Pub closures Options

[James_Trinder]

In the news today the Rising Sun at Stockcross is now closed for good, which comes not too long after the Lord Lyon in Stockcross also shut its doors for the last time to be turned into flats.

So I guess the question is whether pubs (especially village pubs) are now viable these days and whether it is worth saving them or whether we should just mingle in coffee shops and just buy cheap alcohol from supermarkets instead?

Any thoughts?

[SirWilliam]

I , like many others , as a young man spent many an evening in my local socialising with friends . Now the social interaction is done via the electronic media which has killed off the right of passage element of public house patronage . Admittedly beer was under a shilling a pint and there was little in the way of an alternative but it did provide a service . If alcohol usage had decreased per capita on health grounds I doubt not to many would object but as we know consumption has increased, but via a different retail outlet .
Town pubs seem to rely on large screen tv sports coverage and village ones the food experience but competition is fierce and , like petrol stations , closure of some is essential for the others to survive .