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You can see that WW II temporarily put the increase in club numbers on hold, but as soon as the war was over they began to rise again.



Clubs in England and Wales 1931 - 1960


Date
Full
Beer / wine
Total Pubs
Registered clubs
total
% clubs


1931
57,072
19,814
76,886
14,377
91,263
15.75%


1932
56,876
19,524
76,400
15,010
91,410
16.42%


1933
56,687
19,268
75,955
15,298
91,253
16.76%


1934
56,538
18,990
75,528
15,657
91,185
17.17%


1935
56,356
18,706
75,062
15,982
91,044
17.55%


1936
56,289
18,392
74,681
16,297
90,978
17.91%


1937
56,233
18,093
74,326
16,563
90,889
18.22%


1938
56,173
17,747
73,920
16,951
90,871
18.65%


1939
56,112
17,460
73,572
17,362
90,934
19.09%


1940
56,047
17,318
73,365
16,463
89,828
18.33%


1941
55,961
17,249
73,210
15,864
89,074
17.81%


1942
55,901
17,191
73,092
15,682
88,774
17.67%


1943
55,868
17,137
73,005
15,732
88,737
17.73%


1944
55,856
17,109
72,965
15,678
88,643
17.69%


1945
55,875
17,085
72,960
15,590
88,550
17.61%


1946
56,009
17,017
73,026
16,496
89,522
18.43%


1947
56,305
16,927
73,232
17,470
90,702
19.26%


1948
58,850
16,534
75,384
18,370
93,754
19.59%


1949
58,140
15,282
73,422
18,962
92,384
20.53%


1950
59,054
14,429
73,483
19,221
92,704
20.73%


1951
59,757
13,664
73,421
19,511
92,932
20.99%


1952
60,333
13,035
73,368
19,903
93,271
21.34%


1953
60,869
12,351
73,220
20,348
93,568
21.75%


1954
61,265
11,708
72,973
20,772
93,745
22.16%


1955
60,670
10,574
71,244
21,164
92,408
22.90%


1956
61,087
9,788
70,875
21,438
92,313
23.22%


1957
61,471
8,882
70,353
21,988
92,341
23.81%


1958
61,762
8,151
69,913
22,567
92,480
24.40%


1959
62,039
7,416
69,455
23,232
92,687
25.07%


1960
63,682
5,502
69,184
23,773
92,957
25.57%


Source:


"Brewers' Almanack 1971", page 83.



Clubs as a percentage of total on-licensees rose every year between the end of the war and 1960. By which time they had hit 25%. Why has so little writing been devoted to the topic of clubs when clearly were home a big part of many's drinking experiences.

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