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By *usybee73 OP   Man
over a year ago

in the sticks

Used to run pubs years ago, as it was the good times ...

Noticed the closure of quite a few, especially after covid.

But wonder why as an industry they neglected there core customers? As in working man, in favour of making them family friendly.

If you have worked 10 hours and like a drink, sharing a bar with children running around is not the best situation

Will pubs in the future just disappear?

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By *mateur100Man
over a year ago

nr faversham


"Used to run pubs years ago, as it was the good times ...

Noticed the closure of quite a few, especially after covid.

But wonder why as an industry they neglected there core customers? As in working man, in favour of making them family friendly.

If you have worked 10 hours and like a drink, sharing a bar with children running around is not the best situation

Will pubs in the future just disappear?"

I agree, they were adult environments and should be again.

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By *orleymanMan
over a year ago

Leeds


"Used to run pubs years ago, as it was the good times ...

Noticed the closure of quite a few, especially after covid.

But wonder why as an industry they neglected there core customers? As in working man, in favour of making them family friendly.

If you have worked 10 hours and like a drink, sharing a bar with children running around is not the best situation

Will pubs in the future just disappear?"

Lack of disposable income. Rent went from 25% kfndisposabke income to 50% let alone childcare and other costs.

It became cheaper to buy cans at super markets than go to the pub for a pint.

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over a year ago

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

The writing on the wall for pubs started as early as the 70s with Grand Met and then 20 years later with Enterprise Inns. My grandad had a pub from 1956 til 1976. The main reason he got out was Grand Met taking the piss out of tenants.

The large pub owners now seem to be little more than property companies.

But yeah, lately they’re just not affordable for a lot of people.

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

I would think the increase in utility bills, has an impact to these pubs closing.

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By *ty31Man
over a year ago

NW London

Pubs aren't the centres and pillars of the community that they once were. There were times that you had to go to the pub for a variety of reasons that can now be done online.

Also in some areas there's a change in population demographic (lots of people from cultures who don't visit pubs) and an increase in awareness of personal health and body image (knocking back pints every night isn't going to do ones abs any favours!)

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By *ohnnyTwoNotesMan
over a year ago

golden fields


"Used to run pubs years ago, as it was the good times ...

Noticed the closure of quite a few, especially after covid.

But wonder why as an industry they neglected there core customers? As in working man, in favour of making them family friendly.

If you have worked 10 hours and like a drink, sharing a bar with children running around is not the best situation

Will pubs in the future just disappear?

Lack of disposable income. Rent went from 25% kfndisposabke income to 50% let alone childcare and other costs.

It became cheaper to buy cans at super markets than go to the pub for a pint.

"

Under the Tories watch! Surely not, I thought they were utterly infallible!

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By *usybee73 OP   Man
over a year ago

in the sticks


"The writing on the wall for pubs started as early as the 70s with Grand Met and then 20 years later with Enterprise Inns. My grandad had a pub from 1956 til 1976. The main reason he got out was Grand Met taking the piss out of tenants.

The large pub owners now seem to be little more than property companies.

But yeah, lately they’re just not affordable for a lot of people.

"

That was the break up of m and b, enterprise, sizzling, ember inns, punch taverns all the same group and mostly eating houses complete with little shits running around unchecked.

Though look back, 1995 license act allowed children into pubs.

Then 2007 Tony Blairs smoking ban, hit the trade hard, especially the British legions ... imagine fighting on Normandy but wasn't allowed to smoke in your legion

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By *ty31Man
over a year ago

NW London

Our backwards, outdated opening times don't help either. Too many pubs and bars aren't allowed to open late enough

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By *asycouple1971Couple
over a year ago

midlands

Only time I visit a pub is for a family meal.

Been a good few years since I went in just for a drink.

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By *melie LALWoman
over a year ago

Peterborough


"Used to run pubs years ago, as it was the good times ...

Noticed the closure of quite a few, especially after covid.

But wonder why as an industry they neglected there core customers? As in working man, in favour of making them family friendly.

If you have worked 10 hours and like a drink, sharing a bar with children running around is not the best situation

Will pubs in the future just disappear?

Lack of disposable income. Rent went from 25% kfndisposabke income to 50% let alone childcare and other costs.

It became cheaper to buy cans at super markets than go to the pub for a pint.

"

And childcare/babysitting costs are relieved by having family friendly times/days/areas. So adult only as suggested earlier would be a no go.

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By *melie LALWoman
over a year ago

Peterborough


"The writing on the wall for pubs started as early as the 70s with Grand Met and then 20 years later with Enterprise Inns. My grandad had a pub from 1956 til 1976. The main reason he got out was Grand Met taking the piss out of tenants.

The large pub owners now seem to be little more than property companies.

But yeah, lately they’re just not affordable for a lot of people.

That was the break up of m and b, enterprise, sizzling, ember inns, punch taverns all the same group and mostly eating houses complete with little shits running around unchecked.

Though look back, 1995 license act allowed children into pubs.

Then 2007 Tony Blairs smoking ban, hit the trade hard, especially the British legions ... imagine fighting on Normandy but wasn't allowed to smoke in your legion "

The smoking ban was brilliant

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By *asycouple1971Couple
over a year ago

midlands

I can have 4 cans from a supermarket at home with sky sports, netlix etc rather for the same price as a pint in the pub.

Why do I need to go to the pub?

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham


"I can have 4 cans from a supermarket at home with sky sports, netlix etc rather for the same price as a pint in the pub.

Why do I need to go to the pub?"

Plus you can't sit in the pub in your boxers, watching the footy shouting at the TV.

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


"I can have 4 cans from a supermarket at home with sky sports, netlix etc rather for the same price as a pint in the pub.

Why do I need to go to the pub?

Plus you can't sit in the pub in your boxers, watching the footy shouting at the TV."

Have you ever been to Chatham?

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By *usybee73 OP   Man
over a year ago

in the sticks


"I can have 4 cans from a supermarket at home with sky sports, netlix etc rather for the same price as a pint in the pub.

Why do I need to go to the pub?"

You mean miss not being noticed in the queue, made to wait 10 minutes whist having kids wrestling on dirty carpets around you? ... heathen!

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By *orleymanMan
over a year ago

Leeds


"Used to run pubs years ago, as it was the good times ...

Noticed the closure of quite a few, especially after covid.

But wonder why as an industry they neglected there core customers? As in working man, in favour of making them family friendly.

If you have worked 10 hours and like a drink, sharing a bar with children running around is not the best situation

Will pubs in the future just disappear?

Lack of disposable income. Rent went from 25% kfndisposabke income to 50% let alone childcare and other costs.

It became cheaper to buy cans at super markets than go to the pub for a pint.

Under the Tories watch! Surely not, I thought they were utterly infallible!

"
Nope been going on years.

Since the 90s in large.

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By *oubleswing2019Man
over a year ago

Colchester

All my contemporaries at the time (late 80's/early 90's) spent most of our weekend time down the pub. Or we'd go en masse to London and mix it up with more outré members of our scene. (Steve Strange / New Romantics / Etc).

Now most of us are married, have kids (that were never interested in pubs) and our teenage grandkids do everything online and rarely go out. Pubs hold no interest to them. However the local board games cafe that sells cake / coffee and caters to the LGBT++ crowd as a "safe space" does a roaring trade. That's where the business is at.

To be fair, I wouldn't want my grandkids or nieces and nephews to visit the sort of pubs I used to frequent years ago (well, not all at least...the Alt places were fine)

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