The Shakespeare Inn, Upper Bar, Newport, Shropshire

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The Shakespeare Inn, Upper Bar, Newport, Shropshire

Image: © Jeremy Bolwell Taken: 12 Sep 2012

I always like to see a pub celebrating the Bard. Even in a town with no discernible connection to the great man, maybe especially so. (There is a similarly named inn in Coalport if I recall correctly). Anything that puts a man in mind of the everlasting sayings of Will Shakespeare as he sups his pint has got to be a good thing. "All the worlds a stage, And all the men and women merely players, They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts..."

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