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The Joy of Pubs: Everything You Wanted to Know About Britain's Favourite Drinking Establishment
Following on in the same vain of The Joy of Sheds, The Joy of Pubs is an intoxicating publication detailing everything and anything you want to know about pubs. It celebrates the many facets of the traditional British pub over the years, with chapters on: Pub Characters, Pub Games, Pub Fiddles (how the licensee has shafted his customers over the years), Pub Teams and Pub History from Geoffrey Chaucer to Jeffrey Bernard.
It features the great pubs of literature – Robert Louis Stevenson’s Admiral Benbow, Daphne du Maurier’s Jamaica Inn and Charles Dickens’ The Grapes; the great pubs of film – The Crown Inn at Amersham (Four Weddings and a Funeral), the Crown Inn at Wells (Hot Fuzz); the great pubs of TV – apart from the Rover's Return, Queen Vic and Woolpack.
It features tales of barring, of dodgy deals of riotous lock-ins and of strange hauntings. The perfect present for anyone who loves their pub or just the idea that they have a pub.
It features the great pubs of literature – Robert Louis Stevenson’s Admiral Benbow, Daphne du Maurier’s Jamaica Inn and Charles Dickens’ The Grapes; the great pubs of film – The Crown Inn at Amersham (Four Weddings and a Funeral), the Crown Inn at Wells (Hot Fuzz); the great pubs of TV – apart from the Rover's Return, Queen Vic and Woolpack.
It features tales of barring, of dodgy deals of riotous lock-ins and of strange hauntings. The perfect present for anyone who loves their pub or just the idea that they have a pub.
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113 pages, ebook
First published November 6, 2013
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May 19, 2024The book made me laugh and I learned a few things as well. Time to go the pub!
December 22, 2013
Gord and I love pubs so I thought this book would be interesting.
The chapters are:
* Introduction
* Pub games - cards, cribbage, darts, billards and quizzes
* Pubs on TV - from shows such as Eastenders, The Brown Cow and Coronation Street
* Pub crimes - including the great train robbery and Jack the Ripper
* Pub names - why pub names have "angel", "black dog", "bull", "swan", etc. in them
* Pub records - highest pub, smallest pub, largest pub, oldest pub (Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem which is not to have existed at least as long as 1189!), the most remote (The Old Forge in Scotland which has no roads to it ... it's either a seven-mile passenger ferry or an 18-mile hike), the most common name ("The Red Lion")
* Pubs in films
* Pubs in literature
* Pub crawls
* Pubs with ghosts
* Pubs in the news
* Pub history
Though about pubs in Britain, I found most of the info interesting. It made me envious because a lot of the pubs are old ... Toronto's oldest pub (one of my favourite pubs) is the Wheat Sheaf, which started serving drinks in 1849. There are some old pictures of pubs scattered throughout the book.
This book made me want to book a trip to Britain just to check out the pubs!
Blog review post: http://www.teenaintoronto.com/2013/12...
The chapters are:
* Introduction
* Pub games - cards, cribbage, darts, billards and quizzes
* Pubs on TV - from shows such as Eastenders, The Brown Cow and Coronation Street
* Pub crimes - including the great train robbery and Jack the Ripper
* Pub names - why pub names have "angel", "black dog", "bull", "swan", etc. in them
* Pub records - highest pub, smallest pub, largest pub, oldest pub (Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem which is not to have existed at least as long as 1189!), the most remote (The Old Forge in Scotland which has no roads to it ... it's either a seven-mile passenger ferry or an 18-mile hike), the most common name ("The Red Lion")
* Pubs in films
* Pubs in literature
* Pub crawls
* Pubs with ghosts
* Pubs in the news
* Pub history
Though about pubs in Britain, I found most of the info interesting. It made me envious because a lot of the pubs are old ... Toronto's oldest pub (one of my favourite pubs) is the Wheat Sheaf, which started serving drinks in 1849. There are some old pictures of pubs scattered throughout the book.
This book made me want to book a trip to Britain just to check out the pubs!
Blog review post: http://www.teenaintoronto.com/2013/12...
February 9, 2014
A fact-filled book perfect for pub-lovers. If you've ever been curious about the history of your favorite drinking spot, or the things that happen inside, check out this book. Not only do these establishment hold a special place in our heart, they hold a unique place in our past and popular culture.
The chapter on pub games was really helpful for me since I've seen many of those games, but never tried them because I had no idea what they were.
The chapter on pub games was really helpful for me since I've seen many of those games, but never tried them because I had no idea what they were.
January 27, 2015
Short book full of fun facts and trivia about British pubs that you didn't know you didn't know. As I don't drink in January it probably wasn't the best choice of reading material for when I read it as I now want to try some of these pubs out. Great chapter on pubs in books with details of real pubs used in novels and George Orwell's perfect pub "The Moon Under Water".
July 12, 2016
Okay read but did find myself skipping through parts. Lots of different information, including brief history and record examples.
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