Blog ≫ 2023 ≫ Friday day off 4. The Olde Mitre
This is the pub we were always aiming for, famous old pub. A lovely setting hidden down a little alley. The barman in here was very helpful, he asked is anyone a CAMRA member? I am not any more, cancelled mine a few years back but two of the part still were. One of us was enough to qualify for the twenty percent discount at the bar! I think on just one round the membership paid for itself.
Built in 1546 for the servants of the Bishops of Ely, The Ye Olde Mitre is famous for having a cherry tree, (now supporting the front) that Queen Elizabeth once danced around with Sir Christopher Hatton. The pub was actually a part of Cambridge (Ely being in Cambridge) and the licencees used to have to go there for their licence. Set in a part of London steeped in history, it's near where William Wallace was hung, drawn and quartered at Smithfield, along with martyrs and traitors who were also killed nearby.
We had another couple of pints here, then on for some food.
Another long tall shot, wastes a lot of space if you're viewing this on a desktop (but who is these days?).
