Making our perfect summer Pimm’s!

Posted by on Apr 2, 2012 in The Pub Blog | 0 comments

Making our perfect summer Pimm’s!

Share Farmers son, James Pimm invented his No. 1 Fruit Cup in way back in 1823. He sold it as a digestion aid for customers to his London Oyster Bar but by 1851 he had to move in to mass production to keep up with demand from the capital! It’s been a staple of British summer time ever since! Enjoy the sunnier side of life this summer with our famous Pimm’s & lemonade at home or at the pub:   7 steps to the perfect Pimms’ and Lemonade If you live too far away from The Griffin, follow...

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A drop of British pub history . . .

Posted by on Nov 16, 2011 in The Pub Blog | 0 comments

A drop of British pub history . . .

Share  Some-one asked me the other day what I knew about the origins of the British pub. All I knew was a little about how the Roman “tabernae” were the precursor to what we now know of as an inn (or tavern), and I wasn’t really too sure about that. It hadn’t occurred to me to look any deeper into it until today, when I came across a bit of history on pub signs…. Well worth a...

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Ye Olde Ploughman’s Lunch – NOT

Posted by on Nov 7, 2011 in The Pub Blog | 0 comments

Ye Olde Ploughman’s Lunch – NOT

ShareThe motor car, the television, the computer, the traditional ploughman’s lunch, the similarity between all the above? All products of the twentieth century I’m afraid. In-fact, it may surprise you that this is the order in which they were invented and that the pub favourite is actually the newest of them all! Apparently: “documents uncovered at the National Archive from the Milk Marketing Board reveal that the Ploughman’s Lunch was invented as a marketing ploy to sell British cheese in...

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