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Subject: Row brews over 'Hitler' pub sign
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/07 at 2:43 am
A Wirral pub named in honour of a former poet laureate has had complaints because some locals claim its sign looks like Adolf Hitler.
Locals have nicknamed the John Masefield, in Rock Ferry, "The Adolf" because of the sign's resemblance to the Nazi leader.
But Seanie Walsh, who manages the pub, said he would not be dictated to and refused to change the picture.
Mr Walsh said: "That is what he looked like so the sign is to stay."
Masefield, who was made poet laureate in 1930, spent his Merchant Navy apprenticeship on HMS Conway, which was moored at Rock Ferry.
He worked for the Manchester Guardian during World War I and died in 1967.
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Subject: Re: Row brews over 'Hitler' pub sign
Written By: karen on 11/09/07 at 9:10 am
It looks like Hitler in that he has dark hair and a small moustache. And so did/do a lot of men
Subject: Re: Row brews over 'Hitler' pub sign
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/07 at 9:45 am
It looks like Hitler in that he has dark hair and a small moustache. And so did/do a lot of men
Like Charlie Chaplin?
Subject: Re: Row brews over 'Hitler' pub sign
Written By: karen on 11/09/07 at 10:11 am
Like Charlie Chaplin?
Exactly. Oliver Hardy (though his face shape is different!)