Being Sixty plus now I don't go for a drink as much as I did when I was young. I've never been a huge pub fan and I'm not really bothered about drinking but I do appreciate the social side of it.
I went to a bar tonight with the Missus and some mates, another couple. We are all of the same age and the drink was a pre-cinema drink. I had half an IPA, which was very nice. The Missus had lime and soda. We went to see the Miracle Club in an old fashioned cinema in Penistone celebrating 100 years of being open, a huge achievement for a small town picture house these days. Can you imagine the films that have been shown there over the last century!
En route the Missus and me noticed various pubs closed along the 30 minute journey. Shut on a Saturday night! Maybe shut permanently!
So, I wanted to ask two things. In your neck of the world are pubs closing? And do you still go out for a drink?
Not much of a barfly myself pub culture there is a bit friendlier I imagine.
ReplyDeleteBTW, I hear the TOS Three Foot Enterprise has been found
Where's it been found?
DeleteUsed to go out to the pub three or four times a week, in my 20s and thirties, sometimes more.
ReplyDeleteMore like once a fortnight now, with my wife, but still try to do so.
As for pubs closing, about 5 have closed in the last 20 years or so, round me, with only one new one opening up. In fact my nearest local was actually demolished.
We'll done keeping the tradition alive Mish. We're seeing more tiny micro pubs round here. Is it the same near you?
DeleteI believe there's one at the Mad Squirrel Brewery, which is nearby on the outskirts of Hemel Hempstead.
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