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Seven People Trapped Inside British Pub for Nine Days
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| Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Posted on 12/07/2010 12:20:46 PM PST by nickcarraway
In what sounds like a beer drinkers dream, seven people were trapped inside a British pub for nine days by a ferocious snowstorm and 16-foot snow drifts.
Five staff members and two local residents were barricaded in the Lion Inn in Blakey Ridge, Kirbymoorside, North Yorkshire from Nov. 26, but under the most optimal of conditions: plenty of food and drink and since the pub is also a bed and breakfast, there were even beds to sleep in.
A snowplow finally made its way over the North York moors to the pub Saturday, allowing those inside to leave, the BBC reported.
It was really novel at first and quite exciting, the Mail quoted waitress Katie Underwood, 18, as saying before they finally made it out.
"Its been freezing, but weve been lucky that its a pub and B&B were trapped in.
Weve got plenty of coal for our fire, which has been great, and there are rooms upstairs so we have somewhere to sleep, and plenty of food.
The Lion Inns home website says, The bar is well known for its good selection of quality real ales and notes it is recommended by, among others, The Good Pub Guide and the Good Beer Guide.
TOPICS: Food; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: alcohol; ale; napl; pub
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Sheesh, it's called a lock-in people. Anyone who has lived in England will know about it.
To: nickcarraway; Slings and Arrows
I'll be at the pub, PING
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posted on
12/07/2010 12:23:59 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
To: nickcarraway
Oh, the Huge Manatee of it all!!!!!
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posted on
12/07/2010 12:23:59 PM PST
by
SoldierDad
(`)
To: nickcarraway
How is this news? Seems like they would want to keep it a secret.
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posted on
12/07/2010 12:24:19 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
To: nickcarraway
The nearest Britain came toward a written, Republican constitution?
To: nickcarraway
“Another kidney pie Gov’nor?”
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posted on
12/07/2010 12:24:40 PM PST
by
AU72
To: nickcarraway
Oh — the horror — the HORROR!!
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posted on
12/07/2010 12:25:50 PM PST
by
Dick Bachert
(11/2 was a good start. Onward to '12. U Pubbies be strong or next time we send in the libertarians!)
To: nickcarraway
Best.... thread.... ever!
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posted on
12/07/2010 12:25:50 PM PST
by
MarineBrat
(Better dead than red!)
To: AU72
All that could be heard was their cries for ‘elp. Whatever that is?
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posted on
12/07/2010 12:27:04 PM PST
by
blackdog
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
12/07/2010 12:27:18 PM PST
by
Celtic Cross
(I AM the Impeccable Hat. (AKA The Pope's Hat))
To: nickcarraway
Wonder if they told their rescuers to go away.
To: nickcarraway
This happened to me for a couple hours in a tornado.
The lights went out and the beer flowed.
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posted on
12/07/2010 12:27:57 PM PST
by
mylife
(Opinions ~ $1 Half Baked ~ 50c)
To: a fool in paradise
Last February I was trapped at the Admiral Fell Inn in Baltimore because of the blizzard. All in all, if you’re snowed in, Fells Point is not such a bad place. The local pubs stayed open and we even watched the Super Bowl from one that put together a nice open table spread.
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posted on
12/07/2010 12:28:15 PM PST
by
Buckeye Battle Cry
(Conservatives want a CHOICE not an echo - No more RINOs!)
To: nickcarraway
As long as there’s NO tin whistle..I’m in!
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posted on
12/07/2010 12:29:06 PM PST
by
prisoner6
(Right Wing Nuts are holding The Constitution together as the Loose Screws of The Left come undone!)
To: nickcarraway
Oh man. If the Bass Ale also was in plentiful supply, it would be an ideal vacaction.
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posted on
12/07/2010 12:29:08 PM PST
by
PGR88
To: blackdog
Warm Newcastle and cold Roast Beef... could be worse...
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posted on
12/07/2010 12:29:29 PM PST
by
BigEdLB
(Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
To: nickcarraway
heck of a time and place for an AA meeting.
lol
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posted on
12/07/2010 12:30:06 PM PST
by
GeronL
To: nickcarraway
Reminds me of:
Uncle Dick drowned last week in a vat of whiskey at the bBrewery. Some of the fellow workers dived in to save him but he fought them off bravely. We cremated his body and it took three days to put out the fire.
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posted on
12/07/2010 12:30:19 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Palin 2012: don't retreat, just reload)
To: nickcarraway
If it were possible to know ahead of time when weather conditions would worsen, cutting the pub off from the outside world (I
do hope that not only the roads were impassable, but also the telephone lines were down), they could make a pretty penny advertising the fact as an amenity - they'd probably be booked out months in advance!
Regards,
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
12/07/2010 12:32:08 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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