Pub Quiz thread

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White Hart 320
Royal Oak 434
Crown 436
Red Lion 518


although with pubs closing every day the exact numbers vary

Ye Olde Fighting Cocks in St Albans. claims to be the oldest and was a pub we used to frequent in the early seventies..

But there are a few claiming to be the oldest....
I'll give you that Yorkie. Of the four the oldest is the White Hart - at least as a pub sign. In 1393 Richard the 2nd made pub signs compulsory as identification for the official ale taster (what a wonderfull job !!!) and his symbol was a white hart - the other 3 came in at a later time. I don't actually know which is the oldest pub in Britain - but I once visited one which claimed to be the smallest. Can't remember the name but it was in Bury St. Edmunds.
 
Not sure if it is actually the oldest pub in Jersey, but the current pub that has held a pub licence longest is The Foresters in the west of the island. A few years ago I used to go there every week with some then colleagues to have dinner then take part in the pub quiz until that became so popular that our plates hadn't been cleared away before the quiz started. It is a mere youngster compared to the pubs mentioned above, as it's held it's licence sine 1717 - 300 years this year.