Death of my local

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 3:48 pm

Its now happened to me, had a phone call to say we've gotta change venues for our Thursday night pool team, the locals shut as of today

I read yesterday pubs are shutting at a rate of 5 a day.

betchrider · Post by **betchrider** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 5:23 pm

Looks like only town centre pubs will survive and we all now how much there always flying

aferg01 · Post by **aferg01** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:37 am

My missus works in an arcade, and she tells me, since the smoking ban has come in, their takings are down 50%.

MATT99 · Post by **MATT99** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:50 am

Extreme Eddie wrote: I read yesterday pubs are shutting at a rate of 5 a day.

yes i read that in The Sun paper

aferg01 · Post by **aferg01** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:55 pm

You don't believe anything that rag tells you, do you?

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:01 pm

Try here then.

http://www.thepublican.com/story.asp?se ... =61049&c=3

aaamusements.co.uk · Post by **aaamusements.co.uk** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:10 pm

aferg01 wrote:You don't believe anything that rag tells you, do you?

It has come more reputable sources too.
Still seems hard to believe though...

gambogaz1 · Post by **gambogaz1** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:19 pm

They might be shutting but most reopen soon after. I only know of a couple that have shut permanentley.

wildcat · Post by **wildcat** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:31 pm

I'd give it 2 years max, and the only pubs open will be town centres and larger pubs i well built up areas. But if the industry decide to increase the prize/stake to £60/60p or even a £1 a go , even less places will be able to survive in the current climate, as ive said on a previous post , pubs etc need all the help they can get now, the smoking ban has hit them hard, im not a smoker but i think the government have shot themselves in the foot bigtime, Can't see them doing a uturn on it tho. should be like it was years ago with smoking rooms, at least non smokers can decide if they want to go in there then thats they're own choice.... not the governments!!

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:35 pm

Our club has put in a multi games machine (word search, spot thedifference, chess, quizzes etc) at £1 for TEN games. Takes as much as one of the fruit machines.

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:56 pm

MATT99 wrote:
Extreme Eddie wrote: I read yesterday pubs are shutting at a rate of 5 a day.
yes i read that in The Sun paper

yep

I would'nt mind smoking rooms, as long as its not the same room as the pool table/fruits and juke box, let them all sit together in a room with a few chairs, you still smell it the pubs anyway, they stand in the foyer or the doorway anyway and the smoke/smell travels back in.