Sad times for old Elm Parkers

[John Madejski's Wallet]

Len Crook, landlord of the Spread Eagle between ~1970-1990 passed away today.

Big up to the man that got you all p*ssed before the games and happily kept Robin Friday's alcohol level topped-up (well until he barred him anyway!)

[Friday's Legacy]

very sad news. three generations of my family enjoyed pints under len's landlordship of the spread, and now a 4th generation drink in there too.

last orders at the bar please, last orders at the bar.

rip

[grey_squirrel]

Sad indeed. Another bit of our heritage passes away.

According to The Hound (unofficially!), didn't Billy Whitehurst sign on the line for us in the Spread?

[percy_freeman]

RIP Len.

[nailseabiscuitman]

Always used to be a good place for pre-match chats with opposition fans ( prior to the tribal nonsense of latter years ) Also played many a happy game of darts there when my pub team was in the same league and was always guaranteed a good spread put on by Len.
R.I.P.