On this day in south west Hertfordshire
St George’s Day, which coincides this year with Easter Monday, can be celebrated in true style in Truman public houses.
Pub landlords and their staff will be offering a pint of beer for just one penny to all Englishmen patriotic enough to wear a rose.
[From the Watford Observer of April 17, 1984]
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