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I love this about London... pubs after work! I just love how so many people get together and visit like this. In Canada, everyone just seems to get in their cars - goes home - drives right into their double garage and disappears until it starts all over again the next day.
Enjoying the ale at The Bull & Bladder are retired railwaymen Dave Foster (Signalman Saltley Powerbox) and Jim McEwan Area Supervisor Saltley Powerbox).
5th January 2017
I don't know what the sign on the Gamull pub means.
My guess would be that when Gamull was a village outside Preston, rather than a district of Preston, the residents of Gamull had their own railway station, not far from here
The Great Western Railway Staff Association's Exmouth Railway Club.
A gathering of West Country retired railwaymen with a couple of invited guests from The Southern Naughty Boys and a few of the West Midlands Golden Oldies.
10th June 2014
Tilted Kilt Pub Restaurant, Truck, 1/2015, by Mike Mozart of TheToyChannel and JeepersMedia on YouTube
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The black swan is on peasholme green, york. It's a very old pub, it was originally a house, it dates back to the late 16th century, it's a timber framed building, and grade 11 listed, like other old pubs in york, it is said it is haunted by 2 or 3 ghosts, who have been seen wandering around the pub, it's very old inside, and you can stay here as well
The Bell pub, Horndon on the Hill, Essex sits on top of a hill with excellent views over the Essex marshland, the Thames, Kent and possibly London. It's situated on what is now a minor east - west road. It's been there for a long time.
As I understand it the son of the landlady went off to fight in WW1. He never returned but every Good Friday thereafter the landlady hung a hot cross bun from the ceiling for him and the tradition has continued. I understand that a similar tradition was maintained at the Bell and Bladebone pub in Stepney until it closed a few years ago.
I have come across a similar tradition in Corsica but involving yule logs placed oon a fire at Christmas time.
This picture also features Mrs yateleyart getting a round in.
At The White Star in Liverpool- it's much the same inside as it was in the days when the Beatles got paid in this pub's back room after performing at the nearby Cavern .
History: In the period 1880-1910 a unique breed of luxurious pubs were built. Curiously and perhaps as a reaction to it pubs like the Guildford Arms were built during the height of the Temperance Movement: their opulent character was in marked contrast to the dark and dingy bars of Edinburgh where the ceilings were often not beyond arms reach. Without the pressure of the anti-drink lobby it seems probable that publicans would not have spent the vast sums of money needed to build pubs like the Guildford Arms, which remains today one of the few elaborately designed and ornamented bars to have survived from what has come to be known as the ‘Golden Age’ of Scottish pub design. The Guildford Arms was designed by Robert Macfarlane Cameron and established in 1898. Its construction involved demolition and subsequent reconstruction of both ground and second floors of the tenement which previously housed The Guildford Arms Hotel. The new Guildford Arms boasted a lofty ground floor bar with island counter, which was removed during alterations in 1940, and a mezzanine incorporating two sitting rooms on both levels. The principal reminder of the Guildford’s late Victorian opulence is the magnificent Jacobean style ceiling which dominates the public bar. The centre piece of the bar fitment is the bank of ten traditional real ale fonts with their blue porcelain handles bearing the DM Stewart Ltd company logo. A grand old Thorne Brothers Mirror hangs at the end of the bar. Just below the cornice height, wood panelling conceals a hidden room: legend has that this was used to store spirits and other liquor which was pumped to the room from street level. A narrow walkway leads from this room around the inner walls to the Gallery. This gallery now provides an ideal spot for diners to marvel at the superbly decorated ceiling or gaze down at the populace in the Public Bar. Both lunch and dinner are served in the Gallery Restaurant with lunch and snacks also served in the Lounge & Public Bar areas. The bar has an excellent reputation for it’s range of quality real ales. There are always at least seven taps of Scottish Ale, two English Ales and up to three rotating Guest Ales. A wide selection of Malt Whiskies are available. Twelve wines are served by the glass representing a diverse range of grape varieties predominately from the New World. Every year as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Guildford transforms into a ‘free’ music venue. The Guildford has been owned and operated by the Stewart family since 1896. It is reputed to be the City’s most successful Free House. The regular customers of the Guildford come from all walks of life and it is this mix of people which contributes to the unique atmosphere of the Pub. Readers of The Evening News voted the Guildford Arms Best City Bar 1999. The Guildford Arms is the flagship of the DM Stewart Ltd group of Public Houses.
So this place... I was expecting (and looking forward to) regular old pub food in a kitschy atmosphere. What it actually was was a really classy restaurant that served us the best meal we had the entire trip. (This meal was called "smoked salmon, sunblaze tomato, and chorizo fishcakes," in case you were wondering. They were these crabcake-like fried things with the aforementioned ingredients all mixed together with some sort of cream cheese filling... OMG.)
And I met a group of Holmes fans there, which was soooo neat, and one of them named Wendy was more hardcore than me. That was so special, and then OH, they had the Sherlock Holmes ale. Sherlock Holmes ale. Ummm, yes please, I'LL HAVE THAT. Come on. :D
To quote from their website:
The Sunland ‘Big Baobab’ is in Modjadjiskloof in Limpopo Province, South Africa and is famous internationally for being the widest of its species in the world. Africa is symbolised by these magnificent trees. The Sunland Big Baobab is carbon dated to be around 6000 years old. The Sunland Baobab has even made the front page of the Wall Street Journal!
When baobabs become a thousand years old, they begin to hollow inside. In the Big Baobab this has resulted in wonderful caverns and caves, where the world famous Baobab Tree Bar and Wine Cellar now amaze visitors. The tree bar can accommodate more than 60 people!
Carbon dating has been used to estimate the Big Baobab’s age at ± 6000 years. To put this in perspective the tree is possibly older than the Giza Pyramids and was certainly here thousands of years before the birth of Jesus Christ. When the first leaves sprouted the Sahara Desert was still lush and green and our Iron Age ancestors were roaming the land.
Sunland’s Baobab is 22 meters high, and is some 47 meters in circumference. It is still (and is likely to remain so) "the record holder for the species", according to the SA Dendrological Society.
In 1993 the van Heerdens cleared out the hollow centre of the tree, removing masses of compost build up, to uncover the floor about a meter below ground level. In the process they found evidence of both Bushmen and Voortrekkers, attesting to the historical importance of the tree.
They squared off a natural vent in the trunk to make a door and installed a railway sleeper pub inside the trunk, complete with draft beer, seats, a music system and space for nearly 60 people. A wine cellar has been installed in a second hollow, with a constant temperature of 22° C, ventilated by natural vents.
The tree blooms gloriously in spring. It is home to many bird species, including two pairs of owls.
More info here: www.bigbaobab.co.za/