tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7482997172093477767.post4629917554866474461..comments2023-05-31T00:37:46.843-07:00Comments on Brewers Union Blog 180: RE: Pubs, Part the SecondBrewers Union Local 180http://www.blogger.com/profile/05786517873195170945noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7482997172093477767.post-52503309379831108902012-06-30T06:12:09.173-07:002012-06-30T06:12:09.173-07:00I lived in the UK for 12 years [3 block 'tween...I lived in the UK for 12 years [3 block 'tween 1977-1999].<br /><br />I never had a local. My pub experience was generally pub lunch with co-worker with and occasional 'boys night' and lunch/dinner while travel within the UK.<br /><br />Velk_Al's "convivial atmosphere" is spot on and it also applied to the bar of most small hotels visited. <br /><br />Convivial, relaxed, unhurried, welcoming are apt adjectives. Perhaps an attribute of the British 'drink service industry' than merely the public house. Don't know.Jack R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07625645308707849072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7482997172093477767.post-63665756989630440562012-06-20T04:05:12.183-07:002012-06-20T04:05:12.183-07:00Pubs are difficult to define, even for us Brits - ...Pubs are difficult to define, even for us Brits - more so perhaps for perpetual expats like myself, whose concept of the pub is likely swaddled in nostalgia. All this before we get to the idea of a "good pub".<br /><br />Attempt to define it though I shall. A pub is a place where you feel as much at home as when actually at home, where you pay for a decent pint, a fine convivial atmosphere and where the regulars instinctively know if you want to chat or just be left to your pint and your thoughts. It is a place you can spend a day with a book and nobody things you are strange for doing so.<br /><br />The pub is like the crossroads in days gone by, the place you meet to catch up with the world, to conduct whatever business you may be in and perhaps find that special someone (the likes of eHarmony and Match can sod off with their anti-socialising agenda).<br /><br />The pub then is ultimately home from home, an escape, a refuge, a haven.Alistair Reecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929927359428659775noreply@blogger.com