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Various items of pub-related news pop up on Twitter, and one thing that has struck me is how often pubs are described as “popular”. Take these random examples:
Popular pub added to Campaign For Real Ale’s list of historic drinking places
The owners of a popular West Kirby pub have called time on plans to sell the building
Regulars left high and dry as popular pub The Ship in Leigh shuts with just a Facebook post for warning
A popular pub in a Hampshire town has closed - and looks set to stay shut for several months
Traders' shock as popular Abbey Hulton pub closes suddenly
Upset as popular Whitchurch pub closes and is put up for sale
Popular Leeds pub to close
Popular Blue Bell pub in Cottingham closes suddenly
It just comes across as a lazy journalistic cliché that rarely conveys any meaningful information. And, in some cases, obviously the pubs can’t have been that popular, otherwise they wouldn’t have closed down.


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