The British pub, long a staple of community life, has been in a state of decline for years – and it’s getting worse. Last year 400 pubs closed their doors. A record low number remain and with the average price of car insurance a pint now more than £5, the battle to survive is getting harder.
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Pubs are more than just places to get drunk – they occupy a unique space in the UK’s cultural landscape and provide a social hub for people across the class and wealth spectrum. With alcohol consumption also in decline, and successive governments never keen to offer pubs a helping hand, can this great British institution survive?
Chapters:
00:00 – The famous Mumbles' Mile pub crawl
01:17 – Two struggling London pubs
04:18 – The west Midlands Desi pub tradition
05:52 andy halliday – A rural community saves its pub
08:36 – The Bevy: a working class community pub hanging on
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