Pub Sign Photo Study – The Mort Arms – Tyldesley, Lancashire

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A pub name meaning The Arms Of Death seems rather morbid but lots of pubs have an association with death and funerals. Many pubs were used as makeshift mortuaries and places to keep bodies after industrial or road accidents and after bombing raids in the Blitz. They had cool cellars for the beer so they were handy to keep bodies as fresh as possible. Also, many people hold funeral wakes and post-burial drinking sessions in pubs, which gave ample chance for people to raise a glass or two to fallen friends or family. Arthur Chappell