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Post by woodstein on Feb 11, 2018 23:11:07 GMT
I think the sparse front entrance bar doesn't exactly encourage folk in or notice that the side room is busier. We popped in but didn't notice the Hobgoblin on draught or the breakfast food as mentioned.
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Post by Cast no shadow on Feb 11, 2018 23:28:06 GMT
The talbot was absolutely rammed
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Post by nott1 on Feb 12, 2018 12:07:57 GMT
I agreed with you at first but to blame Wetherspoons for other pubs failing is unfair. The pubco's have ruined the traditionally run pub and prices put the drinkers off. If Spoons do good ale/drink at good prices and put a bit of history back into a premises that's not bad. It works in some areas as other pubs lower their prices and then do better Maybe I should not blame spoons but the system But that is not easy If you had seen hard working people lose their livelihood their house sometimes there family There only crime only being allowed to buy their beer at the price spoons sell it for You may find that it may colour your judgement slightly As for in some areas in makes other pubs drop there prices it often leads to pub closures leading to as many job losses as they allegedly create And just to clarify I’m not a victim of the for said organisation Please look up there and their!
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Post by nott1 on Feb 12, 2018 12:11:51 GMT
I always wondered what the margins were so thanks for that. Im guilty of stopping drinking in pubs myself because of the cost. I used to go in my local 2 or 3 times a week untill a few years ago. Now its more like once a month. Like you say, supermarkets sell it so cheap these days its hard to ignore when u can get 4 half decent cans of lager from aldi for under 3 quid and a bottle of vodka for a tenner. Add to that the ability to be able to watch every Stoke match from your arm chair it only becomes a difficult choice if you know your mates are going to the pub. Not like before when you would just turn up at a pub on the off chance there might be people you know in there. Its all very sad, think my Dad's generation had the best of it, he was out with crib, dominoes, seeing mates etc 3 or 4 times a week for many years. Cheap supermarket booze has had a major impact but the smoking ban, a million telly channels, social media and it's going to take summat huge to turn it around I know a bloke who was in a band that used to play pubs and clubs around the Stoke area, reckoned the smoking ban just killed it stone dead. Smoking in pubs killed thousands per annum, the ban was inevitable!
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Post by Squeekster on Feb 12, 2018 12:16:42 GMT
Its all very sad, think my Dad's generation had the best of it, he was out with crib, dominoes, seeing mates etc 3 or 4 times a week for many years. Cheap supermarket booze has had a major impact but the smoking ban, a million telly channels, social media and it's going to take summat huge to turn it around I know a bloke who was in a band that used to play pubs and clubs around the Stoke area, reckoned the smoking ban just killed it stone dead. Smoking in pubs killed thousands per annum, the ban was inevitable! And correct!
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Post by Britvicpotter on Feb 12, 2018 12:17:01 GMT
DJ was crap
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Post by Squeekster on Feb 12, 2018 12:19:37 GMT
The police and the kids were good entertainment though.
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Post by thebet365 on Feb 12, 2018 12:49:59 GMT
Did the loophole to get around plastic glasses work out ?
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Post by GeneralFaye on Feb 12, 2018 12:55:43 GMT
The police and the kids were good entertainment though. The bird behind the bar was having a breakdown, not the fit blonde, she couldn't care less.
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Post by charmainejacey on Feb 12, 2018 17:33:31 GMT
Hi all unfortunately i won't be working in the pub as the manager has no ambition.He decided against us using the kitchen using the dvd player and letting the dj play as well as not putting on no extra staff even though i told him to expect up to 200 people.I got told the day before that the manager mike owns couldn't afford to buy stock pay for extra staff or doormen.Its a great shame as this pub has so much potential but has a manager with no ambition what so ever.He decided to use plastic glasses to just be on the safe side and the pub opened at 11am within 5 minutes there was eighty people waiting to be served and there was a group of around 20 youngster come in and had cokes i didnt see any trouble.After around 45 minutes 70 to 80 of us decided to empty the pub and go in the tolbat where there was a bit more atmosphere leaving only youngsters and any one with children to put up with there miserable staff.It could of gone so well but the management decided against it.In the end tolbat had the busiest match day they ever had and georgia browns was closed at 7pm says alot about the ambitions of both pubs ended up having a right good day in the tolbat as i have been told they have new management just a shame after the game how many unhappy faces where in there what a difference that penalty miss made to people's night
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Post by nott1 on Feb 12, 2018 17:38:48 GMT
Hi all unfortunately i won't be working in the pub as the manager has no ambition.He decided against us using the kitchen using the dvd player and letting the dj play as well as not putting on no extra staff even though i told him to expect up to 200 people.I got told the day before that the manager mike owns couldn't afford to buy stock pay for extra staff or doormen.Its a great shame as this pub has so much potential but has a manager with no ambition what so ever.He decided to use plastic glasses to just be on the safe side and the pub opened at 11am within 5 minutes there was eighty people waiting to be served and there was a group of around 20 youngster come in and had cokes i didnt see any trouble.After around 45 minutes 70 to 80 of us decided to empty the pub and go in the tolbat where there was a bit more atmosphere leaving only youngsters and any one with children to put up with there miserable staff.It could of gone so well but the management decided against it.In the end tolbat had the busiest match day they ever had and georgia browns was closed at 7pm says alot about the ambitions of both pubs ended up having a right good day in the tolbat as i have been told they have new management just a shame after the game how many unhappy faces where in there what a difference that penalty miss made to people's night Sounds like they won't be there long. Speculate to accumulate is not in their mind obviously!
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