{"id":8378,"date":"2025-11-11T01:54:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T01:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?p=8378"},"modified":"2025-12-16T14:47:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T14:47:15","slug":"the-eagle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?p=8378","title":{"rendered":"THE EAGLE HAS LANDED!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

No, I’ve landed at the “Eagle”.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The “Eagle” is perhaps the most famous of all Cambridge pubs. Oddly enough it wasn’t until my recent visit in September, that I actually finally stepped in to order a pint. Call it precognition or whatever, my brief visit seemed to be especially well timed.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Drink In Some History”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cambridgeshire is as flat as the Canadian prairies. Given its proximity to the continent, it became home to famous WWII airfields. I especially enjoyed the preservation of all the ceiling graffiti from the now dead airmen of that unmitigated disaster. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“THE SECRET OF LIFE<\/strong>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. James Watson died last week at the age of 97. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

His fellow scientist, Francis Crick, made the first braggadocious announcement of their discovery of the “Secret of Life”……..DNA… to lunchtime patrons here at the Eagle.<\/strong> Probably not the most scholarly of audiences<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, given that the Eagle is just a short walk down Free School Lane from the famous old Cavendish laboratory, the Eagle’s patronage was no doubt more scientific than your average British pub.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cavendish Laboratory, Free School Lane<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Free School Lane, central Cambridge<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The brief stroll down the lane towards the Eagle.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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