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woolpack

(ˈwʊlˌpæk)
n
1. (Textiles) the cloth or canvas wrapping used to pack a bale of wool
2. (Textiles) a bale of wool
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David Faux for the West Indies, that the vacant shop in the marketplace at Grimworth was understood to have been let to the stranger with a sallow complexion and a buff cravat, whose first appearance had caused some excitement in the bar of the Woolpack, where he had called to wait for the coach.
Even the discovery that ovens were being put up on the premises, and that the shop was, in fact, being fitted up for a confectioner and pastry-cook's business, hitherto unknown in Grimworth, did not quite suffice to turn the scale in the newcomer's favour, though the landlady at the Woolpack defended him warmly, said he seemed to be a very clever young man, and from what she could make out, came of a very good family; indeed, was most likely a good many people's betters.
One goal in the first half and another just after the break, with goals from Dean Arnold and Ryan Kennedy, appeared to have clinched it in Woolpack's favour, but in the last 30 minutes, Storthes Hall exerted great pressure on the Woolpack goal.
MANY of the characters knocking back pints in TV pub The Woolpack are "depressed drinkers".
The Emmerdale stunners have left their wellies and waxed jackets in the Woolpack in a bid to field off the competition - and any straw poll would say either is in with a chance of making hay at next Saturday's ceremony.
People living and working near the Woolpack Inn, in Nuneaton Road, Bedworth, are desperately worried about the risks of the boarded-up pub .
Granada bosses have given the go-ahead for the move in which Emmerdale favourites would visit the Rovers - or Corrie regulars would pop up in the Woolpack.
Almondbury Woolpack dropped two points last Saturday in a 1-1 draw with second-placed 3D Dynamos.
The actress, 46, acclaimed for her role as CJ Lamb in US TV drama LA Law, will take the Woolpack by storm as sexy Natasha Wylde.
The Woolpack worker lands a role as an extra before she steps in to play an Indian bride when the leading lady falls ill.
The company, based in Leamington, worked on the old Woolpack pub, with help from English Heritage and town, district and county councils.
They'll all be oop for th'Oscars when the Woolpack stages a Hollywood theme night later this month.