Comments on: Another Icon on Life Support

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:48:06 +0000

Don’t wait too long, Lou. They are going quickly.

Katie, apparently in Scotland, another reason they are losing pubs is because the licensing fee is prohibitive.

Siobhan, in South Boston…that is still how the give directions!

Iota, It’s really hard to believe that the village centre is losing its post office and its pubs. Some of the most beautiful buildings in a village are the pubs.

By: Robbo

Robbo — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:37:43 +0000

Was it the King’s Head pub near the office in London? My head hurts just thinking about it…

By: Iota

Iota — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:31:11 +0000

Very sad. They're a real feature of life, part of community life, and often in historic beautiful buildings. Iotas last blog post..What's in a name? - Part III

By: Siobhan

Siobhan — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:24:25 +0000

You're right, public houses are a huge defining part of British culture, I was surprised by the lack of pubs when I came to the States. "Bar & Grill" just doesn't seem to cut it, does it? When my step-dad lived in Glasgow, he'd give directions to people (strangers or not) by which pub is was near and which to look out for before you spotted the next one. It's true, if someone were to ask me where a shop was, I'd usually say it was by such-and-such pub or other big landmark building. It's sad. Siobhans last blog post..Word of the Week

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:43:15 +0000

I just read an article about this too. It's kind of sad, because in many towns the pub is the centre of the community - not just a place to drink, but a place to socialise, get a meal, see a band. Getting drunk on supermarket lager in your house isn't quite the same. Katies last blog post..Asda: Milking It

By: lceel

lceel — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:53:40 +0000

Damn. I'm gonna hafta get over there and do my best to support pubdom in Britain, it seems. It's a dirty, rotten job, but somebody's got to do it. Oh, and Mike, I know I have an audience. I'm 6000 words into the first chapter and I have no idea how to present it so it readable. How do you take paragraphs out of the middle of a book and present them in such a manner that any kind of continuity is established? How would you encourage a 'new' reader to jump in and catch up if what they're seeing is so disjointed? If there's no point of reference to make it interesting enough to go back and catch up? I'm thinking may I should publish great long chapters at a time. But that would make them rather infrequent. lceels last blog post..But I have an excuse ...