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The Eagle and Child, nicknamed "the Bird and Baby", [1] is a pub in St Giles', Oxford, England, owned by the Ellison Institute of Technology [2] and previously operated by Mitchells & Butlers as a Nicholson's pub. [3] The pub had been part of an endowment belonging to University College since the 17th century.
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The building dates from 1664, originally a row of three houses. It was built on a timber box frame, with brick stacks. The pub has an 18th-century shop front, but the main door dates from the 20th century. The pub was partially destroyed by a bomb in World War II, but three of the original five projecting gables remain.
The pub underwent a renovation in 1951 to double the interior space. [11] In January 1953, the pub was raided by armed robbers. [12] The pub has been visited by Princess Margaret and Prince Rainier III of Monaco. [13] On the opposite side of the road (Wapping Wall) is the former Wapping Hydraulic Power Station, later an arts centre and restaurant.
This pub is closely associated with Irish traditional music and was where the popular Irish folk group, The Dubliners, began performing in the early 1960s.. Many other notable Irish musicians including Séamus Ennis, Joe Heaney, Andy Irvine, [2]: 42–45 Christy Moore, The Fureys and Phil Lynott have played at O’Donoghue’s, and their photographs are displayed in the pub.
The Cittie of Yorke is a grade II listed public house on London's High Holborn, and is listed in CAMRA's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. [1] [2] The pub is owned and operated by Samuel Smith Old Brewery. Although the current building is a rebuilding of the 1920s, the buildings on this site have been pubs since 1430. [2]
Micol Ostow (born April 29, 1976) is an American author, editor and educator who has written more than 40 published works. Her first original hardcover novel, Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa, was named a "New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age".
O-Town's second album O2 was released in November 2002 by J Records. It included a newer single, "We Fit Together". [1] The album was observed to have a different sound from O-Town's debut album, with a mix of "soulful ballads and songs with more of a rock ‘n’ roll approach," according to Contemporary Musicians. [1]