I have a sort of funny Spitfire Ale tale- I was trying to find a pump handle
badge for Spitfire ale for my grille badge collection- had seen one on the
dash in a picture in a magazine and thought it was clever - anyway, I found
a bloke across the pond who dealt in pump badges (clips they call 'em there)
and bar towels. He had none but said he'd keep an eye peeled for one. About
a month later (I'd forgotten about it- the obsession passed...) I got an
email from him- he'd found a clip for me! The story went: he was off on a
'pub crawl' (out getting 'faced to us Yanks) and was "chatting up the
barmaid, a right scrummy bird" and noticed a Spitfire Ale tap. To make a
long story longer, he left with the barmaid and "nicked" the clip for me on
the way out and was a pound for the clip and post too much for me? I sent
him a fiver and he tossed in some cool Shepard Neame coasters...
Would love to get a case of the ale to hand out like baby cigars when my
resto is done... and Terry, I think I was bidding against you on that pin-
you're firespitter on ebay, right? LOL!
"Any drive you don't return from on a tow truck was a good one..."
Jon
'77 (mostly) 1500 "Ol' Yeller"
FM66043 7U
Nass #104 VTR #14429
www.yankeespitfire.com
-----Original Message-----
From: spitfires-owner@autox.team.net
[mailto:spitfires-owner@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Terry Thompson
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 4:45 PM
To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Imported SPITFIRE...!!!!!!
Shepherd Neame used to have the exception of not
exporting T's and other swag/schwagg items across the
pond.
Are you in the U.S.? In otherwords, have they lifted
their "embargo"?
-Terry
P.S. I managed to pick-up one of their lapel/hat pins
from a pin seller (Ebay) in the U.K. Not affiliated
with Shepherd Neame brew.
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