Talk:British public house

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This page gives a rather romantic impression of British pubs. Certainly such establishments do still exist, but most pubs today are unfortunately far from this description. Perhaps this is true only for metropolitan pubs. Anyone with a little more pub-experience than me?

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OK, so what counts as a "notable pub"? I would've thought we're talking Boar's Head (Shakespeare) and that sort of thing. I mean, my local has a cat that climbs up the window panes and somehow perches atop the window - does that qualify it? --Camembert

I suppose it's any pub which Wikipedians feel is worthy of an article ... ;-) -- Tarquin

Well in my view, any which is significant, has an interesting history, or is associated with someone interesting etc. The Prospect of Whitby for example is fascinating. The Olde Cheshire Cheese in Fleet Street is another. user:sjc

NB I think pre-emptive disambigiation could save a lot of heartache later on if we adopt something like

[pub-name (location pub)] as a naming convention. user:sjc

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pub trivia: I read once that Prince Charles has a habit of stopping off for a pint anytime he happens to pass a pub called The Prince of Wales... -- Tarquin