European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 30, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Merry makers at unusual inn find the spirit of Merrie old England adds to conviviality by Paul Spiers staff write Sinclair uses double by Reed pistol lighter for customer s cig Aret. / front. From Page 11 an it 05 Jet defies Gravity on a vertical climb. Man made Thunder. The con Vair f102a out races the Speed of sound. Pressure yet registered was 33 pounds a Square foot on a Mountain top from an air plane Only 280 feet overhead. Tests of houses and Industrial buildings of Brick Block and Frame construction in connection with nuclear explosions showed it takes 150 to 300 pounds of pressure per Square foot to cause damage ranging from plaster cracks to Wall and roof cracks. But pressures of 18 to 70 pounds a Square foot will break Ordinary window Glass even if it has been properly mounted in a loosely fitted Frame shatters More readily. Plate Glass windows Are a Republic f105 zipped Superson Mically across Tyndall air Force base fla.,last fall Many Ordinary windows were unaffected but in Panama City a dozen Miles away big display windows by the score were smashed As though a giant club had been Flung the length of the main Street. Client tries his lick at Downing Yard of ale at half Moon. 1 f two supersonic rf101 voodoo on a training Mission swoosh across the sky Oyer the moroccan it of Casablanca. \ the stars and stripes i pm if Rizii Mill a ,. Nick pack studded ceiling interests some visitors while others iry out barrel set built for two. Thu Mckay july is photos by red Grandy the junkies pub in All Britannia improbably the half Moon. Located in the Village of North Chapel 45 Miles South of London on route 283,the Interior could be described As a rub Bish Heap that has been haphazardly sorted. There Are so Many Odds and ends that seats Are at a Premium. Most customer stand or More Likely stoop to avoid some thing like an elephant s Tail and have Jolly Good informal time. Maestro owner of the 350-year-old Halfmoon and its Bric a Brac decor is Eric sin Clair. The 53-year-old former British Arm Captain took Over the pub nine years ago. At that time the ceilings and Walls Hada quite proper look about them and were not covered with Dollar Bills match covers coins theater ticket stubs torn betting tickets family photos calling cards Bills Beer labels Folies Bergere programs Bull fight posters signatures guns caries and. A gotcha Cha photo of Diana Dors. The collection started due to my petrol Gas pump says Sinclair. Petrol rationing ended two Days after took Over the pub in May 1950. I decided the Best thing to do with All those Coupon was to stick them on the ceiling. Soon after some people came by an left some betting slips of the Oxford Cam Bridge boat race. Since then every Cus Tomer has left something. The Only things that be really been pinched were the three cig Aret fag ends Butts that Ava Gardner left Frisky fellow Sinclair Sparks up the pub s atmosphere when he flashes an old pistol in front of a person just about to Light a cig Aret. It s a hot pistol having been converted into a cig net donations Range from a "26 Julio armband worn by a Castro support Erin the recent cuban War to a scottish hag gis left four years ago. The Haggis solidified is a pudding made of the heart liver and lungs of a sheep or calf and minced with suet onions and oat meal and boiled in the stomach of the treats adorning the pub Are Man trap used about 75 years ago by landed Gentry to catch poachers. The steel contraption has two Springs and the Besta trapped Man could do would be to push one Spring. In other words no escape. Stuffer used by veterinarians to put Pill Down horses throats castanets Zulu mealie Busher for grinding meal mole trap 1789 soda water of headgear including Miner s helmet Hunting Cap 150-year-old Shako Polo helmet burmese coolie hat scrambled egg naval officer s Cap air raid Warden helmet Spanish civil guard Street Gas lamp sailing ship s foghorn an eight Day clock built in an Sonia conn., milkmaid s Yoke coaching whip Shepherd s s flail bullfighter s band Rillera headlight mask for a world War i vehicle propeller from a Lancaster bomber Hal. Berd and Pike wehrmacht armband Irish shillelagh. World War i Bugle Sioux Indian Moc Casin Dibber used to make holes in the ground for plants and seeds misshapen bottle found in the ruins of used to Cut horses tails Wood carvings by Sinclair an accomplished craftsman Polo Sticks chinese Dagger made of chinese coins Copper Ware that formerly belonged to lord Nelson pair of women s bloomers and a Yard of Yard of ale is an elongated Glass ves Sel that holds one quart. Occasionally customer has a go at drinking nonstop from indeed it s a the Man that can i Ink the quart without a breather. The ale splashes out when the vessel is tilted at certain anything that goes on at the pub surprises Sinclair and his wife Norah and their two sons Michael and Peter. Stars and stripes above signs in Center of the half Moon show mileage from t its doors to cities throughout the world Castro armband in foreground. A � i if below Norah and Eric Sinclair \ a serve clientele of their " unique pub Many of whom keep favorite Mug hanging above bar. Page. 1 . 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