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    Quote Originally Posted by Komakino View Post
    This article may be of interest as I know there are a handful of us that contribute to the Lost Pubs Project.
    It is interesting but the trouble with a lost pub crawl is the lack of beer.
    "Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Komakino View Post
    This article may be of interest as I know there are a handful of us that contribute to the Lost Pubs Project.
    Have you come across this site? www.dover-kent.com
    "At that moment I would have given a kingdom, not for champagne or hock and soda, or hot coffee but for a glass of beer" Marquess Curzon of Kedlestone, Viceroy of India.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wittenden View Post
    Have you come across this site? www.dover-kent.com
    I have before Wittenden; it's very comprehensive.
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    This article may be of interest to masochists.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tris39 View Post
    This article may be of interest to masochists.
    "added Mr Ellis, who largely limited himself to orange juice and diet cola".

    Some of the "surreal" sights that kept him going were "old men doing the Macarena .

    Sounds like he had a great time.
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    Considering Alan Winfield could do up to 34 pubs in a day, makes you wonder what figure he could have achieved in 24 hours.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mobyduck View Post
    "surreal" sights that kept him going were "old men doing the Macarena .
    If I'd been on a 24-hour crawl, I'd be seeing a lot more bizarre things than old men doing the Macarena.

    Quote Originally Posted by Komakino View Post
    Considering Alan Winfield could do up to 34 pubs in a day, makes you wonder what figure he could have achieved in 24 hours.
    I know someone who did a 40-hole crawl for charity.

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    "is looking to sell up to 1000 sites to pay down its debt pile, it has been reported." https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/othe...bs/ar-AA16YKGC
    "Do I know where hell is? hell is in hello"

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    Quote Originally Posted by hondo View Post
    "is looking to sell up to 1000 sites to pay down its debt pile, it has been reported." https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/othe...bs/ar-AA16YKGC
    And I wonder just how many will end up converted or demolished...

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