Harefield’s fourth favourite pub, the Spotted Dalmatian, has sadly been demolished. The pub, popularised on the famous Facebook page Dalmatian Juice, has been standing derelict for months now after its heyday as a Bed and Breakfast tragically came to an end. Once a place of great gaiety, the site now looks desperate and forlorn.

Known locally as the Palace of Fun, former regulars looked back with fondness at happier times drinking in Mr. Jolly’s pub. Well known charity fundraiser Errol Terry said” I had my first pint there when I was thirteen. Old Bedwetter it was, flat as a witches tit. Only one and thruppence in old money. Don’t know what was in it but I woke up the next morning with memory loss and a sore arse”.

“We used to call it Bob Marley’s Bar, y’know, no women, no Sky. Honestly the fun never stopped. We had Leonard Cohen on the jukebox and everything “.

Mr. Smudger from round Ash Grove is another regular who misses those halcyon days in the public bar. “Old Mr. Jolly was a great landlord, he really made you feel welcome. Plus it wasn’t too far to drive home when you were pissed. Yep, there were plenty of sad men in a sad pub crying in their sad beer when they heard old Jolly was retiring “.

Mr. Jolly himself told the Scandal ” Aye, happy times they were, I shall miss those miserable bleeders propping up my bar. Still, time moves on and I’m glad to be out of the pub game. I suppose I could’ve put a bicycle in the window and turned it into an Irish bar but I never could keep Guinness. Anyway I hope you people are happy now you’re gonna get a Hari Krishna temple there instead with their incessant chanting and tambourine bashing. Good riddance!”