Is the British pub experience still worth while?

Is the British pub experience still worth while?: PUB LIFE! (856 words)
by tange - written on 30.04.08 (Very useful, 122 readings)
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According to a recent survey carried out by CAMRA (CAMpaign for Real Ale) figures showed that around 56 pubs are closing every month around the UK. Even more alarming is the news that every month 1,300 more are also faced with the threat of closing for good. This means that some communities, both urban and rural, are in danger of not having a pub at all. This may not sound like earth shattering news, but for some villages and housing estates there will no longer be a focal point or meeting place for people to socialize. Many community pubs also double as Post Offices, Village shops and there is even one remote rural pub that I have visited that has a ...

Smokey and they band it? (1511 words)
by thedevilinme - written on 29.08.07 (Very useful, 91 readings)
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How’s this for irony. According to a survey from the British Medical Council the job that sees staff most likely to die from alcoholism is that of a bar worker or publican, yet its smoking that has been banned in pubs and bars, passive smoking probably the least likely to kill them. What we can surmise from this is the smoking lobby sucks and the alcohol lobby is as strong as ever. Its fine for booze to carry on killing staff and punters but not the smoke, it seems. But ever since the undemocratic smoking ban kicked into protect those alcoholic bar workers the Great British pub experience has become anything but. Since July the numbers are already down (officially 1.9%, ...