RIP Humphrey Smith

[Venod]

I posted this link in the Beer thread,
A bit of a legend in the brewing industry.
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/26240979.humphrey-smith-tadcasters-sam-smiths-brewery-dies-81/

 

[Beebo]

I don’t know him, but I have been into a few of his pubs.
I’m sure he was trying to hold on to a long gone past which no longer exists.
The stuff you read implies he wasn’t a very nice person and had some very odd ways of dealing with his employees.

 

[DRM]

I think there will be lots of people who will be glad to see the back of him, leaving pubs empty on a whim with no tenant because something silly upset him is crazy, and when Tadcaster flooded & the Bridge had to repaired, refused point blank to allow a temporary footpath to put in across his land bypassing the bridge, effectively leaving Tadcaster cut in half.