Britain; England; Europe; European; EU; streetscape; United Kingdom; UK; Great Britain; GB; English; British, Greenwich; London; SE10; Greenwich Tavern; public house; public houses; pub; pubs; inn; inns; bar; bars; local; provincial; King William Walk
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The Greenwich Tavern public house in King William Walk, Greenwich, South London.
Print; J L Marks; 1836; 91 Long Lane; Smithfield; London; Dick Turpin; Hornsey; toll; bar gate; highwayman; highway robbery; Black Bess; John 'Swift Nick' Nevison; criminal; The Essex Gang; John Palmer; murderer; horse-stealer; stand and deliver
"Moby Dick" was a tourist attraction at Morecambe in the sixties. She was built in 1887 at Glasson Dock and named Ryelands, The schooner was used in the China clay trade between the wars, then worked in the Bristol Channel, until she was purchased by the film industry and appeared in Treasure Island (1950) as the Hispaniola. She did a brief stint as a tourist attraction called the Hispanioquarium in Scarborough before appearing as Pequod in the movie, Moby Dick (1954). In the sixties she was moored here, off the Central Promenade in Morecambe. You could board and look around for one shilling (adult) or sixpence (child), until she was destroyed in moments by fire on 17 June 1970
Richard (Dick) Whittington (c1358-1423) English merchant and philanthropist who was three times Lord Mayor of London, England. Dick as a boy at Highgate, hearing the bells of the city saying Turn again Whittington, Lord Mayor of London. Illustration by Gustave Dore (1821-1883). Wood engraving.
pub, inn, tavern, alehouse, lord nelson, nelson, luddenden, calderdale, halifax, west yorkshire, pennines, british pub, british tavern, british inn, eatery, mullions, mullion windows, village inn, local pub, streetscape,
Dick Turpin (1706-1739) English robber and highwayman. Subject of many romantic stories especially that of his ride to York on his mare Black Bess. Here he is giving the exhausted horse a potion to revive her. 19th century colour-printed wood engraving.
sculpture; stone; goose; bank; boy; City of London; polypodphoto; Edwin Lutyens; William Read Dick; sleigh
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'Boy and Goose' sculpture on the Midland Bamk Building, City of London. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and carved by Sir William Read Dick. Building by Lutyens 1926 - 39.
Richard Bruce 'Dick' Cheney (born 1941) served as the 46th Vice-President of the United States 2001-2009 under George W Bush. Head-and-shoulders portrait with stars-and-stripes in background. American Politician Republican.
Richard Bruce 'Dick' Cheney (born 1941) served as the 46th Vice-President of the United States 2001-2009 under George W Bush. Head-and-shoulders portrait with stars-and-stripes in background. American Politician Republican.
David Young, London, Greater London, capital city, City of London, England, Britain, Great Britain, United Kingdom, UK, Europe, town, city, holiday, vacation, tourist, tourism, attraction, pub, inn, public house, Banker, Fullers, brewery, beer, bar, bitter, ale, pub sign
Sun inn pub public house bar pink building traditional village local meeting place British England English Alehouse tavern enjoyment drink drinking alcohol social traditional tranquil
Religious houses ran the earliest true inns to cater for pilgrims and knights on their way to the Crusades in the Holy Land. Even after the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th Century, some of the names denoting religious connections survived, such as the Mitre, the Ship (symbolising the Ark) and the Anchor (the Christian faith). Source http://www.britainexpress.com/History/culture/pub-names.htm
Lifestyle, Food & Drink, pub, inn, interiors, tavern, bar, drinking, man woman, conversation, pint of beer, ale, ash tray, cast iron tables, wooden floor, brass decoration, traditional, cosy, Seahouses, Old Ship Inn, English, England, UK, GB
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The "Olde Ship" is a veritable sea museum -The scrubbed wooden foor is constructed from pine ships decking, while the walls are festooned with a wide variety of nautical artifacts, model fishing boats and a replica of Seahouses' lifeboat, The 'Grace Darling'. Figure heads, diving helmets, pulling oars, fish baskets, branding irons, Lamps, all add to the unique 'feel' of circumstances that was only too prevalent many years ago.
The Dunston pillar Landlight house sits at the side of the A15 Lincolnshire and was built Sir Francis Dashwood (founder of the hellfire club).The pillar is a land lighthouse to protect agaisnt higway men e,g Dick Turpin.
Illustration of Sir Richard Whittington and his cat from late Victorian magazine. Dick Whittington, Lord Mayor of London, politician, medieval merchant, pantomime character,
Lifestyle, Food & Drink, leisure, pub, inn, interiors, tavern, bar, drinking, man, woman, conversation, pint of beer, ale, ash tray, cast iron tables, wooden floor, brass decoration, traditional, cosy, Seahouses, Old Ship Inn, Ship Inn, English, England, UK, GB
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The "Olde Ship" is a veritable sea museum -The scrubbed wooden foor is constructed from pine ships decking, while the walls are festooned with a wide variety of nautical artifacts, model fishing boats and a replica of Seahouses' lifeboat, The 'Grace Darling'. Figure heads, diving helmets, pulling oars, fish baskets, branding irons, Lamps, all add to the unique 'feel' of circumstances that was only too prevalent many years ago.
