And nurses want more than a 3% rise. Can't understand why?!Heineken UK put their prices up 16th Jan2023 on average 15.8% on Draught and packaged products, and Black sheep to increase 19.5% at the end of this month
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And nurses want more than a 3% rise. Can't understand why?!Heineken UK put their prices up 16th Jan2023 on average 15.8% on Draught and packaged products, and Black sheep to increase 19.5% at the end of this month
It's on the up hew. Pool table in the middle, and the Top House is back open. Place to be.Christ. Where dreams go to die.![]()
The Top House.It's on the up hew. Pool table in the middle, and the Top House is back open. Place to be.![]()
It is getting a bit daft now mind. POC charging £6 for a madri when they have a function on.
It was a restaurant. My memories of the pub are vague (only went in a couple of times), but I don't think the layout ever changed. The bar's still there.The Top House.
I'd heard it was back open like. Did they not gut it when it turned into that bridal shop or whatever it was?
Pubs in the UK are doomed, the next couple of years is going to be carnage, as the few survivors finally fall, only the great and good will survive. Sad indeed for those of us who remember a pub nearly every couple of hundred yards on a main street and on many back street corners.
Another bugbear for me, is pub opening times, for some reason many think the way to address falling demand is to open later, close earlier, close on Mondays/Tuesdays etc, I just don't get that at all.
Also apart from the prices, lifestyles have changed. I was in Edinburgh looking for an early pint Saturday gone, none of the pubs opened before 12, some even later than that, yet the coffee bars were bouncing. Its a sign of the times, students in the cities drinking coffee by day and going to the pub at 9pm on an evening, oh for the days when a group of mates could go to an away game or a pub crawl, and take it for granted that every pub would be open at 1030 or 11 and closing at 10 or 11, 6 days a week. Of course pubs then closed for 3 hours in the afternoon, but that gave you a chance to draw breath and have something to eat, and there was usually always a dodgy pub that stayed open if need be. Drinking in places like York back then was heaven, now it would be a nightmare to organise a pub crawl, unless you aren't fussy about where you drink. Some of the micro pubs just shut on a whim if there are no punters in, another reason why I rarely bother going out midweek these days.
You'd think where there's 3-4 boozers in a village/certain area of a town they'd get the heads together and work something out.A few places near me have gone down the "Close on the lunchtimes and evenings when we're quiet", it never works as people forget when they're open and when they're shut and just go somewhere else. You have to be open all the time, even if it's just the Landlord kicking his heels watching the TV, you need to have the doors open and the lights on. You never know when a bunch of people might just turn up.
I remember going on a lads weekend away and had to take a detour to a village in the back of beyond so some lad could drop something off for a family member. We found ourselves needing lunch and a couple of pints outside this little village pub. We all piled in (about 20 of us) and ended up staying for about 4 hours. Barman said it was the busiest he'd been in 4 years, including new years eve!
Talking to a customer of mine who’s just come back from New York , ave £9 a pint in bars , £12 restaurants
Was my local (along with the Cricketers RIP) as a young chap before I started branching out further afield. Was decent enough if you knew the people in there. The middle house was always a bit strange and generally let the knackers run amok.It was a restaurant. My memories of the pub are vague (only went in a couple of times), but I don't think the layout ever changed. The bar's still there.
Last time we were there it was about £12 for a pint and a glass of wine
The US is just daft nowadays. Expensive for pretty much everything.Great ! I’m there in 2 weeks time. Best top the kitty up![]()
The US is just daft nowadays. Expensive for pretty much everything.
Unless you're an absolute alcoholic does it make a great deal of difference to your life? I don't throw money about willy nilly but I'm never bothered how much a pint costs when I'm out.
Same here. I guess potentially you are relying on the more frequent and heavy pub goers to keep some places open? Especially the shit tips.
Stick £1.50 on a pint of Carling, pubs will be booming again
You'd think where there's 3-4 boozers in a village/certain area of a town they'd get the heads together and work something out.
Surely you could of found a dead spider or similar in it before necking the last gob full.I paid £11 for a glass of wine on its own in the Seaburn Inn the other week