Quote Originally Posted by shytalk View Post
I wonder if he ever told the secret of what "Aintree Iron" meant.
Hi Shy

I don't think it has ever been revealed what the term meant, although there was a lot of speculation. Roger McGough in his autobiograph, Said and Done, mentioned that one suggestion was that it referred to Beatles manager and entrepreneur Brian Epstein -- "Aintree Iron" designating horseshoe and "hoof" being rhyming slang for "poof." That explanation seems a stretch to me though!

All the best



Chris