My perfect pub
Inspired by an article pinned to the wall in the classic Bell at Aldworth, which in turn was inspired by George Orwell's famous essay 'The Moon Under Water', here's my idea of a perfect pub The pub is located in a beautiful location in good walking country, maybe an isolated pub on the marshes, or close to the sea in smuggling country, or nestled in the heart of a moorland village. T he building is instantly recognisable as a pub: a solid lump of a building in the local style, demonstrably a pub for at least a century. It will have a free-standing, simple pub-sign or the name of the pub painted on the exterior The interior will be multi-roomed with differing rooms linked by a central lobby or passageway. The passage or lobby will be spartan with a quarry tile or slate floor and room for some stand up drinking. The rooms will have a different character with a plain public bar and a cosier snug or saloon. All rooms will be a symphony of brown wood and tobacco stain...