Proper Pubs and lack of them!

The one thing I just can't undertstand about 'modern' town pubs is why they have the music so loud you can't hold a conversation with anyone. I just don't get it. I dont mean clubs that are geared towards dancing, I mean pubs meant for socialising. I love music and would want it played a good/high volume but at a level that doesnt stop you talking!
 
I live in a small village and there are two private pubs.

The village next to us is a bit bigger and has 5.

There are also loads in Colchester centre (off the top of my head: The Bull, Foresters, Kings Arms, Molly Malones, AnotheroneIforgotthenameof, Cambridge Arms), and that's not including all the ones on the streets surrounding it.

Plenty round here!
 
i'm head chef a t a'traditional' pub in a small village in North Yorkshire and the real reason the trade is dying in these places is because they cannot afford to compete with the big boys who charge £1.50 a pint etc, at my place, it's £2.97 for a pint of fosters, which for up north is quite expensive, i could go to wetherspoons/yates etc and pay nearly half that, not that i would but people go to the cheapest places, especially these days with a night out being as expensive as it is now.
 
JoeRiches said:
No Chain Pubs at all.

We Have:

The GreyHound
The Bell
The Redlion
The Plough
The Crown (More Of A Hotel, And is bout to go bust from what I hear)
The Cue & Cushion (Local Pool And Snooker Bar)
The Locomotive

Quite a few for such a small town. Some of them are posher pubs, such as the red lion which has recently been refurbished. Has a very posh Atmosphere during the day with all office and Suited people drinking in there, but once it gets to around half 6, turns into the best pub in town.
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Do you live near ilford?
 
Paisley has some of the best real ale pubs in Scotland, along with a pub which is frequented by Rod Stewart.... :p
 
I normally go out to places like Otford, Shoreham, Penshurst, Plaxtol etc with friends on a rotating designated driver scheme. Only decent "proper" pub near me is a few miles away: "The Robin Hood and Little John" in Bexleyheath. I love that place :D
 
I've been told we've got around 60 pubs here in Aberystwyth, the only big chain ones i can think of are a weatherspoons and varsity.
 
Fortunately I don't think the 'real pub' will ever die out in the countryside - I come from a small village in north somerset - it and the surrounding 5/6 villages each have a number of real pubs to choose from :)

I would say that the chains are mainly in the big cities yet even in Plymouth where I am at University- there are more pubs than 'trendy bars'... and thats including the campus area.

There's a lot to say for pubs- and I don't think people are trading them for bars, simply choosing between the two depending on what kind of night out/drink they are after.
 
There's 6 pubs in the high street where I live & AFAIK they are all brewery owned. The only one I go in is the Wetherspoons & TBH I'm not that impressed.
I wont go in any of the other 5, they're pretty rough IMO. :(
 
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