They say an Englishman's home is his castle. In the case of Three Willows publican John Thompson, it was a castle that saved his home and business from burning down.John, who runs the 250-year-old pub-restaurant in Birchanger with son Dan, was asleep in a lounge upstairs when fire broke out in the early evening of Easter Monday.The Three Willows was closed at the time. John was woken to the danger by the noise of a chess piece - a black castle, or rook - as it fell and rolled across the floor...
