She steals peanuts from behind the bar, tries to slurp from customers' pints and regularly rams the kitchen door looking for food. But the landlords of the Conquering Hero pub in West Norwood, south London, wouldn’t dream of banning their favourite resident, Frances Bacon.
They adopted the micro pig as a family pet when she was six weeks old and from the beginning she has been hogging the limelight. Over the years she’s charmed drinkers in the pub and beer garden, where she has her own custom-built pen and house. Now 12, her favourite spot is lazing in front of the fire and getting a fond scratch behind the ears from regulars.
