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Tealeaf · 23-06-2010, 22:27

You are bang on in there Cashy. The greatest mistake that the breweries made in the '70's and early '80's was to knock through the dividing walls in the mistaken belief that in so doing they could increase the sales psf - as in any retail operation. The problem was they never understood the alcohol market.

Old biddys and cloth capper's wanted to sup their halfs of muddy mild and Brandy and Bennys in the snug; the kids wanted to stick a tanner in the juke box and drink their lager while having a snog and a touch up in the best room and the lads wanted a game of darts and maybe watch the Match of the Day on a 17" black and white TV fin the taproom.

So all sorts could drink together under one roof. That is patently no longer the case - although with a few exceptions. Taken together with Thatcher's Beer Orders, the growth of uncontrolled booze sales in supermarkets and corner shops, non-alcohol consuming immigrants and the decline of heavy manufacturing (where employees had to replace sweat with booze) then it is really no surprise we see pubs closing everywhere.

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Tealeaf God Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Paradise Lost Posts: 7,220 Liked: 11 times Rep Power: 4266	Re: The Greed of the Breweries You are bang on in there Cashy. The greatest mistake that the breweries made in the '70's and early '80's was to knock through the dividing walls in the mistaken belief that in so doing they could increase the sales psf - as in any retail operation. The problem was they never understood the alcohol market. Old biddys and cloth capper's wanted to sup their halfs of muddy mild and Brandy and Bennys in the snug; the kids wanted to stick a tanner in the juke box and drink their lager while having a snog and a touch up in the best room and the lads wanted a game of darts and maybe watch the Match of the Day on a 17" black and white TV fin the taproom. So all sorts could drink together under one roof. That is patently no longer the case - although with a few exceptions. Taken together with Thatcher's Beer Orders, the growth of uncontrolled booze sales in supermarkets and corner shops, non-alcohol consuming immigrants and the decline of heavy manufacturing (where employees had to replace sweat with booze) then it is really no surprise we see pubs closing everywhere.