I-Turf Tavern - I-Oxford's Almost Secret Pub

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Abantu abafuna ukuthola isipiliyoni sesibhakabhaka sase-English esiyiqiniso nesendabuko bayaphatha ukugcina i-Turf Tavern igxuma naphezu kwayo indawo eyimfihlo.

Vakashela noma yikuphi usuku lwesonto futhi uzothola i-Turf Tavern egcwele abafundi baseyunivesithi , izifundiswa, imindeni yasendaweni kanye nezivakashi ezivela emhlabeni wonke ukufuna isithonjana se-British TV se-Inspector Morse sika-favorite.

Umsunguli oqanjiwe, owadalwa nguColin Dexter futhi ovezwe ochungechungeni olubude lwaseTrithani lwedvishini, wayengomunye walaba abadumileyo-uma beqanjiwe - amakhasimende.

Phakathi kwama-celebs aphilayo wangempela - u-Elizabeth Taylor noRichard Burton babedelwa ukuyeka lapho behlala eduze; i-cast and crew yamafilimu kaHarry Potter bebekhona ngesikhathi bedubula e-Oxford; UStephen Hawking, uThomas Hardy, u-Emma Watson no-Ernest Hemingway bafaka izikhala zabo kule bar (akuzona zonke ngesikhathi esifanayo). Kubuye kuthiwa yiyona ndawo lapho, phakathi nezinsuku zabo ze-Oxford University, owayengumengameli wase-Australia u-Bob Bob Hawke wehla egcekeni lika-ale ngemizuzwana engu-11 - okwenza udumo lweGuinness Book Records - noMongameli Bill Clinton

I-Pub Hardest ku-Oxford ukuthola

UChristopher Middleton, ebhala eTelegraph, wathi ngalolu shicilelo, "Ungase uvakashele i-Oxford iminyaka engama-600 edlule kodwa ungakatholi iThe Turf Tavern. " Lokho kusho. Ukuthola le ndawo yokuthakazelisa encane enomlando wayo omude kunenselele. Nansi indlela -

Yehlisa i-New College Lane, ngaphesheya kwe-Bodleian Library.

Dlula ngaphansi kweBridge of Sighs ngaphansi kwe-Oxford futhi ngokushesha ushiye ngakwesokunxele ungene eSt Helen's Passage, umzila onzima kakhulu ungase ungakwazi ukusakaza zombili izingalo zakho. Kwakujwayele ukubizwa ngokuthi iGrade Passage. Ku-Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Ukubuyiselwa emuva uCharles uthi, "I-Turf e-Hell Passage yasikwazi kahle."

Le ndima ikhula futhi ilula njengoba iphenduka. Mayelana namamitha angu-150 eduze - njengoba nje ucabanga ukuthi ulahlekile - i-Turf Tavern encane iyavela. Hamba ngqo ngqo emnyango omncane, oluhlaza noma ulandele izinyathelo ezibheke ngakwesokudla nangesobunxele zibe yizivande zezinyosi. I-Turf ingase ingabi yi-Oxford yokudala kunazo zonke kodwa izisekelo zayo zasendulo zisekela i-warren yamakamelo amancane, angaqondakali, axhunyiwe ngamavesi amancane, izitebhisi ezincane nezinsimbi ezimbili ezincane, ezimatasa.

Indlela elula - kodwa engaphansi kakhulu kakhulu futhi engahambi kahle kakhulu - ukungena ku-Bath Place, umzila wendlela yokuhamba ngezinyawo, uhambe ne-Holywell Street. I-pub isingamamitha angaba ngu-300 ukusuka kulolu hlobo.

Indawo Akuyona Yodwa I-Puzzle

Iminyaka engakanani ubudala i-Turf Tavern futhi nokuthi iyindawo yokudala kunazo zonke e-Oxford nayo iyimfihlakalo. Ngokuqinisekile, ungomunye wabakhulu kunabo bonke, ophikisana neThe Bear, isishicilelo sika-Fuller esicabanga ukuthi sikhonze kusukela ngo-1242. I-ramshackle, isicathulo se-ramshackle esibhekene ne-Bath Place cishe ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-17. Isibonakaliso ngakwesokunxele sezimangalo zokushicilela abaye bakhonza kusukela ngekhulu le-12 (lokho kungaba yi-1100s). Kodwa umbiko wokuqala oqinisekisiwe wendawo yi-1381 emarekhodi amarekhodi okubusa kukaNkosi uRichard II.

Ukuphuza

Uma usutholile, kunenqwaba yokujabulela emakamelweni ayo amancane, axhunyiwe. Naphezu kokuba yi-pub ephethwe (okusho ukuthi iqhutshwa yinkampani yokuphuza), abaphathi, uGreene King, baye balondoloza umlingisi wokuzijabulisa , behlinzekela ngezindlela ezihlukahlukene ze-ales kanye nezinyosi zangempela. Ama-guest ales agcinwa ekupompheni, ngokukhethwa kokushintsha nsuku zonke. Iwayini litholakala ngilazi nebhokisi ne-champagne ngebhokisi. Ijusi le-orange, iziphuzo ezithambile kanye nekhofi zinikezwa ngokujabula okukhulu njengokuphuza utshwala. Futhi uma benesikhathi sokuxoxa (okungenjalo ngokuvamile) amaseva ebhasini mayelana nokukhulu njengamakhamera azokuqondisa kuzo zonke izinqumo.

Iphuzu langaphakathi: Ungaphuthelwa iwayini elibomvu elihlanganisiwe. Kuyisipesheli esikhwameni ebusika.

Ukudla

Izifundo eziyinhloko zivela ezitsheni zendabuko zase-English ezifana ne-Cumberland sausages kanye ne-mash, inyama yenkomo ne-ale pie, nezinhlanzi nama-chips , kuma-burgers nama-saladi.

Ama-sides ahlanganisa ama-chips amakhulu amathathu asephekwe. I-Desserts yi-pudding ye-toffee enomdabu futhi enesisekelo ye-English, i-Eton Mess cheesecake, i-ushokolethi kathathu. Ngiyakuthanda ama-donuts okudliwayo nge-strawberry ne-apple sapping.

Izici ezikhethekile

Ehlanganiswe ezinye izakhiwo nxazonke, izivande zezinyosi ezintathu zangaphandle zendawo yokupaka zikhululekile unyaka wonke. Ngezikhathi eziphakathi, lezi zindawo zaziyizindawo zokulwa neqhude futhi kubi kakhulu. Igama livela kubathengi bama - turfmen noma ama- turf (bookies) abathatha ukubheja lapha. Kodwa yilokho wonke umlando wasendulo, namuhla izdidi zebhiya zigcinwa zigcwele amalahle bt, ezinama-braziers amakhulu namakhasimende amenywa ukuba agcobe ama-marshmallows phezu kwawo - ikakhulukazi athandwa nezingane.

I-Verdict

Kuyinto yokudabuka engavamile, namuhla, ekwazi ukuqhutshelwa abantu abaningi okwamanje bejabule futhi benobungane kubantu abangabazi ngesikhathi esifanayo. Thatha inkathazo ukuthola le ndawo emangalisayo, emkhathini.

Izintuthuko zeTurf Tavern