CHAS Lloyd exercised shirehorse Tommy through the streets of Darwen.
Tommy, a pet of the British Queen pub, liked to drink two pints of mild a day.
Millionaire Jack Walker was to have the new main stand at Ewood Park named after him as a lasting tribute for what he had done for Blackburn Rovers.
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