Andy Sparrow
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What a sad sight. The New Inn on Priddy Green, closed and boarded up. The business, according to a note on the door, no longer sustainable.
The New Inn, Priddy.
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the boards outside the Castle of Comfort indicated it was closed for refurb and would reopen... their website is still active, although not updated, unlike the New Inn one that is 'under construction'. It's a shame, but i guess in current climates with lots of pubs closing all over the place, it's probably amazing so many pubs have managed to remain open in such a close vicinity to each other really.Aubrey said:
The Old Ruminator
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Cerberus used to meet at "The Fire Engine" not far from Fairy Cave Quarry. Bet that's not there now.
The Old Ruminator
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Post ought to be Old Mendip Pubs !
I thought my memory was playing me tricks but here it is -
Cerberus held committee meetings there in the late 1960's.
I thought my memory was playing me tricks but here it is -
Cerberus held committee meetings there in the late 1960's.
The Old Ruminator
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New figures from the CAMRA group show that 300 pubs closed between September 2011 and March 2012, equivalent to 12 a week.
Suburban and rural areas have borne the brunt of the closures while city centres have proved resilient, CAMRA said. While an average of 8 suburban pubs are closing each week, four rural ones are shutting.
Lancashire was the worst hit area. The county saw 68 pubs close over the six month period. The West Midlands was also badly hit, with 37 pubs closing.
CAMRA said that the largely rural nature of these areas was behind the large number of closures.
The group said that pubs have been hit by a 42 per cent increase in beer duty since 2008.
Suburban and rural areas have borne the brunt of the closures while city centres have proved resilient, CAMRA said. While an average of 8 suburban pubs are closing each week, four rural ones are shutting.
Lancashire was the worst hit area. The county saw 68 pubs close over the six month period. The West Midlands was also badly hit, with 37 pubs closing.
CAMRA said that the largely rural nature of these areas was behind the large number of closures.
The group said that pubs have been hit by a 42 per cent increase in beer duty since 2008.
tony from suffolk
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Very sad to learn The New Inn's closed. I've many happy memories of sitting in one of the old benches by a big fire in the sixties waiting for Emily Speed, the very elderly landlady, to make a cheese sandwich whilst I supped my half-pint of cider.
The (ex) landlord & landlady of the Castle of Comfort are now dispensing food & drinks at the Pheasant in Wookey. The Fire Engine Inn served up its last pints in 1968 when Arthur and Eva James retired. After it closed, the pub and the attached house were combined to form a dwelling, also known as the Fire Engine owned by Mike Thompson - better know to older Mendip cavers as MMT of the Cave Diving Group and an determined digger with NHASA
Dingley Dell
New member
I prefer the Queen Vic, but the landlord of the New Inn did a few of us a good turn when some car keys were lost on a caving trip...he kept the pub open for us, served us beer on a tab (money locked in the car) and kept us in the warm in our wet caving gear until spare keys arrived (which took ages!). He hung out with us while we waited and was a very nice chap. But yeah, Queen Vic = better pub imo