BS: Pub found!

Subject: BS: Pub found!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 27 Sep 16 - 03:35 PM

"Archaeologists have uncovered a forgotten 200-year-old pub beneath the city of Manchester, England. And the best part? It still has full, untouched bottles of brandy inside, The Independent reports."

http://theweek.com/speedreads/651495/archaeologists-discover-18th-century-pub-full-untouched-bottles-brandy

Subject: RE: BS: Pub found!
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 28 Sep 16 - 05:32 AM

fuller report in Manchester Evening News plus video links in teh article lead to other reports about underground Manchester

Subject: RE: BS: Pub found!
From: punkfolkrocker
Date: 28 Sep 16 - 06:56 AM

Lost pub...??? usually it's the other way round...

you can't find your own house on the way back from the pub.... 😜

Subject: RE: BS: Pub found!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 28 Sep 16 - 07:36 AM

Thank you, Sandra!

Subject: RE: BS: Pub found!
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 28 Sep 16 - 11:01 AM

no worries, mate

Subject: RE: BS: Pub found!
From: Stu
Date: 28 Sep 16 - 12:09 PM

This really cool, I hope they somehow manage to preserve the remains rather than simply trash them before constructing the offices.

We had underground taverns here in Macclesfield too, and the rooms are still there apparently.

Subject: RE: BS: Pub found!
From: punkfolkrocker
Date: 28 Sep 16 - 12:45 PM

Same sort of secret old underground netherworld thing in Bristol..

Subject: RE: BS: Pub found!
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 28 Sep 16 - 09:00 PM

I do like underground cities!

underground Bristol 2002 book
underground Bristol image search

underground sydney - abandoned railway tunnels
Underground Sydney by Brian & Barbara Kennedy

Subject: RE: BS: Pub found!
From: gillymor
Date: 28 Sep 16 - 09:22 PM

When I saw the title of this thread I thought Clarence Thomas had joined the Mudcat.

Subject: RE: BS: Pub found!
From: punkfolkrocker
Date: 28 Sep 16 - 09:37 PM

and Portland in USA