The decline of British pubs



Mike J said:
Sorry just re-read that if your talking net profit nothing like 40p on any pint much much less!
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Really? That's a shame. Always saw my retirement as buying a pub and an antiques business in some leafy Cotswolds village.

Would have to make sure its an Inn to make money off the rooms/food
 
riffraff said:
Good to see some honesty on here. Well done.
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How much was a pint in sunderland mid late 80s then ? give or take

Oba said:
Really? That's a shame. Always saw my retirement as buying a pub and an antiques business in some leafy Cotswolds village.

Would have to make sure its an Inn to make money off the rooms/food
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Got to be a front for village cocaine ? no one buys anything ,overpriced tac
 
GingerNick said:
tell him Tyne Bank cherry stout is on tonight...it wont last long


was about 76p for a pint of stones in about 1987 at the County in Shields
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I'd probably push my year to early 80s,left school in 79 and i can still hear my mate moaning "its a £1 a pint owa there " ...Ku was doing 40p a pint tuesdays mid80s and that was an absolute give away

JAZZMANB said:
I'd probably push my year to early 80s,left school in 79 and i can still hear my mate moaning "its a £1 a pint owa there " ...Ku was doing 40p a pint tuesdays mid80s and that was an absolute give away
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Actually 60p a pint then a double vodka for 40p to top it up
 
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JAZZMANB said:
I'd probably push my year to early 80s,left school in 79 and i can still hear my mate moaning "its a £1 a pint owa there " ...Ku was doing 40p a pint tuesdays mid80s and that was an absolute give away


Actually 60p a pint then a double vodka for 40p to top it up
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Just hit a quid a pint here and introduced the smoking ban - absolute scenes with the oldies
 
kingmonkey said:
Fair enough, there was always time for a few pints with your mates and a game of pool in the local in those days.
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That's how our nights always started. Out as sharp as you can for a few in the local and a game of pool. Taxi booked to go to town for 7:30/8:00. Get into a few quieter bars where you could have a bit craic, then a few more lively ones before going to a club. Kebab and a Taxi home at 2:30.

The young'uns these days (christ I sound like me dar!) don't go out until 10:30. Have pre-drinks in the house and then probably rely on the old Columbian marching powder rather than spending any money on drink once they get into town.
 
Lambchops said:
Just hit a quid a pint here and introduced the smoking ban - absolute scenes with the oldies
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Where I live
Miners
The Jug
The Foundry
Eston Tate
Eston California
Labour club
The Wellington
The beacon
The Whale Hill social


All in about a mile of each other & going strong dearest is the Whale hill £3 a pint

Yet we have about a dozen off licences in the same area
 
hank williams said:
Where I live
Miners
The Jug
The Foundry
Eston Tate
Eston California
Labour club
The Wellington
The beacon
The Whale Hill social


All in about a mile of each other & going strong dearest is the Whale hill £3 a pint

Yet we have about a dozen off licences in the same area
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Everything is closed 24-26th here, bars, shops the lot so my shopping order from tesco was 90% lager mind
 
JAZZMANB said:
How much was a pint in sunderland mid late 80s then ? give or take


Got to be a front for village cocaine ? no one buys anything ,overpriced tac
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Dunno. Twas about 50-60p in Sunderland when I moved to London in 1983 iirc. I remember being shocked when we could no longer find a pint for under a quid in West London.

Edit naaah it’ll be less than that in Sunderland in 83 I’m sure. Problem is I nivver just bought one. We were in big rounds and you’d buy your round then not gan to the bar again for hours if at all.
 
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Beer_Monkey said:
That's how our nights always started. Out as sharp as you can for a few in the local and a game of pool. Taxi booked to go to town for 7:30/8:00. Get into a few quieter bars where you could have a bit craic, then a few more lively ones before going to a club. Kebab and a Taxi home at 2:30.

The young'uns these days (christ I sound like me dar!) don't go out until 10:30. Have pre-drinks in the house and then probably rely on the old Columbian marching powder rather than spending any money on drink once they get into town.
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Good times mate!
No fake tan.
No selfies.
No spending all night looking at your phone.
Getting a phone number off a lass and ringing up the next day hoping it was the right one.
Leaving the pub to go to a club only to find that the q was too long, you didn't have a q jumper and have to go to a shit club instead.
 
riffraff said:
Dunno. Twas about 50-60p in Sunderland when I moved to London in 1983 iirc. I remember being shocked when we could no longer find a pint for under a quid in West London.

Edit naaah it’ll be less than that in Sunderland in 83 I’m sure. Problem is I nivver just bought one. We were in big rounds and you’d buy your round then not gan to the bar again for hours if at all.
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Was 50p in 79/80. Reckon would be 60p by 83.
 
riffraff said:
Lasses started going out en masses in the mid 90s!? Wtf?

Smoking ban finished pubs as an every night thing for me and I nivver smoked ever. You’d be in conversation at the bar and the smokers would go outside for a fag. Ten mins later they’d come back and the conversation had moved on to summit else. Neet out consisted of a bunch of half conversations.
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Ha ! What I meant was lasses going out en masse encouraged the development of a different type of bar/pub. As for prices , I started going to pubs and clubs in 1981, it was around 35p a pint in a club on average , add 5p on for a pub, that was in East Durham like
 

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