Tiny northern pub where swearing and mobile phones are banned – as well as large groups

ONE of the smallest pubs successful a beauteous UK metropolis has immoderate of the strictest location rules you'll ever read.

The Blue Bell pub, successful York, not lone bans mobile phones and swearing, but besides ample groups.

The Blue Bell pub is successful casual walking region of York's celebrated Shambles truthful it a large spot for a pint.

But you had amended lavation your rima retired earlier you get - the pub's website dedicates a full leafage to its ‘House Rules’, which see nary swearing.

There's akin reasoning down the pub's 'no mobile telephone noise' rule.

The pub states: "Just arsenic with swearing, large chatting connected mobile phones and the playing of euphony oregon videos ruins the enjoyment of the pub for those astir you.

"We kindly inquire that each mobile telephone conversations instrumentality spot extracurricular of our nationalist rooms successful bid for everyone to bask their pint successful peace.

"We cognize that your expansive daughter's choir show means a batch to you but delight spot america - nary 1 other wants to perceive it."

Groups are besides banned from the pub - for the elemental crushed it's excessively tiny to accommodate them.

Groups whitethorn beryllium allowed successful with anterior agreement, but it asks you don't instrumentality it to bosom if your radical is turned away.

The Blue Bell's last location regularisation is 'no nether 18s', for the evident crushed nether 18s can't beryllium served alcohol, but to besides to let teachers determination to escape.

Why it has these rules is seemingly 1 of its most-asked questions. 

It explains: “The reply takes america each the mode backmost to 1902 wherever the manager, Harry Hayes was dismissed by the pub’s owners for landing himself successful court 3 times successful 1 period for atrocious behaviour, drunkenness and non-payment of rent. 

“The owners - CJ Melrose & Co - installed a caller landlord and landlady called George and Annie Robinson successful January 1903 who, on with their girl Edith, ran the pub until 1992.”

George was seemingly chosen owed to his regimental, strict and non-nonsense attack to moving a tiny pub. 

He and Annie were alert that successful specified a tiny abstraction manners are paramount to everyone enjoying a affable drink.

So they insisted that swearing and uncouth behaviour not beryllium allowed.

Edith went connected to instrumentality implicit her parents' lease of the pub and kept the House Rules successful place.

She retired successful 1992 aft 89 years astatine the pub, but each landlord and landlady since has recognised the worth of her father's wisdom.

Despite the strict rules - erstwhile punters person raved astir the pub.

One idiosyncratic said it: "It feels similar stepping backmost successful time."

Another agreed: "That was specified an astonishing acquisition to person a brew successful a smaller and coziest pub successful York."

A 3rd said: "No fuss, nary phones, nary television. Just a due aged manner pub. I loved it."

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