but I fear chances are Raymond Postgate was ‘just’ the editor of the review. That said, given there was a fair bit of media interest in The Miners’ Arms around that time (helped by these reviews), it’s nice to think there was a good chance he did visit, so could perhaps add him to the list of well-known visitors :-)

Not sure what The Clangers’ would have thought of clear snail soup, mind…

]]> By: shardcore http://www.leyton.org/2009/08/24/the-196-good-food-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-26372 shardcore Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:54:29 +0000 http://www.leyton.org/?p=1801#comment-26372 <p>i wonder if the reviewer, raymond postgate, is this one [http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/postgate.htm] if so, you have a lovely connection to olvier postgate and the clangers...</p> i wonder if the reviewer, raymond postgate, is this one [http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/postgate.htm] if so, you have a lovely connection to olvier postgate and the clangers…

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