Young's newest pub in the City of London, the Paternoster, in the shadow of St Paul's Cathedral, was officially opened by the Lord Mayor, Alderman Robert finch, in January 2004, just a month after it had first welcomed the public inside.
Mr Finch performed the opening ceremony, by pulling a pint of bitter, as a way of thanking Young's for providing the six horses that pulled his coach in the Lord Mayor's Show the previous November.
He arrived at the Paternoster, which forms part of the redevelopment of Paternoster Square, on board a Young's dray, pulled by four of the brewery's black shire horses.
He was accompanied on the journey from his official residence, Mansion house, by brewery chairman John Young, Sheriff Geoffrey Bond and the City Swordbearer, Brigadier Neill O'Conner.
The Paternoster is a replacement for The Master Gunner, in Cathedral Place, which was built on land damaged by bombs in the war. It became a Young's house in August 1991 and was demolished four years later, when work began on developing Patrnoster Square.
It is a traditional pub, partly wood panelled and with huge windows, in an ultra modern building.
