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Pubs are an important part of the culture here in Scotland and throughout the UK. Many of the pubs are independently owned and operated, some are owned by large beer brewing companies, and some are part of a chain. The largest pub chain in the UK, by far, is Weatherspoon. There are 800 of these pubs, each and every one housed in a converted historical building of some sort.
We recently stopped for lunch at one of the Weatherspoon pubs in Edinburgh, the Standing Order (see photo). It is housed in a former Union Bank of Scotland building. The building was built in the late 1870s in a neo-classical style; it retains features from its banking past, including an original Chubb vault.
