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Norm was universal from the first time he entered the hostelry — as perpetual student and not-very-effective waitress Diane Chambers would have put it.

The shockwaves over the demolition continue to reverberate, with pub lovers nominating 65 hostelries, including 15 in the West Midlands, to be preserved.

The originality resides in the array of talented artists who’ve been brought in to consult on and contribute to a hostelry that owes almost as much to curation as commercialism.

A wheelchair curling medal at the Winter Paralympics would crown his exceptional progress in the sport - and would certainly be celebrated in the Stranraer hostelries where he once played a very different game.

Or, indeed, any kind of inn, hostelry, saloon, roadhouse, taproom, tavern, or beer hall where money can be exchanged for the sweet relief of drink.