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Eating Out - Sunday Lunch in Avebury

Eating out is an important part of our family social life. What a better way to enjoy your sunday lunch with a relaxing drink and have the traditional roast served and great, no dishes to wash up afterwards.

Spoil the home chef for a change and let them put their feet up, enjoying the Sunday roast too. It appears someone else's culinary expertise, always tastes different and as a matter of choice often tastes better.

The cook of the house, need not spend hours in the kitchen, with all the preparation, vegetables, basting the joint, tied to the stove. Many local pubs feature the great sunday roast, offering top quality food to make the most of our out-of-work time. Browse through the local villages below, to see where the next course is being served. If you have recently enjoyed a sunday lunch served locally, let us know and we can include it here. Please e-mail: webmaster

[Avebury]

[Broad Hinton]

[Calne]

[Chippenham]

[Christian Malford]

[Compton Bassett]

 
 
 

[Dauntsey]

[Derry Hill]

[Hilmarton]

[Lyneham]

[Swindon]

[Wootton Bassett]

 
 
 
 
Avebury
Red Lion Avebury
Red Lion Avebury
Red Lion

The Red Lion
High Street
Avebury
SN8 1RF
Tel +44(0)1672 539266

The Red Lion is the place to wet your whistle!.
You may have heard of the term 'wet your whistle and wondered where the phrase originated. The beer drinking phrase 'wet your whistle' has its origins in the shape of the tankards people supped their ale from in the 16th century. Tankards in English pubs had a whistle baked into the handle. This allowed any drinker who needed a refill to blow the whistle and get the attention opf the nearest serving wench in the tavern.

Mind Your Ps and Qs

In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the phrase "Mind your Ps and Qs

On the other hand, before people could read, they had to rely on the sound of what was said - so that may be how "Oi don't forget to say Please and Thank You" became "Mind your Ps and Qs"

Wipe The Slate Clean

Inn keepers kept a tally of pints and quarts consumed on a chalk board behind the bar. When the bill was paid (if it was!), the Innkeeper could wipe the slate. When Innkeeper's bill was paid, he could wipe the slate clean.

 
 

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