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Hi. Do you have evidence that Steve and Sonya Lowbridge were landlords at The Bear? My assumption when I was working on the article is that they were fictional characters created by Colin Dexter based on the real landlord Alan Course; though there is a Steven Lowbridge, who was manager of The Eagle & Child, and there is a couple in Oxford by the name of Steve and Sonya Lowbridge, so it is possible they are real people who Dexter knew as landlords of The Bear. SilkTork (talk) 13:59, 28 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Yes, although you might object to the sourcing. I worked at the Bear from 1998 to 2001 when they were managers of the pub. Colin Dexter was a semi-regular when I worked there. Steve transferred to the Eagle and Child in 2002 and I worked there too from July to December 2003. Catfish Jim and the soapdish 14:20, 28 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- There are usually records of who is/was the licensed landlord of a pub. Some pubs like to display a chronological list of those who were landlords. I think it would be useful to add a sourced statement saying that Steve and Sonya Lowbridge were real landlords at The Bear. If we can't, so be it; in the meantime I am content with the "fictional" being removed. SilkTork (talk) 11:10, 29 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
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