[HN Gopher] The Architecture of London Pubs (1966)
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       The Architecture of London Pubs (1966)
        
       Author : youbet
       Score  : 49 points
       Date   : 2024-09-27 19:04 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | zabzonk wrote:
       | there was a bad time in the 1960s, when this article was
       | published, but the pubs that are managing to survive nowadays
       | (non-survival for a variety of reasons - covid, taxation to name
       | two) are much better than suggested.
        
       | ProxCoques wrote:
       | > The great brewers - Watneys, Whitbreads and so on--are
       | disposing of all that rubbish: that's out now, finished with,
       | they say.
       | 
       | So was this the start of the great decline in the quality of
       | brewing in the UK during the 70's that led to CAMRA and
       | eventually to the microbrewery renaissance we had in the late
       | 90's to 00's?
        
       | ljm wrote:
       | > Quite shortly the English pub will be extinct, part of history.
       | 
       |  _Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose_
       | 
       | Many of the described style of pubs are alive and well, often in
       | the form of a Sam Smith's.
        
       | jessriedel wrote:
       | Tangential: As an American, one of the things I liked most about
       | London pubs when I first started visiting in the '00s was the
       | lack of screens, which were hard to escape in American bars.
       | Unfortunately this was only temporary, as the majority of the
       | London pubs I've seen on recent visits are covered with screens
       | like home.
        
         | overcast wrote:
         | Stay away from sports pubs/bars.
        
         | scrlk wrote:
         | Sounds like you'd enjoy visiting a pub owned by Samuel Smith.
         | 
         | > Our pubs are havens from the digital world - there are no TVs
         | or background music. The use of mobile phones, laptops and
         | other tech is not allowed in our pubs.
         | 
         | https://samuelsmithsbrewery.co.uk/pubs/
        
         | matt-p wrote:
         | That's a sports pub.
        
         | williamdclt wrote:
         | As others say, Londoners/brits make a distinction between "pub"
         | and "sports pub", the former don't usually have any TV (or it's
         | off, only used for big England games when every pub becomes a
         | sports pub).
         | 
         | Contrary to your experience, I'm pretty sure that most pubs are
         | not sports pubs in London
        
       | ggm wrote:
       | I mainly drank around UCL in bloomsbury and down at the Princess
       | Louise near high holborn. Cosy snugs and a refurbished Victorian
       | ambiance in the early 80s.
       | 
       | My parents drank around Shepherd's Bush in the 50s and 60s and
       | "the goons" used to refine their schtik in the pub. Fun times!
        
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