Week 3: Tuesday 18 January BLACK HORSE, Hertford (Chris Haden, Elvis Pile, Bob Polydorou, Andrew Swift, Roger Toms)
COMMENT: I missed the Black Horse because sunning myself in Lanzarote and although it's clearly an ancient foundation I can't find any historical details about the pub. It does have one uncommon feature, it has had its own RFU-affiliated rugby team for 30 years! Presumably they have got new players during that time! Why are pubs called the Black Horse? It's not related to Lloyds Bank, it started long before Lloyds was created. The Black Horse was a pub name from at least the fourteenth century. Lloyds got their name because the black horse was the sign for goldsmiths in Lombard Street in London (goldsmiths often went into banking). So the avaracious banking bastards who have so financially damaged the country (and the world) can't even claim they created a pub name.
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