Word: oakes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...oak ceiling, and a cask of oil. In July, off Charleston...
They are the proud invention of London Furniture Manufacturers Leslie Costick and Ralph Shafran, who last year found that Britain's deepening recession was drying up their once lively business of producing, among other things, such pub parts as oak bar tops and brass rails. If the home market had gone sour, they wondered, why not look abroad, where English-style pubs seem increasingly popular. After all, says Costick, in some U.S. pseudo-pubs, "they even have a tartan in the act, because they are not sure what is England and what is Scotland...
...Cascais, Portugal), have 14 others (minimum price: $500,000) in the works, and are negotiating a contract to build 200 for the U.S. market. The crated pieces can transform a Laundromat into a passable pub in ten days. Most popular are the Tudor-style pubs, which feature white walls, oak beams (hollowed to save shipping weight), and wrought-iron fixtures. But they can also be had in Regency (striped wallpaper, glass chandeliers) and Victorian (crimson drapes, gaslights) styles...
...Oak, which reaches...
SOCCER GAME OF THE WEEK (CBS, 3:30-5:30 p.m.). Toronto plays Oakland at Oak land, Calif...