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Nick Boyd
Jul 23, 2026
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Sad news for Lambourn and the surrounds. One of its total heroes and legends, John Geoffrey Ferrand, a.k.a. “Johnny the Fish,” a.k.a. “The Ferret”, died in Reading Hospital this morning. He was an Old Harrovian who, at various times, supported the entire local pub industry by owning, looking after, or drinking in a number of the more famous pubs. He was…

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