Hi all, the above news is very sad.
How can we stop the pubs closing doors for the last time?
I'm only a young lad, but can remember back in late sixties I worked a forty hour week my wages were £5 note and a few coins.
On Friday night with £1note in my pocket we would go out with lads had a few beers, chips on way home. Woke up in the morning with a few coins on bed side table.
Times have changed a pint of beer in 60's around 10 old pence ( under 5p today ) today £3.20 - £6-00 a pint my wages for the week in the sixties.
But today our wage packets are much larger.
Then Covid ( sorry for swear word ) came and closed our pub doors. Many pubs have never recovered.
Why did we used to attend the pub was it to meet up with our friends? enjoy game darts a game dominoes a chat about nothing.
It is true you can purchase a beer in Tesco for half the price but do you miss the people you use to meet up with.
Why not get out that phone give a few old mates who you may have not seen spoken to for sometime and arrange a night at your old local for a night out, it will cost you more then Tesco.
It may remind you what you have been missing the last few years.
Cheers.
Nick Phillips