tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post1374065377259639478..comments2024-03-29T05:24:30.793-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: The Formby BreweryRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-367629032820796292021-03-13T17:00:13.037-08:002021-03-13T17:00:13.037-08:00As a kid in the UK I used to follow the cartoon st...As a kid in the UK I used to follow the cartoon strips in the Daily Mirror - Garth, the Perishers - Andy Capp and so on. <br /><br />One of them in the 50s and 60s was "The Flutters" about a presumably London family with Dad and Son running a dodgy builders. Their misadventures often ended up with them in the pub drowning their sorrows with a few pints of "Wallop". Mike in NSWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-7004594539150546662021-03-13T09:51:14.428-08:002021-03-13T09:51:14.428-08:00You've probably come across the article in the...You've probably come across the article in the Formby Civic Society Newsletter for spring 2016, but, if not, it's worth a look:<br /> <br />http://www.formbycivicsociety.org.uk/FCS%20Newsletter%20Spring%202016%20FINAL%20edition.pdfJohn Lesternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-87074232662803886132021-03-12T17:02:27.147-08:002021-03-12T17:02:27.147-08:00Hard to imagine how we currently view a "Mild...Hard to imagine how we currently view a "Mild" that it might ever have been referred to as a "Wallop"! Maybe an Imperial something-or-other...Érc an Ruahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11490831998608545767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-54294897222387164202021-03-12T15:59:07.216-08:002021-03-12T15:59:07.216-08:00In the USA something that gives a "wallop&quo...In the USA something that gives a "wallop" means it hits you with a lot of power. Does it have the same meaning in the UK? That seems hard to square with Mild circa 1949, which I assume had all the hitting power of a feather.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com