New Year

[VectraMan]

I haven't done New Year since the whole millennium debacle. Paid a fortune to get into a pub in Oxford, which was mostly empty for the night because most people had more sense.

I'll probably stay in by myself with a bottle of wine, find some film to watch, and make a point of going to bed at 11:55pm.

[Paddy]

I haven't done New Year since the whole millennium debacle. Paid a fortune to get into a pub in Oxford, which was mostly empty for the night because most people had more sense.

I'll probably stay in by myself with a bottle of wine, find some film to watch, and make a point of going to bed at 11:55pm.

Paying and entrance fee to get into a pub is in breach of its licence. A public house is open to the public; it is not a club.

[GeorgeB]

I dont think thats where the Public word comes from!

Is a public house not so named because it is free to sell any beer it chooses and is not restricted by a particular brewery?

[Paddy]

I dont think thats where the Public word comes from!

Is a public house not so named because it is free to sell any beer it chooses and is not restricted by a particular brewery?

No, that is called a "Free House"