Question Time; your letters.Byline: FIONA PARKER Q WHY are there so many pubs called The Three Horseshoes, when horses have four? B Grimshaw Pontefract, W Yorks A THE name comes from the Worshipful Company of Farriers The Worshipful Company of Farriers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. The Farriers, or horseshoe makers, organised in 1356. It received a Royal Charter of incorporation in 1674. , whose coat of arms shows three horseshoes. There are only three because a horse stands on three shoes while being shod. The pub name used to indicate that a farrier farrier a person skilled in the techniques of making, fitting and remodeling horseshoes, including hot and cold fitting, orthopedic shoeing. was nearby so you could drink while your ride was in the shop! Kirsty Fisk Grantham, Lincs Can you answer this? Q WHAT is the music played at the end of the film Philadelphia, with actor Tom Hanks? Jane Partridge Harwich, Essex |
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