The Old Spot is a pub of a thousand locals. . . . Steve Herbert
More Beer! . . . Old Ric
Don't go, we need you! . . . Derek
One more Ric, and then I've got to go! . . . Stu the Brew
Remember, everybody in this pub can do something you can't! . . . Dr. Tim Frankau
It's all that goes with it. . . . Jeff
The Old Spot is a haven - you come in & can escape from reality. You're invited to enjoy what life should be like, and all of a sudden, you're human again! . . . Stu the Brew
You're only as good as your last brew! . . . Kenny 'Boy' Lush
This place would just fall apart if it wasn't for me! . . . A 'stressed' Belinda Herbert
I don't know what happened while I was asleep, but it didn't seem too interesting! . . . Rose
its the sort of pub that you can go in a stranger and come out not a stranger! . . . Rastus (Richard Crawshaw)
(In response to the greeting; "How are you, Merv?") Rough. Pays to be rough! . . . Merv
I should have called it the Glue Pot ! . . . Ric
I'm going to upload my video to "My Face"! . . . Clive Marshall
Old Spot Poem
The Old Spot By Yasmin Curtis
The middle of town's not the place you would think
To find rare breed of pig, black spotted on pink
And where dogs share with people a comforting drink
The Dursley 'Old Spot'.
Past the beams wreathed in hops and the pumps for draught beer
Into welcoming corners with warm atmosphere
Where stressful. pace slows to embrace yesteryear
Down the 'Old Spot'.
The intimate nook where a farrowing sow
Would give birth to her piglets and to them endow
A different brew to the one that's served now
Down the 'Old Spot'.
Where songs of Olde Englande emerge from the past
To blend the low chatter and clinking of glass
To a mellowness seasoned by harvests and grass
Down the 'Old Spot'.
The middle of town is the place you will find
A breath of timespast, so prepare to unwind
In an ambience of the traditional kind:
The Dursley 'Old Spot'.
Old Spot Rules
Old Spot Inn By Ric Sainty
Any person found enjoying himself on
these premises will be asked to leave.
No laughing, sniggering or telling of
jokes or bar-room stories permitted.
No dogs.
No women.
No leopard skin umbrellas
No Bristolians, Irishmen, Fennies or
alligator salesman.
Any peron (or Dibbling Dave) found to
be drinking at a rate exceeding two pints
per hour will be banned and have his
(or her) name forwarded to a drying-out
clinic in Co. Wexford
The Old Spot Prayer
Old Spot Inn By Ric Sainty. Feb 1999
Our Beer, Which art in Barrels,
Hallowed be thy drunk.
I will be drunk,
At home as it is in the Local.
Forgive us this day, our daily spillage,
As we forgive those who spillest against us.
And lead us not into the practice of poncy wine tasting,
And deliver us from Alco-Pops.
For mine is the Bitter,
The Ale and the Lager,
Forever and Ever,
Barmen.
The Old Spot 'Guard' Dog! By Irene Skelton. 2003
Little Jack Westie at the Old Spot
You are so friendly, we like you a lot
Sat in the window or out in the Bar
We can't wait for Tuesdays to see how you are
A snack from Barbara and one from Irene
A saucer of milk; how you wish it was cream
A stroke and a cuddle, a kiss and a tickle
Then off to the bar, my Word! You are fickle
We love you Jack Spot, you're our little chum
That's enough praise! Oooh away wi ye wee laddie
Back to your Mum!
Irene Skelton
2003
Tuesday Ladies
For some more pictures of Jack, please click here.