Phil's photos with the keyword: Pub

Guy Fawkes (1570 – 1606) also known as Guido Fawkes (the name he adopted while fighting for the Spanish) was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Fawkes was born and educated in York. His father died when Fawkes was eight years old, after which his mother married a recusant Catholic. Fawkes converted to Catholicism and left for the continent where he fought in the "80 Years War" on the side of Catholic Spain against Protestant Dutch reformers in the Low Countries. He travelled to Spain to seek support for a Catholic rebellion in England without success. He later met Thomas Wintour, with whom he returned to England. Wintour introduced Fawkes to Robert Catesby who planned to assassinate King James I and restore a Catholic monarch to the throne. The plotters leased an undercroft (cellar) beneath the House of Lords and Fawkes was placed in charge of the gunpowder they stockpiled there. Prompted by the receipt of an anonymous letter the authorities searched Westminster Palace during the early hours of 5 November and found Fawkes guarding the explosives. Over the next few days he was questioned, tortured and eventually he confessed. Immediately before his execution on 31 January 1606, Fawkes fell from the scaffold where he was to be hanged and broke his neck, thus avoiding the agony of the mutilation that followed. Fawkes became synonymous with the Gunpowder Plot, the failure of which has been commemorated each year in Britain since 5 November 1605. His effigy is traditionally burned on a bonfire accompanied by a fireworks display. (Wikipedia: Edited & shortened). More Information here: www.guyfawkesinnyork.com www.bonfirenight.net/gunpowder.php

The flooding of the River Ouse in York, England, which happens most years in late Winter / early Spring, usually around February. The white Tudor-style building with the sloping roof is a pub called "The King's Arms", better known as "The pub that floods". These two photographs were taken from the same viewpoint (Ouse bridge) in different years, both in February, with one of my first low-resolution digital cameras and joined together with Nikon Capture NX2 software.

The Marsden Grotto, locally known as "The Grotto", is a public house located on the coast at Marsden in South Shields, Tyne & Wear, England. The pub is one of the few 'cave bars' in Europe..... other 'cave bars' include the Caves of Xoroi in Menorca. The Grotto is now a pub/restaurant serving mainly seafood. The Grotto is partly dug into the cliff face and fronted with a more conventional building opening onto the beach. Currently The Grotto includes a large bar, the inside cave with another bar and pool room, a bistro, a heated terrace on the beach and a full restaurant upstairs. Access is either by lift from the car park or by a zigzag staircase on the cliff at the side of the building. The lift is housed in a brick shaft rising from the front of the building. A lead miner from Allendale, Jack Bates and his wife Jessie moved to the area in 1782. It is alleged he moved into a small cave at Marsden Rock either after refusing to pay rent on his house in Allendale or simply having nowhere to live. Using explosives from a local quarry, he blasted the small cave into a much larger one, earning his nickname "Jack the Blaster" in the process and creating a rent-free and landlord-free home. The dwelling was accessed by zig-zagging stairs down the cliff, thought to be built by Jack. The unusual and eccentric choice of dwelling attracted visitors, which the couple supplied with refreshments at a cost. It is suggested that he became involved in smuggling activities - offering refreshment to smugglers and using caves of the coastline to hide contraband cargo. (Wikipedia).

The Golden Fleece is an inn in York, England, which has a free-house pub on the ground floor and four guest bedrooms above. It was mentioned in the York City Archives as far back as 1503 and is rumoured to be haunted (the inn claims to be the most haunted public house in the City of York). The back yard of the inn is named "Peckitt's Yard" after John Peckett, who owned the premises as well as being Lord Mayor of York around 1702. His wife Lady Alice Peckett is said to haunt the pub, which was featured on Living TV's "Most Haunted" show on 16 April 2005. “ Many guests have reported seeing the late Lady Peckett wandering the endless corridors and staircases in the wee, small hours and moving furniture. She is just one of the five resident spirits. ” The pub is situated on "The Pavement" in the centre of York, opposite the historic Tudor street called "The Shambles". It has a large golden fleece hanging above the door. Nearby attractions also include the Merchant Adventurers' Hall (the merchant adventurers were former owners of the inn), Cliffords Tower, and York Minster. In 1983 the inn was designated as a grade II listed building by English Heritage. (Wikipedia).

Just me...."chilling". Photographed at The Pendle Inn in Barley, Lancashire. Camera: Nikon D90. Software: Nikon Capture NX2.