The Dean Tavern
Subtitle: a Gothenburg experiment
By: Alasdair Anderson
Publisher: Dean Tavern Trust
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Newtongrange
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
Subjects: Social life and customs; Bars (Drinking establishments)
Description: The Dean Tavern was opened in 1899 by the village owners, the Lothian Coal Company, in an attempt to control their workers' drinking habits. This book covers the controversial beginnings of the Dean and its history to the present, plus stories of village life, the coal company, other local drinking houses and the history of coalmining in the area.