Sod Felixstowe Docks, my local's in trouble

robin_banks

Still compulsory in parts of Shropshire I believe, provided it's not on a Sunday of course.

FungusFighter

Really2 wrote: »

We have stopped having (cough) relationships with animals round here now.(it was only a few years ago though)

Mate, I'm really not sure what yr trying to say here:eek:

mewbie_2

Q. What happened to that disgusting old dog you used to hang around with?
A. I married her.

lostinrates

Really2 wrote: »

We have stopped having (cough) relationships with animals round here now.(it was only a few years ago though)

My dogs are dogs, not partners, but they are pretty important to me. If I were a single person living alone in a rural spot the dog and the the person at the bar might be the only people I spoke to regularly. Its nice if without drawing attention to that the publican takes time to say ''How's fido?''because to that person Fido is everything In a local they know that sort of thing.

1984ReturnsForReal_2

mewbie wrote: »

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

I live in a village & there are 2 pubs in it (one of which is owned by a dodgy, perv, know-it-all, stuck up his own *** idiot).

I can have a word & see if he will open up near you...

PS Out of the other 5 pubs within 2 miles 2 of them need shutting also...

Really2

1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »

I live in a village & there are 2 pubs in it (one of which is owned by a dodgy, perv, know-it-all, stuck up his own *** idiot).

Well if you don't like my pub you know what to do... Yer barred.:)

Pobby

I live in a city where the pubs are falling fast. My local, 200 yards away is struggling big time. Really nice couple have it lay, on a lot of entertainment. They are middle aged and if it all goes wrong they are sunk. Homeless.

The rent is £25,000 a year. It`s a scandal.

Edale

Pub companies such as enterprise and punch have created a business model that involves charging tenants riduculous rent and then charging them considerably more for their beer etc than they could buy if they weren't tied. The only way the tenants can try and survive is by charging loads for their drinks. The supermarkets operate a business model which involves selling certain goods for little or no profit to make you believe they are the cheapest.

My local sells bottles of Becks for £2.70, I am still drinking my way through the bottles I bought before Christmas, 3 X 18 bottles for £20 or 37p a bottle and clubcard points thrown in.

Tim Martin from Wetherspoons was on the news the other day saying that they made about £35 million profit yet were responsible for over £170 million in various taxes.

I also remember when they brought in those cans with the widget you were lucky if you could buy them in a supermarket for less than £1, beer in the pub was not that much more. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see why so many pubs are closing now and I bet as a nation we are drinking more.

SingleSue

Fungus, which pub?

scousethife

Its the smoking ban that has tipped it over the edge, look at this article scroll down just passed half way

in 2006 2 pubs a week were shutting
in 2007 it jumped to 27 a week

in 2009 its pedicted to be 39 per week

The jump from 2 to 27 means something massive happened in 2007 to decimate sales.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7922838.stm