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Hotel rules in Australia from way back

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381905) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Feb 24

I don’t have anything special to write about today but came across these facts on a news site about Australian hotels. Do any of you know of Sigrid Thornton? She is an Australian actress but I don’t know how well-known she is...

six oclock swill

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Preston Heritage Weekend Event Preston Cemetery

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 12 Sep 16

My second activity on the last day of Preston’s proud Heritage Weekend celebrations was the only fully outdoor event of the activities I took part in, a guided tour of Preston’s main cemetery. With many church yard burial areas...

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A Pub Without A Sign The Sedge Lynn Chorlton Manchester

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 30 Jun 16

Despite their history many pubs lack a pub sign, and a text-book example of this is Chorlton’s Sedge Lynn in South Manchester. It was actually built specially not to be a pub. No, you didn’t misread that – the Sedge Lynn was...

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Photo Study Mr Fitzpatricks Rawtenstal Lancashire

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 6 May 16

This is a pub sign study with a difference as Mr Fitzpatrick’s really is a pub with no beer or alcohol of any kind. It is the last surviving original Temperance Bar in Britain. (A few later temperance bars have sprung up, but this...

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Prohibition is it Enforcable

marcyaz @Marcyaz (35316) • United States 20 Jan 16

On Jan. 20, 1920 The Eighteenth Amendment went into effect and lasted for thirteen years. Although alcohol was not supposed to be sold or consumed , it was illegal to manufacture, transport, import, export, or sell alcoholic...

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Card 14-Temperance

Anora_Eldorath @Anora_Eldorath (6028) • United States 18 Jan 11

Temperance is just what it states, the ability to cooperate and coordinate and balance. It is the well balanced outlook on the journey of life. It is the god Apollo or goddess Artemis as the hunter. It is like Ares as the Rainbow....

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Card 11-Justice

Anora_Eldorath @Anora_Eldorath (6028) • United States 16 Jan 11

Justice represents justice through truth and balance. It is like Maat or Themis who are over judgment, truth, and balance. It is akin to the way justice is depicted in American legal systems with scales, sword, and a blindfold. It...

ethical triangle

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Last night's episode

dmillman @dmillman (2273) • United States 29 Apr 08

Didn't you just die laughing at the end of Bone last night when Bones shoved the pacifier in Booth's mouth? I was in stitches - what about you?

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