Pubs Closing Down

[Wayne]

Is it just the place where I live, or are other places around Britain experiencing a number of pubs closing? In the last month or so, about 4-6 pubs around where I live have closed. Not sure whether it's because of the smoking ban or not.

[awelsh]

One of ours closed bank holiday sunday, except apparently its just changing owners. Is a shame though because that was one of the good ones, just seemed more homely than all the others :(

[mangle]

Is it just the place where I live, or are other places around Britain experiencing a number of pubs closing? In the last month or so, about 4-6 pubs around where I live have closed. Not sure whether it's because of the smoking ban or not.
What ones have shut down near you!?

[Wayne]

Coach & Horses, The Mill, Sir Charles Napier, Potters, Butchers Arms & Thorn Tree. They're in the Langley Mill area.

[awelsh]

Coach & Horses, The Mill, Sir Charles Napier, Potters, Butchers Arms & Thorn Tree. They're in the Langley Mill area.

wow, weve got:

The Spread
Winebar
Waterside(£8 entry sat night for free drinks = a mess)
Metros(£10 entry sat night free bar = great)
Jolly Tar(One that closed :( )
Players sports bar(Dislike the one guy that works there)
Quins
Rose & Crown
Ceffyl Du
Outback(hell of a night, but music is slightly too loud :P )
Weatherspoons(look kinda out of place there, everyones like 30)

And a few more Ive never been too or forgotten the names of lol

[Wayne]

Wow, that's a huge list. :O I have no idea why so many pubs/clubs/bars are closing. :eusa_thin

[awelsh]

Wow, that's a huge list. :O I have no idea why so many pubs/clubs/bars are closing. :eusa_thin

Think afew are just closing for re-furbishment or have changed ownership. Shame though becuase they all look tidy inside except for outback which has smashed bottles everywhere and a huge bucket that people are sick in.

[You]

Spoons is an ace pubbbbb

[FlyingJesus]

Spoons is best yeah because of their prices (I pay £2 for a pint of Abbot :D) but there's plenty of other places around. None closing by me that I know of

[Earthquake]

Its cause your all underage.

[awelsh]

Its cause your all underage.

shhhhhh my ID says im 18 :P

[FlyingJesus]

Its cause your all underage.

Of the six people who've spoken in this thread, I know at least 3 are 18 lol

[You]

Spoons is best yeah because of their prices (I pay £2 for a pint of Abbot :D) but there's plenty of other places around. None closing by me that I know of
Yeah it is cheap, Just as good on Mondays too, something like £1.80 for a pint of Fosters.

[FlyingJesus]

Ahhh yeah it used to be wednesday as cheap night which was good 'cause that's my day off but they went and moved it so I CRIED. Also I found out recently they sell Hennessy (a cognac that rich gangsters drink :P) so I'm gonna go up there with some chums and have a night of that to be cool haha

[You]

haha nice one, Wednesday is a crap day for a cheap night, so is Monday, it should be Friday :8!!!

[Heart Break Kid]

a pub in northallerton had to shut down after the owner spent like 25k on renovating it with a 2nd floor he then sold it
and the reason why he had no customers
smoking ban

[GommeInc]

I don't get how the smoking ban badly effects it. Do the majority of pub goers need to smoke to drink and eat? I think all the pubs in my village/town are all accounted for. Only one pub I know of that has closed is one on the A12, but that maybe for different reasons. It was a bit of a journey to get there.

[Misawa]

Yes, you can blame the smoking ban.

[Moh]

I like the smoking ban, you can go into a pub without coming out smelling like ****.

[PappaLou]

with my area we've got;

Waterside
Legh Arms
The slug & lettuce (ironically closing coz of being near bankruptcy lol)

cnt remember the others, there pretty crap neway

[JackBuddy]

I think the smoking ban lead to more people visiting pubs, and buying pub meals.

[Loqo]

None of ours have closed down.

[GommeInc]

It's a mix and match argument really. It's benefit loads of people but has led to some places having to close because their main clients were smokers. When you go to a pub and there's smoking, you'd leave while a smoker wouldn't mind. Thus the amount of smokers in that pub will be high. Then the ban comes along and then that pub with a high smokers rate will start losing those smokers because they won't be getting the pleasure they felt before when going to the pub.

[Pyroka]

Not many pubs close down around here, I live in THE pub town of Devon. 1 nightclub and about 20 pubs lol.

[Minstrels]

Even though I don't smoke IMO pubs were better when people smoked in them because they didn't smell like piss, crap and smelly old men. :rolleyes:

[tdi]

it is because of the smoking ban, I know several pubs which are for sale or have been sold, smoking generally goes with a pint.. hell, I don't smoke, but I do when I'm drinking..

fair enough, in restaurants etc, yeah, but I don't think it should have been implemented in pubs.

[Confliction]

Is it just the place where I live, or are other places around Britain experiencing a number of pubs closing? In the last month or so, about 4-6 pubs around where I live have closed. Not sure whether it's because of the smoking ban or not.

Thank the goverment for muckign everything up :) The cost of living has gone up but the wages of people havn't so it's makign it difficult for people to live normaly so places like pubs are suffering badly and have to close down before they go into debt/anymore debt, it's a harsh reallity but we're getting closer and closer to recession

[FlyingJesus]

Even though I don't smoke IMO pubs were better when people smoked in them because they didn't smell like piss, crap and smelly old men. :rolleyes:

I agree entirely, I'm not a smoker but it was a much better atmosphere and the smell of smoke is better than the smell of beer and BO

[JackBuddy]

Thank the goverment for muckign everything up :) The cost of living has gone up but the wages of people havn't so it's makign it difficult for people to live normaly so places like pubs are suffering badly and have to close down before they go into debt/anymore debt, it's a harsh reallity but we're getting closer and closer to recession
That's a good point- why go to a pub when you can get a 24p can of beer from tescos!?