Why is GP called GP?

[Hee_B_Jee_Bee]

Does anyone know where the name comes from? does the ground pre date the pub or vice versa?

Thanks, Hee B

 

[nocoat]

My moneys on the brewery.

 

[Leonardo]

My moneys on the bones of a griffin being found on the site

 

[Mikey Bee]

I was under the impression it was tied in with the Fullers Brewery. Didn't they own the land and then sell it on to BFC ?

 

[BenMoses]

It has to be about the brewery, but I think it was named because it sounded good .

 

[Bee H]

how we could all do with Graham Haynes now eh !

 

[The H]

Ron bought it for the Bees in 1903, when he was just 24 years young.

 

[Moysy]

see here

 

[Westcountry Bee]

Ron bought it for the Bees in 1903, when he was just 24 years young.

lol lol rofl lol lol

 

[emel bee]

the site gp stands on was a fullers vinyard.a director of fullers was in on the very fist meeting of bfc and he talked the boared of fullers into giving the land to the newley footie team which had been playing on two different sites and getting changed at a local pub for two or three years.so in honour of it being fomaley a fullers site bfc named it after the fullers emblem,the griffin.

 

[Mikey Bee]

the site gp stands on was a fullers vinyard.a director of fullers was in on the very fist meeting of bfc and he talked the boared of fullers into giving the land to the newley footie team which had been playing on two different sites and getting changed at a local pub for two or three years.so in honour of it being fomaley a fullers site bfc named it after the fullers emblem,the griffin.

So what I said, then.....Except with more spolling mistooks

 

[IsleofWight_Bee]

why not!