Visitors stopping at The Pelican in her Piety in Ogmore village on the road to Ogmore-by-Sea this weekend found the building quiet and handwritten signs stating "closed" had been stuck in the windows.
"After more than 17 years running the Pelican in her Piety, the publican has decided to surrender the pub for personal reasons," said the spokesman.
The name was changed to The Pelican in her Piety in November 2000 to depict its true history.
CSIRI.org will be conducting silent auctions and other activities in concert with other local businesses to raise funding for the establishment of a Living Her Story Museum in the Old Town Home built in 1925 by relatives who may have been Freemasons, according to hints found in the family crest with a
pelican in her piety, a golden nest.
I think a lunch at The
Pelican in her Piety is in order, and then I'll be heading off for a two-hour horse ride along the coast.
To really enter into the spirit of a truly British Sunday afternoon we ventured along the South Wales coastline for a bracing seaside walk, tracing the grassy cliffs of Ogmore-by-Sea, before driving two minutes inland to the
Pelican in her Piety.
The
pelican in her piety is featured in the coat of arms of the Carne family.
The Pelican in Her Piety, just outside Ogmore by Sea in the Vale of Glamorgan, bills itself as a pub for real ale, real food and real countryside.
Pelican in Her Piety, Ogmore by Sea, 01656 880049 www.pelicanpub.co.uk
Also included in the book's list are: The Railway, Devon Road, Bridgend; The Vale of Glamorgan Inn, High Street, Cowbridge; The Albany Hotel, Donald Street, Roath and The
Pelican in Her Piety, Ogmore Village.
I was very interested to read the explanation of how Ogmore-by-Sea's
Pelican in her Piety Inn got its name from the coat of arms of the Carne family (Echo, December 29).
The girl was assaulted by a gang of men at the
Pelican in Her Piety pub in Ogmore-by-Sea, Vale of Glamorgan.