Retired Beefeater ejected from pub by landlady bigot
A former Beefeater at the Tower of London has reportedly been thrown out of his local pub for talking German to his daughter.
Tom Sharp, 71, said he was talking to his half-German daughter in the Packhorse pub in the Peterborough village of Northborough when their conversation slipped into German.
Mr Sharp…said the pub’s landlady flew into a rage when she heard the language being used on Wednesday evening.
He claims she told him: “We are white, you are English so you speak English in my pub otherwise get out.” Other drinkers who witnessed the row and spoke up for Mr Sharp and his 49-year-old daughter Nichole Falconer were also ejected, he said.
“I honestly couldn’t believe she was telling us we couldn’t speak German. Now and again the odd German phrase slips up – it is my daughter’s mother tongue. It is natural,” he said…
“I think it is a sad reflection of her attitude to life that she can be upset about speaking a language she can’t understand. It’s outrageous. She was just like a mad woman completely possessed.”
The incident has been reported to police as a hate crime…
“I served in the army for 26 years before joining the beefeaters for 20 years. I guarded the Tower of London…Should a father not speak to his daughter in her mother tongue..?”
The landlady of the pub, which is owned by Scottish and Newcastle but managed by LT Pub Management, declined to comment.
A police spokesman said…”Officers attended and spoke to both parties.”
Well, there’s local coppers with an aggressive approach to dealing with bigotry.
