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Shakespeare's Local
Shakespeare's Local | Pete Brown
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Welcome to the George Inn near London Bridge; a cosy, wood-pannelled, galleried coaching house a few minutes walk from the Thames. Grab yourself a pint, listen to the chatter of the locals and lean back, resting your head against the wall. And then consider this: who else has rested their head against that wall, over the last 600 years? Chaucer and his fellow pilgrims almost certainly drank in the George on their way out of London to Canterbury. It's fair to say that Shakespeare will have popped in from the nearby Globe for a pint, and we know that Dickens certainly did. Mail carriers changed their horses here, before heading to all four corners of Britain - while sailors drank here before visiting all four corners of the world... The pub, as Pete Brown points out, is the "primordial cell of British life" and in the George he has found the perfect case study. All life is here, from murderers, highwaymen and ladies of the night to gossiping pedlars and hard-working clerks. So sit back and watch as buildings rise and fall over the centuries, and "the beer drinker's Bill Bryson" (TLS) takes us on an entertaining tour through six centuries of history, through the stories of everyone that ever drank in one pub.
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Oblomov26
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I really enjoyed this book which is essentially a history of “The George” a inn in Southwark London which has existed since the time of Shakespeare and potentially considerably longer. From being one of many such establishments it is now the last, reduced in size from a series of buildings around an enclosed courtyard capable of holding theatrical performances to a much smaller public house as culture and technology changed.

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Tove_Reads
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First official day of spring (even though it‘s cooold). Time to celebrate with a beer and a book to go with it!

wanderinglynn I thought spring didn‘t start until March 20 this year? 5y
Tove_Reads @wanderinglynn It‘s March, so it has to be spring 😜 5y
wanderinglynn Ah! 😂 I wish! We‘re about to get another bout of winter weather. 🥶 (edited) 5y
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Tove_Reads @wanderinglynn Same here ☹️ I am so ready for sun and green hills! 5y
Suet624 -8F here this am. Spring seems very far away. 5y
Andrew65 @wanderinglynn 1st March is the first day of the Metrological Spring, 20th March is the first day of astronomical spring. I always go by the ones linked to the equinox, which is 20th March so for me still consider it Winter till 20th March. 5y
wanderinglynn @Andrew65 thank you for the clarification. 👍🏻 I don‘t know that I‘ve ever heard of metrological spring. I just always go by the equinox. 5y
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Augustdana
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Love a good pub book.

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jenniferw88
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Finally managed to snap a 📸 of my local library!

Cortg Cute! I love the blue trim 😍 7y
Zelma Very cheerful and love those windows. 7y
Megabooks Love it! 7y
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Joriebooks
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Today I stubbled across a new branch of my local library. Even though I just renewed 4 books, I had to go in and have a look around. Walked out with 3 more books to add to the pile. 🤓📚🤓📚🤓📚🤓📚