PAGE 8, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 1I. 1980, WHITBY FREE PRESS Between You and Me .4 T LIJa B%, RUTH COLES Now once again more good news about the downtown core of Whltby. Whenever I walk about something cathces my oye and my pace quickents as I hurry along to look or sometllnes to investigate. This time I notice a building on the east side of Brock Street South. A knock on the door and it is opened by Bil Calderwood and juat inside I meet Robert Loxigmuir. They made me very weicome. The building wll house the Eari of Durham Ding Lounge, a pub no less. What atmosphere and character tis wll brlng to Whtby!1 Even the name pub fascinates and in- trigues me alter having been li a few while on a visit to British Isles. Cosy, lrlendiy and warm, a place where friends and strangers enjoy good food and drink. Pubs are as old as time. Public houses they were called, half-way houses for the traveller who many yesrs ago rode horseback or drove li a carniage or horse buggy. Horses had to be watered and olten bedded down for the nighit while the travellers needed good nourishing food and lodging. Most British pubs have quite a history as they originated durlng the mlddle ages. One we stayed li Was advertised New pub brin gs tradition as the oidest pub in England where a king bad once slept, but now the name of both the pub and the king have lef t me. I remember the reluctance I feit when going to bed because I could not help but wonder about the age of the mattress. Was it a lew centuries oid too and did the king reaily sleep on 1t; that seerned to be the Inférence. lI the birltsh pubs everyone seemed ful of fun and good humour. We say no rowdyness or nonsense just happy, sociable folk. Everyone seemed to be there for a purpose, from esting and drinklng their hall pint to playing gamnes. Pubs are there for sociallzlng, enjoying friends and neigh- bours while you est and drink. No rides about slttlng at a table and not being able to move about. Not being a beer drinker I cannot really make judgements but fromn what I hear about some establish- monts I can't think of anythlng worse.* A public house, a meeting place for ev 'eryone. The business man finds a pub a good place to discuss matters of the day with colleagues and friends over lunch. Somne day the Lord Durham may gain famne too. Who knows? So a pub is primarlly a place to est, to drink, play games and to socialize or just to sit by the lire and enjoy your drink. Two floors, the lirst a British Pub with seating for a hun- dred persons, a fireplace and two dart boards. Cosy seating and bench seating on two levels for dining and drinking. On thejseonid floor,. the Lambton roomn with a small stage Clerk-Administrator, The Corporation of the Town of Whitby, 575 Rossiand Road East, Whltby, ONtarlo Li N 2M8 and a dance floor. George Lambton, Lord Larnbton played a part ln government, lni setting it up and propsed Upper and Lower Canada.. 1 think on this floor there is sittlng capacity for a hundred and ten. Dinner dances, weddlng parties, and why not revive tea dances so popular back ln the thirties? Lunch and dinner every day, brunch on Sunday and aI- ternoon tea every Sunday. Have you ever had a Sunday tes the way the British do? Clotted cream and strawberry jarn on tes biscuits or splts, a Corniali bun. A tes pot, hopefully a Brown Betty ful of steamlng hot tes. A chef from London England, roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, Cornlsh pastires, steak and kidney pie, banger and mash, unknown to me but as it was expiained, sausage and mashed potatoes. Other, foods too such a quiche and mestloal. Anyone for trifle? A dumb waiter unlike the old fashioned kind. This one, just like a minature elevator with buttons to designate the floor. Live music with a vocalist, hopefully local talent drawn for the surrounding ares. A sound system to be used when needed as when the musicians take a break. Elizabethan style interior whlch I expeet will be delight- ful and inviting when it is finished for the opening on November 29. On the first floor a fireplace to sit by and warm your toes. A mug of aie by the fire as you sit and play a game of checkers, chess, bacgammon or monoploy. One will be able to waik to the le foot bar and have your glass refilled, a new experience for Canadians and maybe a good one. A wine cellar with a temperature of 55 or 60 degrees fabrenheit. I arn not very knowledgable about aie and beer li 100 pînt containers, sianted for drainlng purposes is taken up to the bar were it is pumped to f111 glanses and mugs at 40 degrees fabrenheit. While the British beer at 55 degress goes through a process whlch causes the tem- perature to dropp to 50 degrees f. Some daylI wouid like to see this operation, just a natural curiosityl1 Have your read Jamacia Inn? It is a story about an ac- tuai Inn on the Bodmin moors, one of the oldest Inns ln England. The book lias been made into a feature filmn. A British pub, a flrst for Whitby and I know it will prove to be a great success. There are a few in Toronto and they are very popuiar. I arn looking forward to it ail, especially afternoon tes. 125TH ANNIVERSARY 1855-1980 THE CORPORATION 0F THE TOWN 0F WHITBY NOTICE 0F INTENTION NOTICE is hereby given that the Council of theCorporation of the Town of Whitby intends to pass a by-law to stop up and close that untravelled portion of the public highway municipally known as Pool Street, as more specifically described as follows. That untravelled portion of Pool Street, as shown l'ereun- der, lying between Trent Street East and Pitt Street East, bounded on the east and west by lands owned by the Corporation of the Town of Whitby, the easterly lands being.municipaliy known as Peel Park. GI f$rT STREET ES ST7 ONTARIO STRE FE r .fljJjj CI COFr rit ORIVE Us T JO-IN 5.rFeEt EAST sr TRENT sr LET EA5TCa/E D4Ç o ET /Vit /1 rI14ii1i