tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post5228042330841682905..comments2024-03-28T17:11:52.333+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: The smell of deathCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-89322856618129369432012-06-27T13:23:15.502+01:002012-06-27T13:23:15.502+01:00Have a read through the annual reports of Berkshir...Have a read through the annual reports of Berkshire Hathaway. The ones with the homespun wisdom of Warren Buffet. There are plenty of signs businesses give out to indicate they are hitting the skids. Signs of desperation, changes based on optimism. All can be applied to pubs.<br /><br />But yeh, you can kind of sense when a business is on the skids.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-67853779526087449372012-06-24T07:05:38.444+01:002012-06-24T07:05:38.444+01:00I've noticed recently three distinct signs of ...I've noticed recently three distinct signs of a pub closing. First a number of drinks are 'off' awaiting a delivery. Next other drinks are several pennies more expensive and lastly you see the landlord drive up with a barrel on the back seat of his car.<br />Can't feel too sad for them, all have sold their souls to the restaurant business pretending to be a pub. Drinkers were forced out, no smokers shelters at all and pie and mash eaters moved in. Unfortunately they don't come any more and the drinkers that kept the pub open for decades have moved on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-55581261965101827312012-06-23T16:02:51.710+01:002012-06-23T16:02:51.710+01:00To be pedantic, the Railway was in both historic a...To be pedantic, the Railway was in both historic and "administrative" Cheshire, not in Greater Manchester. In my last couple of visits, it had seemed a bit quiet, and the beer a bit pricey, but I was still gobsmacked to find it closed.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-44560820825437675032012-06-23T15:47:41.100+01:002012-06-23T15:47:41.100+01:00re: the Railway, this was indeed an unexpected los...re: the Railway, this was indeed an unexpected loss. On a couple of visits on a weekend evening it was heaving with drinkers, which I guess isn't enough to sustain a pub in a relatively affluent part of Greater Manchester.Martin, Cambridgenoreply@blogger.com