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BS: Pub found!

27 Sep 16 - 03:35 PM (#3811636)
Subject: BS: Pub found!
From: beardedbruce

"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


28 Sep 16 - 05:32 AM (#3811691)
Subject: RE: BS: Pub found!
From: Sandra in Sydney

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


28 Sep 16 - 06:56 AM (#3811706)
Subject: RE: BS: Pub found!
From: punkfolkrocker

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

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


28 Sep 16 - 07:36 AM (#3811710)
Subject: RE: BS: Pub found!
From: beardedbruce

Thank you, Sandra!


28 Sep 16 - 11:01 AM (#3811747)
Subject: RE: BS: Pub found!
From: Sandra in Sydney

no worries, mate


28 Sep 16 - 12:09 PM (#3811755)
Subject: RE: BS: Pub found!
From: Stu

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.


28 Sep 16 - 12:45 PM (#3811757)
Subject: RE: BS: Pub found!
From: punkfolkrocker

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


28 Sep 16 - 09:00 PM (#3811823)
Subject: RE: BS: Pub found!
From: Sandra in Sydney

I do like underground cities!

underground Bristol 2002 book
underground Bristol image search

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


28 Sep 16 - 09:22 PM (#3811825)
Subject: RE: BS: Pub found!
From: gillymor

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


28 Sep 16 - 09:37 PM (#3811829)
Subject: RE: BS: Pub found!
From: punkfolkrocker

and Portland in USA