Pub Closures

[goats]

the going to the pub habit has gone for many, Covid meant we realised we can do other things, I used to go to the pub with some of my teams other coaches once a month, now we go for a meal

Quite a few of my mates, late 40’s, all stopped going to pubs through covid and now can’t be arsed with it at all.
I prob go once a month to a local, that’s enough…..

[goats]

Corporation £7.10p Guinness

Don’t think I’ll be going there then, has that obscene looking red bow or whatever it been taken down yet?

[Joe Gillis]

Brexit has also had a big effect on hospitality.

Cost of living , pay freezes , change in habits.

Hardly suprising businesses going to the wall.

Brexit has had nothing to do with pub closures though.

[ToTaL ITK]

The pub was a traditional place to meet people relax and have a chin wag, play pool or darts...now! if you uncork a designer IPA they are charging champagne prices.

[William Treseder]

The Rovers Return and the Queen Vic seem as busy as ever.

[xsnaggle]

Brexit has had nothing to do with pub closures though.

Don't you understand?
Brexit is responsible for everything that happens!!

Everybody know that FFS.

[life on mars]

The purpose of a pub has changed years ago brewers would look for the smoke stacks of terraced houses alongside mines and steal or other heavy manufacturing areas where working classes would walk to and from work past the pub , the same aged workforce now are behind car wheels , PC 's or at home .

Community sprit , support , happiness , well being , and social company has in my mind impacted on the lonely and elderly and potentially mental happiness with eh closure of pubs over the decades , not just recently .

I love a real pub and thankfully not every area has given up that wonderful old fashioned small pub , no television , no juke box London has some cracking old original pubs , not cheap but authentic and they use that , they still have the chandeliers dark wood and snugs in some , Oxford , Bristol is great as well , sadly we have sold out , in part I blame the monopoly of Brains for that ..

[Organ Morgan.]

A lot of pubs seem to dying , just catering for the hardcore boozers

Boring feckers who prop the bar up talking about their never seen golf swing or how they were a useful footballer many years ago

I go through town centres , Bridgend for example and there is no crowd of any sort in any of the pubs

It's really sad when the pub is part of the community but many has been losing the will to live for many years and covid has finished them off

I'll give you some credit, you have a helluva brass neck on you.

Every day you're leaning against the bar at the Vale of Glamorgan boozer, Cowbridge's bluest of blue Tory pubs, swigging Pimms while breaking wind.

That ridiculous cravat you wear, your abject contempt for anyone who hasn't at least BMW parked on their drive and your censorious whining about Boris Johnson's exit is insufferable.

You, sir, are a premier league rotter.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Don't you understand?
Brexit is responsible for everything that happens!!

Everybody know that FFS.

Brexit and covid have had a huge impact on the hospitality sector

Some people think the earth is flat

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

I'll give you some credit, you have a helluva brass neck on you.

Every day you're leaning against the bar at the Vale of Glamorgan boozer, Cowbridge's bluest of blue Tory pubs, swigging Pimms while breaking wind.

That ridiculous cravat you wear, your abject contempt for anyone who hasn't at least BMW parked on their drive and your censorious whining about Boris Johnson's exit is insufferable.

You, sir, are a premier league rotter.

Dodgy pub

[blue matt]

The traditional pub has lost its way, a few have mentioned the prices, have they simply got too greedy ? ? ? ? every town in the UK had a 'spoons, these always appear to be fairly full of people ( from various walks of life ), I certainly know the one is Bath is always full and turning away people in a evening, yet just around the corner you can walk to 5 pubs and they all had only a couple of people in

[Des Parrot]

Corporation £7.10p Guinness

£57 a gallon, feck, makes petrol look cheap!

[Taunton Blue Genie]

A lot of pubs seem to dying , just catering for the hardcore boozers

Boring feckers who prop the bar up talking about their never seen golf swing or how they were a useful footballer many years ago

I go through town centres , Bridgend for example and there is no crowd of any sort in any of the pubs

It's really sad when the pub is part of the community but many has been losing the will to live for many years and covid has finished them off

Such people sound as tiresome as we regular posters on here.......

[Tuerto]

Such people sound as tiresome as we regular posters on here.......

[JamesWales]

Does Sludge really live in Cowbridge? That is brilliant

[Wales-Bales]

Such people sound as tiresome as we regular posters on here.......

They've replaced the pint of bitter with a smartphone

[life on mars]

Does Sludge really live in Cowbridge? That is brilliant

True Blue by all accounts.

Independent Brewers in UK is on the rise though

[insider]

There are still good boozers to be found even in town.
The Borough £3.50 a pint for decent Guinness .
I still like the Traders.
The Butchers in Canton £3 for decent IPA smooth.
I like Chapter in Canton a good selection of Ales a bit more expensive as is St Cannas and crafty Devil.
I really missed pubs in lockdown so glad we've got back to some normality.
I struggle to sit in the house drinking cans I just find it depressing.

[islandblue]

Here in the town centre of Barry we've lost The Castle, The Windsor as well as The Seaview and Barry Dock Cons.Further east The Admiral, Three Bells , Cadoxton Royal and Dockers are all now a memory as well. As the docks and chemical plants have declined so did all these places sadly. It's also affected the local football leagues as all these pubs ran teams. Not so long ago there were four divisions now we're down to just two.

[BLUETIT]

Just heard that the landlady of the Wolves Castle in Llanishen, has been told to clear out by the new owners, Marsdens.

Whether they are putting someone else in is not known yet.

Apparently locals are going to boycott the place as she was very popular.

Story should be in the echo tomorrow or Saturday

[insider]

Just heard that the landlady of the Wolves Castle in Llanishen, has been told to clear out by the new owners, Marsdens.

Whether they are putting someone else in is not known yet.

Apparently locals are going to boycott the place as she was very popular.

Story should be in the echo tomorrow or Saturday

Llanishen full of ropey characters.

[splott parker]

Llanishen full of ropey characters.

Gabalfa used to be.........one for our older viewers

[William Treseder]

I’ve been in most boozers in Cardiff in my time. 2 of the roughest were the Dusty Forge and the Murrayfield.
Among my favourites, were the Pineapple, the Goodies and the Inn on the River for the live music.
I have fading memories of a place opposite the Old Arcade that had top less barmaids.
Or have i dreamt that?

[insider]

I’ve been in most boozers in Cardiff in my time. 2 of the roughest were the Dusty Forge and the Murrayfield.
Among my favourites, were the Pineapple, the Goodies and the Inn on the River for the live music.
I have fading memories of a place opposite the Old Arcade that had top less barmaids.
Or have i dreamt that?

Buzz

[JamesWales]

True Blue by all accounts.

Independent Brewers in UK is on the rise though

That's mad. Nearly every lefty I know is wealthy and lives somewhere nice. Certainly wealthier than me. I thought Sludge was a true red