Tales from the Country Pub Book

In most country communities the local pub is the real social center. Brian Martin has tracked down some great characters who here recall their days propping up the bar. From Britain's oldest landlay—a lifetime teetotaler who served drinks till she was niney-nine—to the farmer who blew a hole in his friend's hat when he filled an ashtray with gunpower; here is an illustrated record of rural richness as experienced by some of our most colorful publicans and their customers.