A very big thank you to all those whose blogs I follow and enjoy reading regularly - including Spitalfields Life, English Buildings, Quad Royal, Fired Up, James Russell, First Known when Lost, and many others.
And if you wish to raise a glass, you may find a tipple or a tavern to your taste here :…
"Home-made drinks in England are beer and ale, strong and small: those of most note that are to be sold, are Lambeth ale, Margaret ale, and Derby ale; Herefordshire cider, perry, mede. There are also several sorts of compounded ales, as cock-ale, worm-wood ale, lemon-ale, scurvygrass-ale, College-ale, &c. These are to be had at Hercules Pillars, near the Temple; at the Trumpet, and other houses in Sheer Lane, Bell Alley; and, as I remember, at the English Tavern near Charing Cross."
Letters, 1697 John Locke
[and see www.pepysdiary.com for more detail]
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