21. Better still is if the bar uses authentic firkins , the 9-gallon wooden casks common in Britain. 22. Accounts of the shootings from surviving hostages Eric Firkins and Brian Smith were at odds with the government version. 23. For a short time it was a Firkin Pub, and it is now the Goose at the OVT. 24. The series was mostly written by Roy Jenkins, produced by Rex Firkin and executive produced by James Gatward. 25. Firkins and Smith were among a group of 11 hostages who were separated from the other five by the kidnappers.26. Some of the Punch Taverns-owned Firkins were rebranded as Mr Q's or Bar Room Bar pubs. 27. A small handful of establishments still retain the Firkin branding, distinctive because they all followed the same naming convention. 28. Boo Boo fears that they're now doomed and it looks as if Merkin and Firkin have it made. 29. Firkin and Brian Smith, another hostage, said they did not know how the other group had come under attack.30. The Firkin Brewery also gave out T-shirts for anyone who managed at least 12 pubs in the Firkin Crawl.
