Comments on: Apartheid in London pubs http://boakandbailey.com/2012/10/apartheid-in-london-pubs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=apartheid-in-london-pubs Going on about beer and pubs since 2007 Wed, 22 May 2013 01:03:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Bailey http://boakandbailey.com/2012/10/apartheid-in-london-pubs/#comment-24237 Bailey Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:50:32 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=6093#comment-24237 Just had a phone call from my uncle with a story relating to this: at some point in the 1960s, my Great Uncle Tommy turned up at his social club in Rawtenstall to find a scrum at the door; an Asian man wanted a drink, but no-one would sign him in; Tommy said, “I’ll sign you in, mate”; and then when they entered together, they were mobbed. Turns out it was India and Lancashire wicket-keeper Farokh Engineer.

Fourth-hand, and full of hazy details, but a great story anyway, I thought.

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