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By *tella Heels OP   TV/TS
over a year ago

west here ford shire

Is consecutive years of tax hikes on alcohol to the detriment to your local public house?

I know society has changed, we don’t go to our local pub as much as we did, but the village pub was the centre of the community, now many of them are closed or closing.

Do you care? Can anything be done to save these pubs and an industry on its knees?

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

I think the smoking ban also took a toll in the apparent dissolution.

However, many Landlords have adapted and via serving food, the image of the local community pub may yet not necessarily be a thing of the past

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We have lost a lot of pubs and had a couple of new gastro pubs open up. They are more eateries than sit with your mates and drink your woes away though.

We used to meet up with mates in the pub every weekend and it would be packed.

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By *mmabluTV/TS
over a year ago

upton wirral


"Is consecutive years of tax hikes on alcohol to the detriment to your local public house?

I know society has changed, we don’t go to our local pub as much as we did, but the village pub was the centre of the community, now many of them are closed or closing.

Do you care? Can anything be done to save these pubs and an industry on its knees?"
Yes I think it is very sad,it was a place to chat make friends and relax how times have changed

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By *tella Heels OP   TV/TS
over a year ago

west here ford shire


"We have lost a lot of pubs and had a couple of new gastro pubs open up. They are more eateries than sit with your mates and drink your woes away though.

We used to meet up with mates in the pub every weekend and it would be packed.

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I miss those days, pubs seem to have to in the main become eateries, live music also is a trend now..

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

I now live near to several pubs that I used to frequent back in the 90's. Quite a few of them have either been turned into flats or demolished. I played darts against Eric Bristow at a pub called The George, that is now an Indian restaurant ffs

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By *tella Heels OP   TV/TS
over a year ago

west here ford shire

The problem is younger people don’t know how the pub life was, hope that makes sense..

Most of the pubs in Hereford that served their local community have gone and are now Tesco express

Some were known for serving decent food too..

I still maintain high tax on wet sales of beers and ciders are to blame, yet supermarkets can sell cans at rediculous prices!!

The taxes should be higher in cans and bottles, lower on wet sales, thus helping the pub industry.. for example

A pint of cider circa £4:00

Four cans of strong bow same price???

Makes absolutely no sense

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By *wisted999Man
over a year ago

North Bucks

My village has two pubs.

One a high cover food pub that also runs community events and can outspend the rival in terms of decor etc.

The other relies solely on the quality of its food and its regulars in the snug bar.

They have had to adapt to survive.

Less people drinking could be a good thing I suppose. Unless they are drinking at home.

My nephews are of the same age when I used to frequent pubs and they don’t even drink.

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