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History of the pig supper
TUPS returns to its roots
TUPS now takes place on the last Friday in October each year
back at the
George
& Dragon, 2 High Street, Much Wenlock, Shropshire TF13 6AA
The George & Dragon dates back to 1714. Pub Dog keeps the ‘Spirits’ Up. While
you are enjoying your visit at the George and Dragon, keep your wits about you
for a ‘cold stroking’ against your leg, as the pub dog who haunts the building
from being locked in the cellar many years ago, still haunts the floors looking
for the love a young maid gave him while he was locked there by the nasty
landlord…or the caring stroke from anyone else who may feed him ‘spirits’.
The inaugural meeting of TUPS was held at the George and Dragon in coronation
year. At the time of the coronation, the national press had publicised the
prodigious appetite of Queen Salote of Tonga, a lady of
comely proportions, who was said to exist on a diet of suckling pig. This
obviously became a talking point at the George, and the original pig supper
developed soon afterwards
Geoff Mountford, a current member, attended some of these early sessions.
The club is limited to 25 members. If you miss two consecutive meetings you are no longer a member. The club is held in such high renown that a member once flew back from Venezuela so as not to miss TUPS. TUPS, as we know it now, was revived in 1974.