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Lichfield Pubs (Paperback, UK ed.)
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Lichfield Pubs (Paperback, UK ed.)
Series: Pubs
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Discovery Miles 4 110
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'As smooth as oil, sweet as milk, clear as amber and strong as
brandy.' Boniface, in George Farquhar's play The Beaux Stratagem,
describing Lichfield ale. Farquhar was one of the visitors to
Lichfield in the eighteenth century when the city was notorious for
its many pubs and brothels. Today, thankfully, only its pubs are
famous and continue to add colour to this fine Georgian city. The
great medieval cathedral forms a magnificent backdrop to the many
pubs of the city, some of which were visited by Lichfield's most
famous son, Samuel Johnson, whose brooding statue can be found in
the city's market square. Many of Lichfield's ancient pubs, some of
them old coaching inns from the days of stagecoaches and
highwaymen, are still in existence; others, sadly, have gone. This
book tells the story of those lost pubs - where they were and why
they disappeared - as well as examining those that still grace the
city, tracking their history through the centuries and telling
their many uplifting, sad, and sometimes strange stories. Find out
about haunted pubs, the pub where an army regiment was founded and
the two rival inns where political parties encouraged mob violence
in the street that separated them. Lichfield Pubs is a book that
residents and visitors alike will not want to miss.
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