We are wishing you a Happy Birthday from Monk Bar. (Bar is the Viking word for gate and gate is the Viking word for road, confusing I know.) Monk Bar dates from the early 14th century and is the biggest and fanciest of York's surviving bars. It comes complete with a working portcullis and winding mechanism and a little "gallery" between the towers from which "missiles and boiling oil could be dropped on attackers." (It's hard to see, but is above the arch right where the center gold thing is)
We hope you have a great birthday... Try not to wound your attackers too badly :)
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That's awesome, you guys! Greg's going to love it. Miss you!
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