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The Blue Room was often used for staff briefings and lectures
and because of the highly sensitive nature of the discussions
taking place, a Military Police presence was never far away.
General Eisenhower
and General Montgomery, the Supreme and Ground Commanders respectively,
would use the Gold Room, restricting their visits to late morning,
enabling them to enjoy a pre-lunch drink from the comfort of
the Lloyd Loom chairs, placed to the left of the open fire.
The barmaid at the time, recalls, that often alongside Ike's
half-pint of local bitter and Monty's mineral water or fruit
juice, would be spread maps and documents. Perhaps the final
pieces in the great Overlord jigsaw were put into place in the
midday quiet of this English country inn.
Whilst all these
far-reaching plans were being laid, Dick Olding, Master Brewer,
continued his work in the adjacent Brewhouse ensuring the Golden
Lion never ran dry.
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