OK, so it's in a pub. One I tend to visit every so often. The classic features are not the young ladies behind the bar, but the decorative plasterwork above them. When the place was refurbished in 1998, the contractors removed a panel which had covered the plasterwork for at least fifty years, so some of the older regulars tell me. Fortunately sanity prevailed, and it was restored. If you scroll down you will see a close-up shot.
As you can see from the first picture, the plasterwork is symmetrical about its centre-line. The fleur-de-lys on the left appears to have acorns included in the pattern, and if you know what that signifies, please drop me a line. The rose is presumably either a Yorkshire or a Lancashire thing. Assuming the restorer copied the original colour, it was a Lancashire rose. The portcullis may be something to do with royalty, and the last panel is a plain fleur-de-lys.
John Schmitt (john49@mdx.ac.uk)
Last updated 06/06/00