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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Back of the shops, Greenford Road, Sudbury, Harrow

Street drinkers' litter

Street drinkers' tidy

Back of Greenford Road, near Sudbury Hill station, Harrow, HA1. [Couldn't we have made them green bottles? I have a joke in mind. Never mind, there's eleven anyway. Ed.]

Monday, May 03, 2021

From The Yard to Tiffty's Tavern and from Maher's to Moloney's

A signwriter changing the name of this pub in North Greenford from "The Yard" to "Tiffty's Tavern"

The font and colours suggest "an Irish pub." There are Irish pubs all over the world, and if the Irish state had marketing rights, it could probably live on the proceeds. But like the Murphy's, we're not bitter. My California/Filipino air steward friend says wherever they stopover, she always looks for the Irish pub. From Kuala Lumpur to Montevideo, from Cape Town to Anchorage, Alaska [You just made that bit up, didn't you? Ed.], you'll see the Gaelic font and assorted bicycles, mirror adverts etc and find a cold pint of the Dublin ambrosia awaits you, though it might have been brewed in Nigeria. So wherever you may be, "Sláinte Mhaith!"

The result. Tiffty's Tavern

And before it became "The Yard" it was "Gerry Mac's".

So, what gives? Is there really someone called "Tiffty" and was there someone called "Gerry Mac"? It seems unlikely. Further down Greenford Road, the same sort of name-changing has been happening with what was Ryans Bar, which then became Tommy Maher's Irish Bar and lately Moloney's Bar.

A photo of "Tommy Maher's Irish Bar", which used to be "Ryans" and more recently "Moloney's Bar"

According to WhatPub.com, Moloney's Bar was previously named Dugout Sports Bar, Ryan's, Maher's Irish Bar, West Bar, Old Bull and Captain Morgan's.

Harry Lemon

More info: What Pub - Tiffty's Tavern, What Pub - Moloney's Bar

Friday, March 11, 2016

Harry Lemon's Malta

Valetta city walls

Maltese parliament building, designed by Renzo Piano

Saluting battery, Grand Harbour, Valetta

View towards Valetta from the the city walls of Mdina, the old capital

City gate of Mdina

Dingli cliffs

Street fountains in Sliema

Mural in Sliema

Valetta

Fountain in Upper Barrakka Gardens, Valetta

Lane in Mdina

Local beer

Water font in Sliema

Marsaxlokk Harbour Sunday market

Jumping rockfish in the Sunday fish market, Marsaxlokk

Marsaxlokk Sunday market

Marsaxlokk Harbour

St Paul's Grotto
This is the Roman cave jail where St Paul and St Luke were held prisoner by the Roman consul Publius, subsequently converted, after they were shipwrecked en route to Rome from Damascus in 60 A.D. It's under St Paul's Cathedral, Mdina.

Horse racing (trotting) at Marsa racecourse, Malta Racing Club

The course is dampened and raked between each race.

We sent Harry Lemon to Malta to report for the Willy on this Mediterranean island, and what does he do? Sends us hundreds of pictures and no text. I told him, for God's sake Harry, select a few of them and add captions. Don't be making us like captive audiences in the old days, having to sit through hundreds of Uncle Harry's holiday slides. (Ed.)

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Grandma Pork With Potato Balls

A rival to matzo balls and gefilte fish on offer at a café next to Sudbury Hill station yesterday, as captured by our own travel writer, Harry Lemon

Wednesday, December 02, 2015

Dublin Christmas streets

Harry Lemon has been to Dublin and reports that it was looking good, albeit the stormy weather was inimical to brass monkeys.#dublin #christmas #christmaslights #carolsingers
Posted by The Willesden Herald on Monday, 30 November 2015

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Steam train Bristol / Kingswear / Dartmouth

The Torbay Express Britannia class loco' 70000

Car ferry from Kingswear to Dartmouth across the Dart

Dartmouth from the passenger ferry

Kingswear viewed from the Dartmouth side of the river

A brilliant day out on the Torbay Express steam train service from Bristol to Kingswear, with a few hours in Dartmouth by passenger ferry (ticket included in the price). It was quite exhilarating, travelling in vintage luxury and with people and children (not that children aren't people too) waving at the train all the way. On the way out of Bristol in the morning, people came out of their backdoors, one of them in a dressing gown, to admire and wave as the steam train raced by.