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Since it opened its doors in 1613, the Lamb & Flag pub had survived world wars, plague outbreaks and flu pandemics; served the likes of Thomas Hardy and Bill Clinton, CS Lewis, Tony Blair and JRR Tolkien.
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An Oxford Pub Where Tolkien And CS Lewis Had Beers Is Shutting Down
The historic Lamb & Flag pub in Oxford is shutting its doors at the end of the month due to COVID-19.
An iconic Oxford pub where literary giants J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis used to catch up and have some beers is shutting down after hundreds of years of operation.
The Lamb & Flag in the Oxford city centre is closing its doors on January 31 due to the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on its business. The pub had been open since 1613.
Owned by Oxford university s St John s College, the pub put its workers on furlough in March 2020 before re-opening in August, but the establishment was unable to make a profit.
By Chris Black
One of the oldest pubs in England, a historic place in the center of Oxford, first opened in 1566, which has served students, scientists and writers for over 450 years and has survived, among other things, the bubonic plague in Europe, closes later this month due to the so-called COVID-19 pandemic.
To be more precise, the pub will close due to government imposed restrictions, not the so-called pandemic which is basically the flu.
The pub called “The Lamb and Flag” was frequented by the author of “Lord of the Rings”, J.R.R. Tolkien, and his friend C.S. Lewis, who wrote The Chronicles of Narnia, and it reportedly suffered disastrous revenue losses since the beginning of the pandemic.
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