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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
The George Inn, built in 1676, is London's only surviving galleried inn.
Saved by the National Trust, the Grade 1 listed building was once a drinking den for Williams Shakespeare and Charles Dickens |
Dickens maybe. But Shakespeare was
long gone decades before 1676.
Random - the Mule Car that moved passengers uphill and down the main street of my hometown - before the area and the tracks were electrified:
Legend has it that when electricity came the mules were retired and sold to a local farmer, who claimed they would only pull uphill.