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The mates who have met for a pint every Thursday for 56 years - BBC News

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It's Thursday night in the White Swan where, in one corner, songs by Cliff Richard, Derek and the Dominoes and Rick Astley are among those being belted out through the speaker - and by some of the less sober punters. At the other, quieter end - huddled around a table of half-full glasses of Stones beer and alcohol-free Guinness - are Paul Haynes, Bill Munden, Ken King, Peter Thirlwall, Brian Ayres and Dick Cotton. None of them can imagine being anywhere else in the world right now, as Thursday night has been pub night every week for the last 56 years. The group, all now in their early eighties, reckon they've scarcely missed two dozen meet-ups since 1968. Group trips away to Filey with their wives were a regular occurrence during the 1970s and 1980s "It’s very, very rare we miss a Thursday," retired electrical engineer Peter says with pride. "Sometimes we’re all on holiday and we can't manage it. We might be down to three of us if it gets really desperate.” "There have been times when

Image caption, The friends have scarcely missed a weekly pub trip since 1968 By David Spereall BBC Yorkshire Published 19 October 2024 It's Thursday night in the White Swan where, in one corner, songs by Cliff Richard, Derek and the Dominoes and Rick Astley are among those being belted out through the speaker - and by some of the less sober punters. At the other, quieter end - huddled around a table of half-full glasses of Stones beer and alcohol-free Guinness - are Paul Haynes, Bill Munden, Ken King, Peter Thirlwall, Brian Ayres and Dick Cotton. None of them can imagine being anywhere else in

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