I HOPE Mr Robertson will not mind my adding a postscript to his Quick Eats (July 16).

In his penultimate paragraph he referred to Tadcaster's Tyke Tearooms as being converted from a house. True.

However, those of us of a certain age in this town of malt and hops know 18 High Street as one of Tadcaster's oldest inns - The George and Dragon, before it was converted to a house. It was simply The George before 1830.

A fragment of stained glass in the top of the window to the right of the door was decorated with a Tudor rose and dated 1592 with the initials WK. This is probably the sign of The George mentioned in 1548 as belonging to the Chantry of St Nicholas in Tadcaster's parish church of St Mary. An archway on the right of the George and Dragon was demolished early last century.

Rumours had it that a drayman delivering beer with his horse and cart was decapitated on his way through the passage. The archway has been restored fairly recently. This local history is extracted from a Tadcaster Civic Society photo album.

Ida Mary Goodrick,

Woodlands Avenue,

Tadcaster.

Updated: 10:39 Friday, July 22, 2005