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The Free Press. The Free Press is a pub in Prospect Row, Cambridge, England. At 30 square feet (2.8 m 2), it is "surely the smallest pub room in Cambridgeshire" and its fittings are either original from the 1940s or copies. [1] It is on the Regional Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors for East Anglia. [1]
The tradition is believed to have been started by RAF Flight Sergeant P. E. Turner, who climbed up on the table one night to burn his squadron number on the ceiling. [5] The graffiti, in what is now known as the "RAF Bar", [2] was uncovered, deciphered and preserved by former RAF Chief Technician James Chainey during the early 1990s. [3]
The pub, a timber-framed Grade II listed building, has been in existence since 1867. [8] In 1984, a record 102 people squeezed inside. [9] The Old Ferryboat Inn, Holywell, Cambridge. One of a number of pubs claiming to be the oldest in England with claims of alcohol being sold on the site as far back as 560. [10]
A pub in Cambridge, United States, called the Cantab Lounge is a play on this abbreviation. It is also the name of one of the Rugby clubs based in Cambridge, United Kingdom . Cantabrigian Rugby Club formerly The Old Cantabrigian RUFC, was established by the 'old boys' of local Hills Road Sixth Form College (formerly The Cambridgeshire High ...
The Fort St George In England is the oldest pub on the River Cam in Cambridge, England. The Grade II listed timber-framed building [1] on Midsummer Common dates in part from the 16th century, [2] and although "much altered and enlarged over the years, still has considerable charm. Especially notable is the snug to the right of the main entrance ...
This fictional account was popularised in a novel, Rookwood (1834), resulting in a surge of Dick Turpin nostalgia and associated pub names. Brazen George Inn, Cambridge (closed). Named after England's patron Saint. [90] The Bucket of Blood, is a public house in Phillack, Hayle, Cornwall, owned by St Austell Brewery. It is thought to be named ...
The pub is the home to the Cantabrigensis Hash House Harriers, a rowing club and a cricket team. [1] It is the start/finish venue on the legendary King Street Run . All of these activities and more were encouraged (and in the case of the cricket team, started) by Terry Kavanagh (1937-2012), who was landlord between 1992 and 2009.
Eric Stanley Lock, DSO, DFC & Bar (19 April 1919 – 3 August 1941) was a British Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War.. Born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire in 1919, Lock had his first experience of flying as a teenager.