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By (user no longer on site) OP
42 weeks ago

Did you know that pubs were started by, and generally run by, women? Right up to the 19th century - a woman would put a branch outside her house to signal that she had a brew on and she's got enough to sell. Literally made her house public for the evening.

Sounds fun

(history nerds, I look forward to you correcting me if I got any of that wrong

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By *CLM87Woman
42 weeks ago

Derbyshire

Never knew that... but love learning random stuff like that

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By *ex HolesMan
42 weeks ago

Up North

This does sound fun lol

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By (user no longer on site)
42 weeks ago

I didn't know thqt

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By *inger_SnapWoman
42 weeks ago

Hampshire/Dorset

Why a branch?

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By *icecouple561Couple
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42 weeks ago

East Sussex

Similar ways of earning a bit of extra money continued until around WW2. A woman relative of mine used to sell teas from her front room in the early 1900s for 1d.

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By *antam AvershiresMan
42 weeks ago

Falme

"Why a branch?"

Because a milk bottle meant the old man was out and she was soliciting

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By (user no longer on site) OP
42 weeks ago

"Why a branch?"

No clue.

I'll be honest, I was hoping someone more knowledgeable would come along

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By *icecouple561Couple
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42 weeks ago

East Sussex

Romans put vine leaves outside 'tabernae' to show they sold wine. When they arrived in Britain vines weren't available so people used a green bush or branch.

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By *TG3Man
42 weeks ago

Dorchester

"Why a branch?"
because they were all over the place

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By *bi HaiveMan
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41 weeks ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

"Why a branch?because they were all over the place

Yep.

Rumour has it they grow on trees.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
41 weeks ago

"Romans put vine leaves outside 'tabernae' to show they sold wine. When they arrived in Britain vines weren't available so people used a green bush or branch."

Huh, that makes sense.

Apparently over time they turned into ornate massive billboards hanging over streets, but some fell and landed up killing people so they had to regulate the size of them.

Also: if a woman made a bad batch of ale then she'd be punished through public humiliation, by which I mean she'd have to sit outside her house while all the locals told her how bad her ale was

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