The Bull Inn
Introduction
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The Bull Inn
Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 21 Sep 2006
One of only two public houses in the area to survive the 1904-05 Religious Revival. It, like the Wellington Inn Image, is situated in the centre of the village. In the 1950s, Friday evenings, and especially the 'Fridays of the Great Pay Count' (Gwener Cyfrif Mawr) when the quarrymen received their monthly bonus, used to be the evenings of heavy drinking. Even then, the pubs closed at 9 p.m. Before they took to religion, a trend enthusiastically endorsed by the quarry owners, it was not uncommon for slate quarrymen - including my great-grandfather - to go on 'spree' lasting a full week following the bonus paying day.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.146934
Longitude
-4.126156