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In Britain, pub owners are crying in their beers

Raise a pint to the old British pub: Dark-paneled, fixed on the English landscape - and, more than ever these days, empty.

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UKimbiber
Birmingham, UK
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#1
Aug 1, 2008
 
Maybe beer sales are down, and maybe a decent pint is unfashionable, and perhaps pub culture is over-regulated.

However, having a trendy Londoner speak for the nation is a bit rich, as is having a London tradesman complain about the cost of living. It looks as though Jane's fieldwork extended all of a mile from her home/office. Perhaps she'd come to a different conclusion if she went to a place with more traditional character.
pesky
Bratislava, Slovakia
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#2
Aug 1, 2008
 
we hear many stinkos are around in london !
any truth to it ?
according to....young people are starting very early
robert dell
Dartford, UK
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#3
Aug 2, 2008
 
'The average price of a pint is about $5?' More like $6.
As for the quality of the service, too often it's surly and incompetent, given by a youngster in tattoos and a t-shirt who knows little about beer or imperial measure, and calls you 'mate'.
bentnotbroken
Jacksonville, FL
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#4
Aug 2, 2008
 
Gosh, the price for everything is up at least in triplicate and excuses come from everywhere.

The middle class and poor were the major pub goers but the gov and press can't seem to figure it out.

America gave away most of her manufacturing sector and then can't seem to figure out why the housing and credit markets won't come back.
Rhtett from USA
Savannah, GA
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Aug 2, 2008
 
Regret hearing British pubs are in trouble. Many of us Americans have hoped the British pub pattern would develop here. I fondly recall my few visits to pubs in Scotland, particularly on Saturday mornings.
albion
UK
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Aug 2, 2008
 
Rhtett from USA wrote:
Regret hearing British pubs are in trouble. Many of us Americans have hoped the British pub pattern would develop here. I fondly recall my few visits to pubs in Scotland, particularly on Saturday mornings.
Saturday mornings! was that leaving or arriving? In my area many pubs have closed because their catchment area has become populated by muslims, some have closed because of the smoking ban and some have closed because supermarkets sell alcohol for much lower prices than they can. Another problem is that most pubs have been taken over by national chains, who charge managers excessive rent and put it up further if you sell more beer, the result being that many of the pubs stand empty, but the owners can afford to leave them until property prices rise.
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