When a new brew was ready they would place an 'ale stake', a long pole covered in evergreens, through a window to attract customers.

'But when the surf fell enough for the boats to get ashore, and Greening held a lantern for me to jump down into the passage, after we had got the side out of the tomb, the first thing the light fell on at the bottom was a white face turned skyward.

A hollow groan, unlike anything she had ever heard in her life, came from the front, followed by a shout of Hoi, there!

Warnings such as watch your step can be provided when there is a small step off a bleacher to the pavement or ground level.