Tonight Brew Wales visited one of the strangest pubs in Wales. Machen is a village between Newport and Caerphilly and the White Hart pub occasionaly brews its own beer, tonight Otley was on. This pub was refurbished in the early 1960s just as the liner, the Empress of France was being scrapped by Cashmores in Newport. Cashmores used to sell off the interiors of the ships they were scraping. This has resulted in the art deco interior we see today in the White Hart. Now here is where the fun starts, why don't CADW, who are responsible for protecting historic buildings in Wales list, ie protect this 1930s woodwork? One of the reasons why they say they will not is because the interior dates from the 1960s! Cant win. Best way to support the pub is drink there!
CADW.
ReplyDeletePROTECT THIS WOODWORK.
THE SHIP WAS SCAPPED IN THE EARLY 60s BUT SHE DID 32 YEARS SERVICE AND WAS ONCE CALED THE DUCHESS OF BEDFORD,LAUNCHED IN JANUARY 1928. SO THE WOODWORK IS NOT 60s AT ALL.
I sailed on her, on her final voyage in 1960 Montreal to liverpool.