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Old 27-06-2015, 23:04   #29
Barrie Yates
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Re: New pub opening .

Two of the best local eating houses (ex-pubs), are the Grey Mare and Duckworth Hall. I doubt that either would survive any longer as a true pub - how many of what is described as a true pub have closed over recent years. there are a great number. The Peel Park is about the best I have been in.
The whole concept of pubs as we older ones remember them has changed over the years - drink driving, no smoking and the yob culture has resulted in such a drop in custom that they were no longer financially viable. Therefore the rise of the gastro-pub, the only way that the landlord/owner can make a decent living.
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