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====Golden Fleece (closed 2008)==== This pub came to nationwide media attention in early January 2008. The landlord, who was later found to have been trading under his son's alcohol licence, had been publicly flouting the [[smoking ban]] that was introduced throughout England in July 2007.<ref name="Licensee defies pub smoking ban">{{cite news|url=http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/Licensee-defies-pub-smoking-ban.3658261.jp|title=Licensee defies pub smoking ban|accessdate=16 January 2008|work=Halifax Courier}}</ref> It was alleged that he had allowed customers to smoke inside his pub, and had either taken down non-smoking signs or written over them with 'Smoking Allowed'. The pub had allegedly received support from smokers and non-smokers alike in Halifax, Bradford, Huddersfield and Leeds. The landlord stated that he had received phone calls of support from Germany, Croatia and the USA. He announced in 2008 that he would open another pub in Huddersfield,The College Arms,<ref name="I'll defy ban on pub smoking">{{cite web|url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2008/01/16/i-ll-defy-ban-on-pub-smoking-86081-20355902/|title=I'll defy ban on pub smoking|accessdate=16 January 2008}}</ref><ref name="Evening Courier - Golden Fleece Shut Down">{{cite web|url=http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/Greetland-smoking-pub-shut-down.3680386.jp|title=Greetland smoking pub shut down: Man behind stunt had no licence|accessdate=23 January 2008}}</ref> where he would also allow his customers to smoke. He said that he wished to create a small smoking area, leaving most of the pub a non-smoking venue.
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