Anyone fancy a Wetherspoon’s wedding?
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1. The first pub opened in Colney Hatch Lane, Muswell Hill, north London, on 9 December 1979. It was called Martin’s Free House for the first month, but then changed to Wetherspoon’s.
2. J.D. Wetherspoon doesn’t exist and is a name invented by the chain’s founder, Tim Martin.
3. The J.D. bit comes from J.D. “Boss” Hogg, the sheriff in the TV series The Dukes of Hazzard.
4. Wetherspoon was the name of Martin’s old geography teacher, who said the boy would amount to nothing. He was a teetotaller.
5. In 2010 it was reported that Martin was worth £750 million.
6. He is also 6’ 6".
7. Martin spends two days a week visiting Wetherspoon’s branches around the country unannounced and assessing their quality.
8. There wasn’t a Wetherspoon’s outside of London until 1993.
9. In July 1998 20 new Wetherspoon’s branches opened, including seven in one day, the most ever.
10. In 2001 J.D. Wetherspoon was a multi-award-winner at the Loo of the Year awards.
The Rochester Castle in Stoke Newington.
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