Plan b - buying a pub

[Bob Dalek]

Actually cinema attendance have shot up from the low of the 80s when the video gave it a kicking, there are loads of new cinemas close to where I live. They simply went out and re-branded and gave a better service.

Like cinemas there are too many crap pubs that are now going to the wall and not because of the smoking ban, because they are crap and the prices are crap.

Where do you live?

[Bob Dalek]

I am struggling to harmonize your POV and "facts" with this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6898758.stm

[Bagpuss]

Where do you live?

Cloud Cuckoo Land I expect

[minestrone]

I am struggling to harmonize your POV and "facts" with this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6898758.stm

"The film council said it expects the downward trend to be reversed in 2007."

If you are going to just toss out URLs you should actually make an effort to read them.

[minestrone]

Where do you live?

I think the answer is in one of my previous posts on this thread, thus proving to me and others that you do not take in what you read.

[Bagpuss]

I'm tempted to go with what my Landlord friend tells me and the evidence of mutitude of pubs that have started shutting down in the last year or so. These pubs being of the traditional boozer variety (not some theme bar) and busy not so long ago. I don't think the availability of cheap alcohol over the last 10 years has all of a sudden caused the decline and the smoking ban being coincidental to that. Of course I take the point another poster mentioned, some Breweries are making life hard on top of the loss of trade.

[Bob Dalek]

"The film council said it expects the downward trend to be reversed in 2007."

If you are going to just toss out URLs you should actually make an effort to read them.

The Film Council. That non-partisan group? I see.

[_V_]

I'm tempted to go with what my Landlord friend tells me and the evidence of mutitude of pubs that have started shutting down in the last year or so. These pubs being of the traditional boozer variety (not some theme bar) and busy not so long ago. I don't think the availability of cheap alcohol over the last 10 years has all of a sudden caused the decline and the smoking ban being coincidental to that. Of course I take the point another poster mentioned, some Breweries are making life hard on top of the loss of trade.

There are 3 pubs within easy walking distance to my house. All are showing for sale/to let signs. Traditional boozers. They have been deserted since the smoking ban.

The credit crunch is the final nail.

[minestrone]

The Film Council. That non-partisan group? I see.

Well it's a quote from the evidence you produce.

You would not make a very good lawyer.

[Bob Dalek]

Well it's a quote from the evidence you produce.

You would not make a very good lawyer.

I would - being crap is no bar to the Bar!