silverclaws
Senior Retro Guru
The British pub, the local, that institution so close to the working man's heart for centuries, what has become of it ?
It's dying and in some places dead.
Even one of my locals has decided to treat it's regular customers with absolute contempt tonight by shutting early and telling no one whilst they sat there. Yeah, this post is fuelled by anger at a night ruined by a pub that has just lost my business. No matter to me, there are three others to choose from, but I was where I was this evening through seven years of tradition a once weekly round up with my mates.
You see I have the sort of mind that needs boundaries so I know where I stand to be comfortable and in control of a situation that situation being me and my enjoyment, but I notice now the traditional bells to call last orders and time in many pubs is no more, replaced with the secretive cashing up when it suits them.
Now I blame the last government for this and their desire for the continental cafe culture they believed they could instill in Britons of all people, hey, we are Brits we have always done our own thing, but what has resulted is the pub trade starting to die, as no one knows where they stand anymore, traditional customers are moving away, a long standing British tradition pretty much dead.
Sure the smoking ban took it's toll, but way back in time the traditional British pub was more civilised and had 'Smoke Rooms' which later were knocked through to make a pub bigger to make the space look more empty now seeing as many a customer has given up , but in modern times we are less civilised, we send the leper smoker outside in the wind and rain.
And now we have the war on the so called 'binge drinker', the latest buzz word the shysters in government are using to clamp down further on what little remains to enjoy in the forms of leisure in our society, what is happening to our drinking institutions, what is at work if it is not temperance ideology ?
For sure the logical solution is to return to the licensing laws we had before, which worked for decades, the 'continental' experiment over as it is a failure, for we are not continentals, we are Britons and we need to know where we stand, so we may enjoy what we have in terms of leisure allowed to us.
Any thoughts ?
It's dying and in some places dead.
Even one of my locals has decided to treat it's regular customers with absolute contempt tonight by shutting early and telling no one whilst they sat there. Yeah, this post is fuelled by anger at a night ruined by a pub that has just lost my business. No matter to me, there are three others to choose from, but I was where I was this evening through seven years of tradition a once weekly round up with my mates.
You see I have the sort of mind that needs boundaries so I know where I stand to be comfortable and in control of a situation that situation being me and my enjoyment, but I notice now the traditional bells to call last orders and time in many pubs is no more, replaced with the secretive cashing up when it suits them.
Now I blame the last government for this and their desire for the continental cafe culture they believed they could instill in Britons of all people, hey, we are Brits we have always done our own thing, but what has resulted is the pub trade starting to die, as no one knows where they stand anymore, traditional customers are moving away, a long standing British tradition pretty much dead.
Sure the smoking ban took it's toll, but way back in time the traditional British pub was more civilised and had 'Smoke Rooms' which later were knocked through to make a pub bigger to make the space look more empty now seeing as many a customer has given up , but in modern times we are less civilised, we send the leper smoker outside in the wind and rain.
And now we have the war on the so called 'binge drinker', the latest buzz word the shysters in government are using to clamp down further on what little remains to enjoy in the forms of leisure in our society, what is happening to our drinking institutions, what is at work if it is not temperance ideology ?
For sure the logical solution is to return to the licensing laws we had before, which worked for decades, the 'continental' experiment over as it is a failure, for we are not continentals, we are Britons and we need to know where we stand, so we may enjoy what we have in terms of leisure allowed to us.
Any thoughts ?
