The Ale House - Is it even a thing now?

[kev]

I have been what I would call an 'ale house drinker' for the last 50 years.
Unfortunately 'ale houses' it seems are now very much a thing of the past - Discuss.

 

[Nymzee]

Define ale house

 

[Toast]

Must be 3 years since I had a pint in a pub thinking about it.

 

[kev]

Define ale house

A traditional pub. A place to go and imbibe of Bacchus without distraction.

 

[Nymzee]

A traditional pub. A place to go and imbibe of Bacchus without distraction.

Then yeh, loads where I live. More pubs than anything else.

 

[kev]

I have been to my 'local' tonight and there was seven people in there????
To give some context - this was also my 'local' from when I first started drinking.
I remember the place being packed to the rafters 7 nights a week.
This is not just about the demise of my local though, it just seems to be a steady decline in pubs generally.

 

[Toast]

I have been to my 'local' tonight and there was seven people in there????
To give some context - this was also my 'local' from when I first started drinking.
I remember the place being packed to the rafters 7 nights a week.
This is not just about the demise of my local though, it just seems to be a steady decline in pubs generally.

It’s January mate.
Everyone is skint !

How much was a pint ? Compared to a case of ale from Asda for £12 ?

 

[OneTrueLegend]

A traditional pub. A place to go and imbibe of Bacchus without distraction.

So does that mean a pub without TV’s for watching the football and without a food menu?

Think those pubs are dying off. These days pubs have to do food and football to keep going. The traditional old man boozer can’t keep going now, the smoking ban got rid of a load. At one point there were 5 pubs a week closing down. Now as their elderly clientele shuffle off there are not the younger ones coming through to replace them. Peoples tastes have changed, not many people I know go for a drink everyday after work at their local anymore. But it used to be the norm for an older generation.

 

[Wizard]

I have been what I would call an 'ale house drinker' for the last 50 years.
Unfortunately 'ale houses' it seems are now very much a thing of the past - Discuss.

Thought this was an @emir thread at first.

On a serious note I’m not really sure as I live in central London so everything is usually pretty busy. Obviously the last 2 years that’s not been the case and at the moment everywhere is dead. But it’s the first week of January so can’t really judge it off that.

Where do you live? I have about 15 pubs within a 5 minute walk from where I live so no doubt a good few of them will close down with covid resulting in a lot of offices closing down. But I imagine the traditional mainstays will stick about

 

[emir]

Thought this was an @emir thread at first.

On a serious note I’m not really sure as I live in central London so everything is usually pretty busy. Obviously the last 2 years that’s not been the case and at the moment everywhere is dead. But it’s the first week of January so can’t really judge it off that.

Where do you live? I have about 15 pubs within a 5 minute walk from where I live so no doubt a good few of them will close down with covid resulting in a lot of offices closing down. But I imagine the traditional mainstays will stick about

I think I've set a trend on here, haven't I?

 

[john jako]

Blame establishments like weatherspoons on the downfall of ale houses. And tory rule.

 

[Terrarian]

They're a dying breed are local pubs shame.

 

[FrenchDarrenBent]

Who needs a pub when you have your wife to talk to in the evening?

 

[coollino]

Loads near me, fair few decent ones within that too

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

So does that mean a pub without TV’s for watching the football and without a food menu?

Think those pubs are dying off. These days pubs have to do food and football to keep going. The traditional old man boozer can’t keep going now, the smoking ban got rid of a load. At one point there were 5 pubs a week closing down. Now as their elderly clientele shuffle off there are not the younger ones coming through to replace them. Peoples tastes have changed, not many people I know go for a drink everyday after work at their local anymore. But it used to be the norm for an older generation.

Yeah, this has played a big part. But even pubs who do put in gigs or show footy do retain more of a feeling of a local rather being a big barn or being part of a very obviously themed chain.

What I have noticed is that it is more affluent areas, quite often, where this style of pub is aimed for. The irony of gentrification, huh?