One of the most recent types of bars to appear are sports bars. There have always been televisions in pubs and whenever a major sporting event has taken place people have met with friends in bars to view the big events. However, in the last decade spots bars have started to operate in the UK.…
A pub chain is a group of pubs with the same brand image. In the UK pubs are either tenanted or managed. The tenant rents the pub for an agreed amount of time and then can leave at the end of the agreement if they wish to do so. The manager works for one of…
If British communities are viewed as being based around the local pub, then the country side pub is the image that most people would associate with the British and warm summer days. When the city has time off there is belief that many of its inhabitants will make their way out to enjoy the natural…
The emergence of gastro pubs is something that has been happening over an extended period of time. As early as the start of the 20th century publicans started to realize that in order to increase their trade they needed to attract a wider customer base from just working men, who would view the pub as…
With pubs being at the heart of a community they tend to reflect the activities of that area. Inner city pubs for centuries have been a magnate for like-minded young men and women to meet and sometimes that has resulted in certain pubs getting reputations for certain types of illegal activity. One of England’s most…
Public Houses have played such a big part in British culture and everyday life that they have been heavily featured in many television soaps and programs. On occasions there has been a conflict of interest as on the one hand government agencies promote the pub highlighting all the great things about being British, especially community…
In modern day Britain there are many occasions when bars are required to make any successful social gathering a success. This is particularly true when there are entertainment and celebratory events. These bars however, bear little resemblance to the British pub and their features are totally dependent on what is required to make the occasion…
There could be an argument put forward that Britain’s Public Houses have been declining since 1900 when there was 100,000 of them. However, even though there was a drop during the 20th century the quality of the establishment had improved, and it was still seen very much as the centre of the community. The number…
The popularity of the Public House in the 20th century has seen many highs and lows as a result of the changing social and political world of the United Kingdom. At the start of the 20th century there were 100,000 pubs in England and Wales, but they bore little remembrance to the establishments that we…
The most clear and obvious change to public houses as a result of industrialization was the change to their names. They used to be called ale houses or inns, but as the 19th century progressed the term public house was used more and more. Eventually the shortened termed pub was used, and this is now…