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| Posted by Kane on February 14, 2022 12:45 pm
Posted on 02/14/2022 11:14:48 AM PST by Red Badger
Shutting down after 12 Centuries
Survived the Black Death but couldn’t outlast Boris Johnson
The current operator of the pub in St. Albans announced on Friday that they have filed for bankruptcy, blaming “a sustained period of extremely challenging trading conditions” — a similar refrain to a number of historic British pubs that have closed during the pandemic.
“Along with my team, I have tried everything to keep the pub going. However, the past two years have been unprecedented for the hospitality industry, and have defeated all of us who have been trying our hardest to ensure this multi-award-winning pub could continue trading into the future,” Christo Tofalli, who ran the pub, said in a Facebook post. “It goes without saying I am heartbroken: this pub has been so much more than just a business to me, and I feel honored to have played even a small part in its history.”
The Ye Olde Fighting Cocks in St Albans, which poured its first drink in 793, has run into financial difficulties as a direct result of the pandemic. A sad sad day for British heritage and our Hospitality sector
https://www.foodandwine.com/news/britains-oldest-pub-closes-ye-olde-fighting-cocks-st-albans
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; History; Society
KEYWORDS: covidiots; iylm
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To: Red Badger
it’s not a National /Historical Landmark?
and the Brits are tooo cheap to kick in a few penny’s to keep it afloat?
a pox on them...
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posted on
02/14/2022 11:31:19 AM PST
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: Red Badger
selling the naming rights to viagra might perk things up...
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posted on
02/14/2022 11:36:45 AM PST
by
heavy metal
(smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
To: Larry Lucido
George Castanza got the Frogger...
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posted on
02/14/2022 11:37:32 AM PST
by
newfreep
(“Leftism, under all of its brand names, is a severe, violent & evil mental disorder.”)
To: IYAS9YAS
The Ye in this case (used as a definite article and not as the second-person pronoun) is actually pronounced thee. Interesting way was lost letters when transitioning from Olde English. True. The original letter was a thorn Þ pronounced like the "th" in "the".
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posted on
02/14/2022 11:38:42 AM PST
by
seowulf
(Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
To: Red Badger
“The Ye Olde Fighting Cocks in St Albans, which poured its first drink in 793, has run into financial difficulties as a direct result of the pandemic.”
No.
Direct result of ill-advised, useless restrictions imposed by overreaching government.
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posted on
02/14/2022 11:42:31 AM PST
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
02/14/2022 11:46:01 AM PST
by
ought-six
(Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
To: Larry Lucido
I call dibs on the Frogger game!
Is it upright, cocktail or caberet?
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posted on
02/14/2022 11:50:30 AM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(“...life is very good without Facebook and that we would live very well without Facebook."-B.LeMaire)
To: \/\/ayne
Thanks for additional pics. I suspect those ceiling beams have been replaced. I’ve been in a few old pubs. Ceiling beams were sway-backed.
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posted on
02/14/2022 11:51:04 AM PST
by
Jumpmaster
(U.S. Army Paratrooper. I am the 0.001%.)
To: Red Badger
I gotta believe the Brits could find 2Million Pounds to keep this place open. Heck, I wonder if President Trump could put something together to re-open the place.
To: Red Badger
793, the year Vikings absconded with St. Cuthbert’s relics.
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posted on
02/14/2022 11:52:32 AM PST
by
SJackson
(I just think COVID is God's gift to the left, Jane Fonda)
To: Red Badger
Modern politics kills what no one else could.
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posted on
02/14/2022 11:54:34 AM PST
by
CodeToad
(Arm up! They Have!)
To: Red Badger
Oh no! Some of my fondest memories of GB were at their pubs. They let owners bring their dogs in and tell you to watch your kids. Loved it.
To: Red Badger
To: Red Badger
You will own nothing. And you will like it.
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posted on
02/14/2022 11:59:10 AM PST
by
Glenmore
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To: Glenmore
I own nothing now...................
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posted on
02/14/2022 12:01:42 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Jamestown1630
I'm sure there are many neighboring pubs who will pick up the slack and are reveling in Schadenfreude right now.
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posted on
02/14/2022 12:03:40 PM PST
by
Daffynition
(*This admin tells us *A* story; but they don't tell us *THE* story* & :) ~ D Bongino)
To: Red Badger
They should move it to Florida!
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posted on
02/14/2022 12:04:36 PM PST
by
The Fop
(God Bless Donald Trump, Frank Sinatra, Joan Rivers, and the Fightin' Rat Pack Wing of the GOP)
To: SJackson
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posted on
02/14/2022 12:04:37 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
Had a pint at The Flag and Lamb in London. Not sure how old that one is.
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posted on
02/14/2022 12:05:04 PM PST
by
mware
(RETIRED)
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