I hope you are having fun in rainy York! (I live about six miles out. It's raining here as well)
They are called bars because they are the old toll-gates, where country people coming into the city to sell produce had to pay a toll - they were barred from entrance unless they paid up.
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Date: 2012-07-06 01:24 pm (UTC)They are called bars because they are the old toll-gates, where country people coming into the city to sell produce had to pay a toll - they were barred from entrance unless they paid up.