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A toast to the old man pub

The joy of an old man pub

1 April 2023

9:00 AM

1 April 2023

9:00 AM

I’ve always preferred ‘old man pubs’ to bars, old man pubs being the kind decked out in mahogany and offering up a gin and tonic to anyone clueless enough to ask for a cocktail. Having just moved to Glasgow, I find myself surrounded by these sorts of places, Scotland practically being the home of pubs so wooden they’d float.

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