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J.d.wetherspoon
Is J.D.Wetherspoon the school teacher that the pub chain is named after still alive?
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Right at the end of this 4min interview Tim Martin explains that his first pub was called Marleys in Muswell Hill. When the windows got smashed in by punters who were locked out on New Years/Christmas eve he changed the name on the replacement windows of the pub as a joke. Tim Martin said that he chose the name of his primary school teacher J.D. Wetherspoon because he couldn't control a class and Tim Martin decided he couldn't control a pub either.
I am sure there is a Kiwi accent in Tim Martin's speech. The sound quality of the interview is awful. Looks like it was a village hall production.
Right at the end of this 4min interview Tim Martin explains that his first pub was called Marleys in Muswell Hill. When the windows got smashed in by punters who were locked out on New Years/Christmas eve he changed the name on the replacement windows of the pub as a joke. Tim Martin said that he chose the name of his primary school teacher J.D. Wetherspoon because he couldn't control a class and Tim Martin decided he couldn't control a pub either.
I am sure there is a Kiwi accent in Tim Martin's speech. The sound quality of the interview is awful. Looks like it was a village hall production.