Those, he said with much point, who have most of the spirit of prayer are all to be found in gaol; and those who have most zeal for the form of prayer are all to be found at the alehouse.
Dating back to the 1700s, The Joiners Arms began life as a cottage, later becoming an alehouse.
Stirling's oldest alehouse dating back to the 1600s situated just down from the Castle.
As it turned out Matlock Bath's loss was Matlock's gain and the small alehouse profited at the expense of the grand hotel.
One of the things Owen Rogers was accused of was spending too long in the village alehouse.