Sod Felixstowe Docks, my local's in trouble

FungusFighter

Landlord says its crunch time, 4 others in the area have closed:eek:
Smoking ban, recession, increase in duty, there won't be any locals left soon and somthing needs to be done:mad:

pickles110564

FungusFighter wrote: »

Landlord says its crunch time, 4 others in the area have closed:eek:
Smoking ban, recession, increase in duty, there won't be any locals left soon and somthing needs to be done:mad:

Where is it mate, I will come down and have a few pints with you to help boost the coffers.:beer:

Cleaver

It is a shame that great pubs are closing. There are quite a few lovely, old pubs near me that I'd be happy for the government to 'nationalise' if necessary.

1984ReturnsForReal_2

FungusFighter wrote: »

Landlord says its crunch time, 4 others in the area have closed:eek:
Smoking ban, recession, increase in duty, there won't be any locals left soon and somthing needs to be done:mad:

Drink more?


Use it or lose it..

Really2

FungusFighter wrote: »

Landlord says its crunch time, 4 others in the area have closed:eek:
Smoking ban, recession, increase in duty, there won't be any locals left soon and somthing needs to be done:mad:

I used to live in a place where we had 20+ pubs within 1/2 mile of the center (this is a small village)

Not one as closed (surprisingly as ones near me now have) but the town was basically ideal if all you want to do is drink alcohol.

brixham

Wetherspoons by me have just put the cost of a large glass of plonk DOWN by 50 ish p :beer:
How the little "locals" pub can compete with this I'm not sure.

itsnever2lateisit?

Really2 wrote: »

I used to live in a place where we had 20+ pubs within 1/2 mile of the center (this is a small village)

Not one as closed (surprisingly as ones near me now have) but the town was basically ideal if all you want to do is drink alcohol.

I wanna live there:beer:

bo_drinker

3 bottles of wine at Asda for £10. And similar deals, it's not only the High St they are killing off. Not been near a pub since November and that was an after wedding do, no other reason. I think I read somewhere 30 a week were closing. About 20 years ago there were waiting lists for people wanting to run a pub, one pub was recently sold for £1 near Birmingham I think.

mewbie_2

brixham wrote: »

How the little "locals" pub can compete with this I'm not sure.

They can't. I feel sorriest for people in villages, where the pub and the post office, and any other little shops close.

Really2

itsnever2lateisit? wrote: »

I wanna live there:beer:

Belive me there are not any places you can have a pub crawl walk less than a mile drink a half in every pub and still have dunk more than 10 pints.

The only problem is you usualy have to start drinking at around 16 to support the local economy.

lostinrates

Our rural village pub is now a restaurant with a pub in the corner. Its ok, its not the worst, by a long shot. We have the cricket scores on the wall, and the locals use it. But for pubbier pubs I have to drive. Now....there's the problem.