Lockdown doodles!
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Speleofish
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I've never seen the Hunters looking so civilised...
CavefestUK
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Its spookily akin to a Simpsons scene
ditzy 24//7
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beer or cider with cheesy chips 
ditzy 24//7
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mikem said:
guess not but they do good beer.
cavemanmike
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I prefer Rogers sense of humour, especially if a stranger walks in.
The beer's not bad
The beer's not bad
cavemanmike
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The hunters would be any pub anywhere if it wasn't for Roger
PeteHall
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maxb727 said:
Couldn't agree more.
The Queen Vic is a good pub, but that's it really. There is so much more than 'good pub' about The Hunters. There's a reason it's known as the centre of the universe; a good portion of the soul of Mendip caving resides there.
I expect that there are a good many people longing to get back into The Hunters, as much as they are longing to get back underground, possibly more...
Speleofish
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I always used to regard the Hunters and Queen Vic in a similar way to the Padarn Lake and the Vaynol Arms. If you were an insider (or, in the case of the Padarn, a groupie), you went to the Padarn and pretended to enjoy it. If you wanted a more civilised experience (especially on a fine evening) the Vaynol was much better.
That's a very historical assessment (I haven't been to any of them for over thirty years) and is probably a little harsh about Mendip.
That's a very historical assessment (I haven't been to any of them for over thirty years) and is probably a little harsh about Mendip.
The best of them all was the New Inn which was directly facing onto Priddy Green! It was run by one very elderly lady who sat in a sort of wooden cubby-hole which was straight ahead as you went through the door. The usual cavers bar was to the right as you went in and when you wanted beer you tapped on her little window and she drew it from the racked up barrels and served it from a jug into your pot. The back of the settle kept the draughts out and we used to dry our wet socks or gloves on the open door of the range. They'd sawn the top twiddly bits off the grandfather clock so it could stand upright agaist the wall (the ceiling was too low otherwise) and there was a large framed picture of Queen Victoria next to it - was it commerorating the Jubilee? The old lady definitely didn't do "food", though I think you could get a bag of crisps.
Then someone bought it after the old lady died and "improved" it so we stopped going.
Then someone bought it after the old lady died and "improved" it so we stopped going.
tony from suffolk
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Ahh! Happy evenings in The New Inn huddled round the big blazing fire in those old benches. Emily Speed was the ancient landlady, and if you asked her she would shuffle off & make you a cheese sandwich, but then she'd be unavailable to pour you a drink from her "Bar" for a couple of hours or so.Jenny P said:
Here's a photo I took of the original pub in the mid-1960s (got some more of the inside somewhere...) -
tony from suffolk
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Emily was a curmudgeonly old soul, but then she was very old to be running that pub on her own.
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