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Paul Hurley - Chester Pubs - 9781445647364 - V9781445647364
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Chester Pubs

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Description for Chester Pubs Paperback. This fascinating selection of photographs and informative text charts the history of pubs in Chester Series: Pubs. Num Pages: 96 pages, 100. BIC Classification: 1DBKENC; WQH; WTHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 234 x 10. Weight in Grams: 304.
The drinking establishments of Saxon Chester are a mystery to us. The nineteenth-century historian Thomas Hughes wrote, ‘Anglo-Saxons had their eala-hus [ale house], win-hus [wine house] and cumen-hus [inn]’. We don’t know where they could have been located, but we do know that weak beer was the staple drink throughout the land because it was safer to drink than water. Chester has many cosy, historical and picturesque public houses, some that have served the public for hundreds of years. Chester pubs, like those throughout the country are going through a time of radical change. Reinvented for a new generation ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Pubs
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445647364
SKU
V9781445647364
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-47

About Paul Hurley
Paul Hurley has been a freelance writer since 2002 and has been writing professionally ever since. He has had magazine, local and national newspaper credits and has written several books for Amberley on the history of Cheshire, railways and other topics. Since retiring from the police in 2002 he has amassed a CV that takes in a three-part article in ... Read more

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