The man at the bar. - a photo on Flickriver

            A meeting of friends.
The British "pub" performs many roles. Unlike American bars they are not just places to get drunk (well not most of them).

It is also a unique social centre, very often the focus of community life in villages, towns and cities throughout the length and breadth of the country.

Yet it appears that the great British pub actually started life as a great Italian wine bar, and dates back almost 2,000 years.

It was an invading Roman army that first brought Roman roads, Roman towns and Roman pubs known as tabernae to these shores in 43 AD. Such tabernae, or shops that sold wine, were quickly built alongside Roman roads and in towns to help quench the thirst of the legionary troops.

It was ale, however, that was the native British brew, and it appears that these tabernae quickly adapted to provide the locals with their favourite tipple, with the word eventually being corrupted to tavern.

The George Inn, Norton St Philip, Somerset, after 1345 The George Inn in Norton St Philip, Somerset, has the strongest claim to be England's earliest surviving purpose-built inn. This likely makes the George Inn the oldest site where you can still buy a drink today.

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Taken in: UK / England / Mid Devon District / Cullompton (show map)

Taken on: September 18, 2023

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