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It says something about the UK that of the 10 oldest companies, 5 of them are pubs (and two more are hotels with rather pub sounding names). Three share the nam
by ajb 2y ago
It says something about the UK that of the 10 oldest companies, 5 of them are pubs (and two more are hotels with rather pub sounding names). Three share the name "The Old(e) Bell"
- cjs_ac 2y agoThe UK does extremely well in oldest schools: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_schools https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_schools
- nix-zarathustra 2y agoA lot of the names of the pubs came from the depictions of highly recognisable objects (given that the population was illiterate) that they would use to attract customers.
- jazzyjackson 2y agoI could be mistaken but didn't pub kind of mean inn before it meant bar? https://www.etymonline.com/word/pub https://www.etymonline.com/word/pub