No flies on aleand hearty getting it added already!
https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/88643/
No flies on aleand hearty getting it added already!
https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/88643/
Last edited by NickDavies; 07-12-2019 at 18:22.
Probably doesn't help that the pub's URL links to a locksmiths.
The new Guardian link is here: https://www.theguardian.com/society/...b-from-closure
Have corrected that - my fault
Its Facebook has
"Due to lack of customers on Monday and Tuesday evenings we will be closing on those nights commencing next week 23/09/19"
which makes you wonder if it suddenly became an issue for those who like the idea of a pub but never use it when it was threatened with closure.
Last edited by NickDavies; 07-12-2019 at 18:29.
The Bell at Yarpole was bought as a community pub, reopened, but seems to have closed again.
Sometimes the way these things go, but of course the way a pub is being run may put off the locals.
This pub was cursed by bad management taking it from popular local to disaster zone and now back to a half decent pub.
The "celebrity chef" taking over an established village local and trashing it is all too familiar. It's also a familiar story when a PubCo basket case has been rescued by a community buyout or dedicated new owners. Some people seem to have a massive blind spot about the importance of who runs a pub and how a pub is run, a pub is not a shop that sells beer. There are people who shouldn't get within a million miles of running a pub.
As OB alludes to, it's not just pubcos. In touristy areas (I live near the Cotswolds) just about all the remaining village pubs seem to be owned by people who got chucked out of the first round of Masterchef, are shut most of the week and if you want a drink of a weekend you'd best pick a nice day as you'll be sat in the garden.
Last edited by NickDavies; 08-12-2019 at 09:56.