Ye Olde Salutation Report
The
venue was a very old Nottingham pub, famous for a lot of reasons and extremely
well known to at least one of the team from a checkered drinking history
in times of misspent youth.
Purported to be one of the oldest inns in England the "Sal", as it is affectionately known, was once a make-shift courthouse; not only trying people, but hanging them from a still existing beam in the upstairs bar and, at one time, from a beam outside that no longer exists.
The caves underneath the pub have been identified as 9th century; providing both a workplace and a home for previous residents.
The "Sal" was classed as a bridge between the affluent areas of the town, Broadmarsh, and the deprived area of Narrowmarsh.
Purported to be one of the oldest inns in England the "Sal", as it is affectionately known, was once a make-shift courthouse; not only trying people, but hanging them from a still existing beam in the upstairs bar and, at one time, from a beam outside that no longer exists.
The caves underneath the pub have been identified as 9th century; providing both a workplace and a home for previous residents.
The "Sal" was classed as a bridge between the affluent areas of the town, Broadmarsh, and the deprived area of Narrowmarsh.
Built
in 1240 there must have been plenty of trauma, particularly when it was
a court house and a place that people, when found guilty, were hung so
our expectations were high.
