South east London boasts some of the capital s best-loved pubs. But it has not been exempt from the sweep of pubs closing across the UK over recent decades. It has been estimated that more than 2,000 pubs across the UK may have had to end trading permanently in 2020 as lockdowns forced universal closures. This would be more than double the average number of pubs lost in recent years. With restrictions having eased last month to allow pubs to open if they have suitable outdoor space - the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has been urging people to support their local pub.
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Dr Kim Ati Wagner, a Danish-British historian of colonial India, received a peculiar email sitting in his London office in 2014. It was from an old English couple who owned The Lord Clyde pub in Kent, a county in England.
They wrote that they had discovered a human skull hidden under a bundle of unused boxes and crates in 1963. The skull was missing its lower jaw, the few remaining teeth it had were loose, and a note was found lodged in its eye socket.
The note, written in elegant 19th-century handwriting, read:
“Skull of Havildar “Alum Bheg”, 46th Regt. Bengal N. Infantry who was blown away from a gun, amongst several others of his Regt. He was a principal leader in the mutiny of 1857 & of a most ruffianly disposition. He took possession (at the head of a small party) of the road leading to the fort, to which place all the Europeans were hurrying for safety. His party surprised and killed Dr Graham shooting him in his buggy by the side of his daughter. His next v
THERE were plenty of toasts to celebrate yesterday as people across the Bradford district flocked to their locals to mark the reopening of pubs. As part of Stage Two of the roadmap out of lockdown which came into force yesterday, pubs, cafes and restaurants were able to reopen for customers after more than three months. With table service only and punters only able to sit outdoors, many braved the chilly conditions to be the first to their favourite pubs yesterday morning. At the Turls Green JD Wetherspoons pub in City Park in Bradford city centre, customers were quick to bag a seat just before it opened its doors at 9am, and were quick to get their orders in.