Sir Sir_Didier_Drogba;3304008 said:Well regardless of the recession the smoking ban, tax rises on pub drinks combined with cheap supermarket booze and the general decline of the sense of community in this country have resulted in the British pub being in terminal decline for years and years now........ actually I have noticed a few tiny positive steps recently - the resurgence in real ales is one thing which seems to at least be getting a handful of people back to the pub.
Yeah, though the smoking ban happened AGES ago. And my old bosses said it surprisingly didn't effect business much (as it hasn't in most of the world).
The prices are astonishingly more expensive though. A cheap pint in London used to be £2, even less if it was bitter. Now they're £4 most places (this is just London I'm looking at).