Two world wars

[DrFilth]

general strike, the great depression even hitlers luftwaffe could not close it down.
smoking ban and the tories have finally finished the derby off. this famous old pub is being turned into shops.

had many a pint in this old pub once home to newton heath football club which they used the back room as their changing rooms when they played at bank street clayton.

http://maps.google.co...bp=12,359.62,,0,-6.21

[B00]

The tories? How come?

[DrFilth]

have we gone back to labour, ruddy hell things change quick in this country these days

[DrFilth]

bob was right
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vou4qUu5YY

[DrFilth]

the greens
the hump
the derby
the bricklayers
the star
and the one at the bottom forget it name all gone , never come back

and that is not counting the ones they shut in the sixties for redevelopment

[jackthehat]

Damn those Tories and their smoking ban...

[DrFilth]

missed the little bradford off that list nice pint of boddies in there

[venator]

Hang on a tick, Jack - the smoking ban came in on 1st July 2007 under the Labour "Government" of fond memory.

Perhaps you were joking?

[Sqad]

Doc.....in this world........ nothing is forever.

[jackthehat]

Y'think.........? :o)

[paddywak]

Sad sign of the times DrF, whoever is at fault pubs are disappearing all over the country. As I type this I'm looking out of my front window at three new bungalows on the site of my old local, the Miners Welfare is a pile of rubble, the Blue Tit is now full of OAPS bungalows and the local snooker club has been converted into flats for layabouts and every town and village has boarded up pubs

[tiggerblue10]

Reeves Corner furniture store, near where I work, survived for 140 years and through 2 World Wars only to be destroyed during the rioting.

[DrFilth]

what happened to all the non smokers that were going to fill these pubs when the smoking ban came in

[whiskeryron]

Breathing cleaner air elsewhere.

W Ron.

[jake-the-peg]

There's more than just that - pubs have been struggling for a long time

There's the drinking and driving issue
Prices ( how much is a pint of beer in a pub these days ?!? )
and more recently people have a lot less money in their pockets

I don't think you can lay the blame for the demise of pubs at the door of any one political party - we just have too many pubs for the demand.

[DrFilth]

tiggerblue10 what has a corner shop destroyed during a punch up got to do with my important buildings closing down under a police state

[tiggerblue10]

Err...I was joining in with your thread, however I can see my posts are not wanted in here I'll butt out!

[jackthehat]

So the Tories AND the Police are closing down your local pubs?

Where are you posting from? Moscow?

[DrFilth]

tiggerblue10 you are most welcome on any of my threads but on this one it is important buildings

i have been to some very nice do's in the derby

[tiggerblue10]

It was an important building!!!

[DrFilth]

did they serve beer ?