The 'George Inn' - Bristol Pub, England
The George Inn:
Mid 19th Century pub near the top of the hill on Wells Road. Live music every Saturday night, quiz every Sunday, large function room with bar, pool and darts.
Pub:
A pub, or public house, is an establishment licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, which traditionally include beer (such as ale) and cider. It is a relaxed, social drinking establishment and a prominent part of British,[1] Irish,[2] Breton, New Zealand, Canadian, South African and Australian cultures.[3] In many places, especially in villages, a pub is the focal point of the community. In his 17th-century diary Samuel Pepys described the pub as the heart of England.[4]
Pubs can be traced back to Roman taverns,[5] through the Anglo-Saxon alehouse to the development of the tied house system in the 19th century. In 1393, King Richard II of England introduced legislation that pubs had to display a sign outdoors to make them easily visible for passing ale tasters, who would assess the quality of ale sold.[6] Most pubs focus on offering beers, ales and similar drinks. As well, pubs often sell wines, spirits, and soft drinks, meals and snacks. The owner, tenant or manager (licensee) is known as the pub landlord or publican. Referred to as their local by regulars, pubs are typically chosen for their proximity to home or work, the availability of a particular beer or ale or a good selection, good food, a social atmosphere, the presence of friends and acquaintances, and the availability of recreational activities such as a darts team, a skittles team, and a pool or snooker table. The pub quiz was established in the UK in the 1970s.[7]
Pub Chain:
A pub chain is a group of pubs or bars with a brand image. Pubs within a chain are tied houses and can, generally, only sell products which the chain owner sanctions. The brand owner, often called a pubco, may be one company, or there may be multiple financiers and, the chain, itself, may be a division within a larger company, or a single operation. Examples include Chef & Brewer, Wetherspoons, Walkabout, Taylor Walker Pubs and All Bar One. Pubs in the chain are typically branded with the same name, however the former Firkin pubs tended to be variations on a theme including the word Firkin in the title. Wetherspoons pubs have individual names, with the Wetherspoons brand prominently displayed....
Restaurant:
A restaurant (/ˈrɛstərənt/ or /ˈrɛstərɒnt/; French: [ʀɛs.to.ʁɑ̃] (About this sound listen)), or an eatery, is a business which prepares and serves food and drinks to customers in exchange for money. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services, and some offer only take-out and delivery. Restaurants vary greatly in appearance and offerings, including a wide variety of cuisines and service models ranging from inexpensive fast food restaurants and cafeterias to mid-priced family restaurants, to high-priced luxury establishments.
In Western countries, most mid- to high-range restaurants serve alcoholic beverages such as beer, wine and light beer. Some restaurants serve all the major meals, such as breakfast, lunch, and dinner (e.g., major fast food chains, diners, hotel restaurants, and airport restaurants). Other restaurants may only serve a single meal (e.g., a pancake house may only serve breakfast) or they may serve two meals (e.g., lunch and dinner) or even a kids' meal.
United States:
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America (/əˈmɛrɪkə/), is a federal republic[16][17] composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.[fn 6] Forty-eight states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east and across the Bering Strait from Russia to the west. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U.S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, stretching across nine official time zones. The extremely diverse geography, climate and wildlife of the United States make it one of the world's 17 megadiverse countries.[19]
At 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million km2)[20] and with over 324 million people, the United States is the world's third- or fourth-largest country by total area,[fn 7] and the third-most populous. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the largest city is New York City; twelve other major metropolitan areas—each with at least 4.5 million inhabitants—are Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Miami, Atlanta, Boston, San Francisco, Phoenix, and Riverside.
More Brexit Referendum Talk!
The Remainers can see support for their parties ebbing away, but they still insist on banging the now broken drum for a second EU referendum.
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While Labour stalls in the polls, the shadow Brexit Secretary, Keir Starmer, is saying that only a deal with a second referendum tacked on to it will make it through the house.
Talking to the Guardian, Sir Keir said that there are up to 150 Labour MPs who would vote down any Brexit proposal that did not contain a second vote.
But the Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, said that any such vote would be a betrayal and that everyone should be concentrating on delivering Brexit ... by which I assume he means the absolutely toxic, non-Brexit Withdrawal Agreement of Theresa May's.
And Downing Street has reiterated the PM's opposition to a second referendum, with Mrs May's spokesman saying:
She has said on many occasions that she is focused on delivering the result of the first referendum.
Now, from her previous talk about no general elections before organising one in 2017 and firm claims that she had some negotiating red lines, I don't put too much stock in that statement.
And of course neither Labour nor the Tories are really offering Brexit at all - and they wonder why they are both haemorrhaging support.
But while Labour and the Tories fiddle away, their little empires are burning to the ground as they slip further down the poll rankings.
And the Labour Party is beginning to feel the heat as well, although they are partly protected from the full effect as they are not in power.
But the Labour Party attempts to distract from its confused stance on Brexit have been rumbled.
Its own party activists are not happy with the leaflet they are being asked to push out, as it is not heavy enough on a second referendum and does not talk about what they see as the good work that the EU does for the UK.
The Labour leaflet does though mention putting more Bobbies on the beat, but as one activist is quoted as saying by the Huffington Post:
What have the European elections got to do with bobbies on the beat? In a word? Nothing.
But of course if Labour did go hard for a second referendum, then it would risk alienating all those Labour Leavers out there.
So, what they've had to do is fudge and hope no-one notices the glaring contradictions.
But that's true of both the Tories and Labour. They have both refused to get 100% behind the majority of the electorate and have instead catered for their mostly pro-EU members and MPs, hoping to somehow please both - and of course failing miserably.
But I suppose it's not like they had much of a choice. But it's the price you pay for having a party membership that is not representative of the electorate.
Now it seems that The Brexit Party leader, Nigel Farage, is not flavour of the month with the landlord of his local pub.
The landlord of the George and Dragon in Westerham, Kent, Patrick Tranter, says he was driving home with his one year old in his car, when he was hit by a Range Rover in which Farage was a passenger.
Mr Tranter said that Farage fled the scene without bothering to check if he and his son were OK.
Man of the people my a**e, he said. He didn't even bother to see if me and my little boy were OK. He just upped and left.
Mr Tranter also called Farage a terrible, terrible human being, who shouldn't be anywhere near power.
And finally, poor old Vince Cable has egg on his face after being hit with a defection - would you believe it - to the Brexit Party.
No sooner was Cable's party crowing about its local elections come back, than Jimi Kent, the Chairman of the Lib Dem constituency party for Kingston is announcing he is moving over to The Brexit Party.
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Urbex ~ The High & Dry Boathouse
Catching a fleeting glimpse of some derelict looking buildings & a small boat in passing one morning while at work. I just had to return to explore further, Something is better than nothing i guess, but i was a little underwhelmed by what i discovered, although i very much enjoyed the Kentish Countryside. No history on this place could be found, but I did get the feeling that a much larger grander property would have once occupied this plot of land, it being in a wonderful setting on the north downs, not very far from the pilgrims way. Having an hour or so of daylight left, I had to pay my respects to Winston Churchill on the village green & a very quick visit to St Mary's Church to hear the bells & discover a little about the rare 'Coat of Arms' The church is unusual in that it displays the only known representation of a royal arms of King Edward VI (reigned 1547–1553) in a church. There is little doubt that it is the king's arms as the supporters are a lion and a dragon, and there is a curious Latin phrase beside the arms: VIVAT REX CURAT LEX (Long live the King, custodian of the law). England did not have another male monarch until the Union of the Crowns in 1603. & the protestant martyr John Frith' His name is recorded in the baptism registry of St Mary's Church in 1503. Though much of the church has been renovated several times over the centuries, the original 14th-century font in which Frith was baptised is still used today. He was burned at the stake on 4 July 1533 at Smithfield, London for heresy. This was an interesting bonus that I thought was worth sharing with you all....
I do hope you enjoy this little explore!