Enough of this madness! Buy normal Guinness- it costs the same with the added bonus of getting you wankered if you drink enough. Christ almighty, the country’s going mad!!
The pub trade survives on its own abilities. If some cafe culture displaces the public houses, I don't see that as wrong, just a personal choice made by the public. I go to pubs less than when I was younger mainly because I don't drink alcohol. I also am put off by the unfortunate reality that many -if not most- are now family restaurants, full of young children. Zero appeal.
Thank you for being brave enough to share this It certainly does feel good helping others who need it. Make sure you keep your glass topped up and do the little things that make you happy
The good people in our village always have a post Christmas dog walk/pub crawl, traditionally an all day affair, used to be six pubs, now down to four, that's a terrible statistic. Two pubs have disappeared in the last year, one of them is turning into a resturant and the other is up for sale. I think we have lost at least ten pubs locally in my lifetime, with one new addition of Wetherspoons in Marlow. A sorry state of affairs.
Pubs have changed a lot over the last 60 years. They were primarily a working mens club, you could talk freely with friends and strangers and relax away from the women and children. Food was usually a very poor afterthought. Now they are family restaurants where it feels awkward conversing with the strangers on the table next door but that doesn't stop me. I wonder hoe long it will be before they are asked to stop serving alcohol because it deters our muslim friends.
Sounds like you've got the pick of the bunch! Most I go into these days are packed with Moms (some accompanied by Dads too) with packs of feral kids running riot. I used to get dumped outside when I was a kid with a bottle of Pepsi. Now I'm an old git, it's funny to find myself back outside again by choice, to escape the restaurant/zoo inside!
Pleased to report my local three doors down is still full of flag waving British patriots and fat arse who tuts at dogs can sit on a stool boring the whole pub with his moon howling theories of why “Britain is fucked mate”.
Over 15,800 pubs have closed in the UK in the past 25 years, and the trend of closures has been ongoing for decades, with significant losses reported since 2000.
Noone I know drinks in a pub, the cost of a pint other than wetherspoons is too much, other than my Daughter but I'm sure her fella does all the buying. I'll have a pint if I'm out for a meal, I try not to look at the Wine cost if the Mrs is drinking as it just puts a dampener on the evening.
We're lucky to still have two pubs in our village. One is a foodie restaurant pub, but still has strong local wet trade; the other is a quirky tiny bar with a cobbled floor attached to a youth hostel and camp site, that doesn't serve food but does do very good value for money pizzas, so they're contrasting establishments that compliment one another. I try to support both (too much probably).
Unless you stick with lager, the quality of "ale" served is often average despite the price these days. (said in an anorak voice)
My local Wetherspoons goes wild on a Thursday lunchtime! All the OAP's blowing their Giro. Pop goes the weasel!
The nearest thing I have to a local is actually miles away; it’s the pub we use on matchdays where we all meet beforehand as we are now scattered far and wide. Only other time I seem to go these days is for leaving dos or for our Fantasy Football transfer window. According to the previous landlord, matchday trade about covered his annual running costs so the locals still had a pub; looking at the fall off in trade since Christmas, that might change in the not too distant future.
