pictures from your local

[luka]

According to Wikipedia, the name 'Silent Woman, Quiet Lady or Headless Woman' has a number of theories, 'such as a landlady whose tongue was cut out by smugglers so she couldn't talk to the authorities, or a female saint beheaded for her Christianity. The pub signs sometimes have an image of a decapitated woman or the couplet: "Here is a woman who has lost her head / She's quiet now—you see she's dead".'

Another report on the origins of the name says: 'The headless woman on our sign is Judith, a seventh century saint who helped pilgrims on their way to a shrine in her village. Her family, constantly at odds with her religious persuasions, took her life by sword. According to the legend she picked up her head and carried it to the altar before she expired.'

In an age of illiteracy, the story was graphically represented by the politically incorrect logo you still see today.

There are still many “Quiet Woman” and “Silent Woman” pubs scattered throughout England.

 

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Cash only, 1 pint of Carling and a diet coke costs 4 pounds 30.

 

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Great pub. Surprised they can get away with both the name and the sign but there you go.

 

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Also seen today in Slaithwaite. Distinctly Eastern flavour of amateur rugby logos, it's cos of the aforementioned lunar connection with the village

 

[luka]

two famous Muslim rugby league players
Sonny Bill Williams
Hazem el Masri

 

[sus]

woops in a serious mood in his local the rochester castle
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So glad he has hair now

 

[luka]

So glad he has hair now

yeah he looks a bit ill there

 

[WashYourHands]

 

[linebaugh]

Popped into the silent woman after a hard day of car charging, dog training, lunch, walking through the woods.

First thing is the headless woman sign, got a sort of Tudor into Sherlock Holmes feel. Anyone know more about it?

Nice open fire

The carpet is nice, bit ab-ex?

The eagle-eyed among you might spot my delicious pint of Carling at edge of shot.

They play Mark Goodier's hits from the 1970s all the time, which is OK with me. Rod Stewart doing "The first cut is the deepest"

I liked the party decorations, creminded me of the Hindu Temple in the 80s

Didn't feel brave enough to get any pics of the locals but there were some strong looks.

This place looks great, like a grandmas house

 

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Stumbled upon a 20 peice swing band of retirees playing to approximatley 5 people.

 

[luka]

So funny that America pubs now look more like English pubs than English pubs do now that English pubs all look like the pubs in international airports, a simulacrum of themselves.....

 

[woops]

before there was ever any lockdown i used to go to the rochester castle in stoke newington almost every night. during this time it was featured in Wetherspoon's News magazine and i made this collage of some of the pub's most attractive decorative features and put it in an eye catching frame so that i could have my own little rochester castle corner at home.

 

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Stumbled upon a 20 peice swing band of retirees playing to approximatley 5 people.

One might call it serendipity but you always have your didgeridoo with you

 

[woops]

well before there was a thread called pictures from your local i might add

 

[WashYourHands]

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Stumbled upon a 20 peice swing band of retirees playing to approximatley 5 people.

What I admire (and miss) about American bars is you can get annihilated and they leave you alone

It can even be rowdy and raucous, the antithesis of a quiet hour, but you’re left to think and your next drink will always be ready if called for. The British are appalling at this. You get leathered here it could go in any number of chaos-driven directions, even without guns, rapidly

 

[IdleRich]

According to Wikipedia, the name 'Silent Woman, Quiet Lady or Headless Woman' has a number of theories, 'such as a landlady whose tongue was cut out by smugglers so she couldn't talk to the authorities, or a female saint beheaded for her Christianity. The pub signs sometimes have an image of a decapitated woman or the couplet: "Here is a woman who has lost her head / She's quiet now—you see she's dead".'

Another report on the origins of the name says: 'The headless woman on our sign is Judith, a seventh century saint who helped pilgrims on their way to a shrine in her village. Her family, constantly at odds with her religious persuasions, took her life by sword. According to the legend she picked up her head and carried it to the altar before she expired.'

In an age of illiteracy, the story was graphically represented by the politically incorrect logo you still see today.

There are still many “Quiet Woman” and “Silent Woman” pubs scattered throughout England.

I don't think I've ever seen a pub called Quiet or Silent Woman.... I do find pub names really interesting, although clearly not so interesting that i have ever properly researched them, but I am pleased to learn that there is a common but strange name that I am totally unaware of.

 

[IdleRich]

Watching champions league in a local dive called Chatterbox. It REALLY doesn't look much but I've always liked it. 1 euro for a glass of wine, you can eat their three course meal of the day for about 7 euros or so and people are really friendly, a few times been offered food from people's plates and just now had a wine and a coffee and this guy we've chatted to a couple times before just shouted across "I pay for him". But yeah, it don't look much.







For one euro they fill these small beer glasses to the brim with wine...

 

[Leo]

those are the best places. maybe not best, but really good and special, and increasingly rare.

 

[IdleRich]

Yeah kinda you know. There are a million places exactly like this... except this is better than most of them somehow.

 

[IdleRich]

i actually got shiels' local here too. they have a resident coke dealer, a middle aged man that rides around the disco floor on roller blades all night

Oh I remember that guy, surprised he's still around, he used to haunt all the Stokey pubs, which one are you meaning here?