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Bet and bawd: sign over a sad pub; taste OF THE NORTH EAST beer.(News)

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From: The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Date: 20061208
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Byline: ALASTAIR GILMOUR

GEOFFREY Chaucer missed his chance to change the history of the pub. In his 14th Century Canterbury Tales account of a pilgrimage to the city, he could have invented Bet Lynch.

That way we would have heard the last of all blonde, buxom, brash and bawdy barmaids long before the occupation was stereotyped, then every pub in the country would be staffed by normal, approachable, standard-issue personnel.

What Chaucer omitted to bequeath to the nation was The Barmaid's Tale to study alongside The Knight's Tale, The Prioress' Tale, The Squire's ...

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