A WETHERSPOONS superfan has turned to poetry to celebrate the budget boozers.
Fraser Kelly has frequented the chain’s pubs for 32 years — and says they feel like home.
Now, the amateur poet, 58, has come up with An Ode to Spoons to share his appreciation.
His poem describes the mix of customers from a “weary lad” having a hangover fry up to the “old lad” in the corner with his pint of ale, to youngsters sharing jugs of cocktails in the pubs.
He said: “I’ve been a friend of Wetherspoon for more than 30 years and simply love what they do.”
Fraser lives in Millport on Great Cumbrae on the west coast of Scotland.
He has to catch an eight-minute ferry to get to his nearest Spoons — The Paddle Steamer in Largs.
But in his poem he also speaks of his affection for The Counting House in Glasgow and The Hope Tap, in Reading — where he used to live.
Another favourite is Hamilton Hall in Liverpool Street station, central London. It was the first Spoons he visited in 1991.
Also mentioned in his poem is The Counting House, a converted former bank, filled with memorabilia, in Glasgow.
But it was closer to home in The Paddle Steamer where he was inspired to write his ode.
Fraser said: “It’s a business which, to my mind, has played a huge role in preserving the art of ale brewing and introducing it to a new generation of drinkers.”
