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A-Z Bristol Pub Crawl: The Miners Rest, Long Ashton
A Christmas lunch was still in full swing in one half of the Miners Rest in Long Ashton soon after 2pm on a recent afternoon.
The pub is renowned for having panoramic views across the North Somerset countryside, with its name a reminder of the days when Long Ashton villagers walked across the fields in the other direction to work in the pits of south Bristol.
Inside, laughter filled the small pub as the old friends who looked like they have known each other for decades caught up wearing paper hats and a few garish Christmas jumpers.
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Roast turkey and all the trimmings is on the menu this month, but the usual ham and eggs, steak and kidney pie, and faggots, chips, peas and gravy are still available for lunch if you want some proper pub grub.
In the other half of the pub from the Christmas lunch, Charlie was getting a bit overexcited.
“Charlie, cut it out! Stop it!” Charlie went back under a chair with his tail between his legs. Charlie is a terrier.
The Miners Rest is now on Providence Lane but this steep road was known as Ashton Hill in 1815 – the year with the first reference to a pub here within what used to be two neighbouring cottages.
In the late 19th century, the pub was owned by thé Stokes Croft Brewery – with Lakota nightclub on Upper York Street occupying an old brewery building.
Back inside the Miners Rest and dotted around the pub are black and white photos of life down the mines, and even a pick and shovel on display.
As the Christmas lunch continued, more dogs and their owners wandered in to keep Charlie in high spirits.
“I’ll have half a Stella to start with,” one woman holding a small dog on a lead told her husband, who went straight to the bar: “Hi, Jenny. Half a Stella to start with, please.”
The Miners Rest offers panoramic views of the North Somerset countryside – photo: Martin Booth
The Miners Rest, 42 Providence Lane, Long Ashton, BS41 9DJ
Main photo: Martin Booth
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