From A. J. HOARE
We have searched for pub names with even the slightest connection with
science (Letters, 19 October) and the only certainty in our part of England
seems to be The Alkali in Jarrow. There are some with industrial connections
and perhaps vague scientific connections such as: The Davy Lamp, Kellow;
Eureka, South Shields; George Stephenson Inn, Tyneside; Inventions, Newcastle;
Mechanic’s Arms, South Shields; The Periscope, Barrrow in Furness; The Rocket,
Tyneside; The Telegraph, Newcastle; The Bowes Incline Hotel, Birtley; The
Spirit Level, Coldingham.
Further to the value of pi, those who attended the Third Technical Training
Battalion of the Royal Signals in Huddersfield during the early 1940s will
no doubt remember that prominent on standing orders was the instruction:
‘For the purposes of this course, pi will be three.’
A. J. Hoare Haltwhistle, Northumberland
