Taverns [ Food & Drink venues ]
… housing a Jacobin Club in the 1790s. John Freeth himself was a well-known ballad writer and poet, and would write poems, printed in letterpress on small cards as invitations to ‘feasts’ held at his public house. 7 Not far from Freeth’s … the Church and King riots that destroyed Joseph Priestley’s home. 7 . For more on John Freeth, including images of his prints, see Jenni Dixon’s blog (http://mappingbirmingham. blogspot.com/2016/10/freeths-coffee-house-society-feasts.html). … of entertainment such as collective singing, toasting, and speech-making. This went hand-in-hand with a substantial print industry dedicated to publishing the words to songs sung at convivial meetings, and suggestions of toasts, as well …
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