'She was a good friend.'
Across the photo is a handwritten note in a bubbly, attractive scrawl which reads: ‘Peggy – Thanks for letting me behind the bar – I need the tips! Lots’o Love, Amy. I got engaged the night this was taken.’ Peggy Conlon, that is. The landlady.The Dublin Castle is said to be Winehouse’s favourite venue in the world
The Scotsman is the person all fresh-faced Londoners one day dream of becoming in their borough; one that can prop themselves up at local bar and successfully ask for, ‘the usual.’ ‘She would come in here, her favourite venue on the planet. And she’s played in as many stadiums and everything else. ‘Amy never, ever advertised that she was playing here. She’d just come in, and sometimes there might be a five-piece band with five people watching. They don’t make money.
‘She just jumped on stage and started giving a little rendition,’ The Scotsman remembered. ‘Amy can’t help being Amy,’ he chuckled fondly. ‘Being member of staff at the bar, we’d come up to her and say, “Hello, how are you doing darling?” and give her a cuddle, the bouncers – 6ft something – would grab you and throw you out of the way,’ he recalled.
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