American Reacts to British Pub Culture

🍻🇬🇧🇺🇸 Step into the heart of British social life as an American immerses themselves in the world of British pub culture for the very first time! Join us in this engaging video as our American reactor discovers the charms, traditions, and unique vibes of British pubs. Cheers to a cultural exchange that'll leave you thirsty for more insights! 🥂🎉
Explore the cozy and inviting interiors of traditional British pubs, the role of pubs in fostering community and social connections. From traditional pub grub to the ambiance steeped in history, you'll witness their journey of discovery and enjoyment.
This video serves as a cultural exchange that bridges the gap between two nations, celebrating the social traditions that make each country special. Join us to clink virtual glasses and learn more about the delightful world of British pubs, as we raise a toast to the camaraderie and connections they foster.
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[@Aloh-od3ef]

The biggest priority for the British government at the end of the pandemic. Was to get the pubs open as quickly as possible! That’s how important pubs are to the British 😂

[@JJLAReacts]

Haha, that's funny and inspiring at the same time!

[@jamesg9468]

Watched the England vs Italy final at my local, and there was still social distancing in place then. And the bouncers insisted that no chants or singing was allowed, because you'll be spewing out the virus. Definitely subdued the occasion more than a bit.

[@sunnyjim1355]

You are completely wrong about that - in every way it's even possible to be.

[@johntomlinson6849]

My personal finish line for the pandemic was the day when we were allowed to sit at the pub bar again rather than be waited on at a table. IIRC it was 4th July 2021. Imagine my depression when I caught Covid three days beforehand and had to isolate for ten days.....

[@MaritimeFox]

I'd like to think that was true but the British Government have gone out of their way to kill off the pub. Price hikes, supermarkets offering vast quantities of booze so that people now drink from home, anti smoking laws, drinking driving laws, high business rates. It's a hostile market for the average publican and only the big chains can survive with a rare few independents, bucking that trend.

[@JamesLMason]

Even as a smoker, i appreciated the smoking ban in the main. However, there were clubs that went from smelling of a generally smokey meh to a very obvious mix of piss, puke, sweat and Redbull. The smoke wasn't ideal but it covered a multitude of sins.

[@JJLAReacts]

LOL I would rather smell cigarette smoke than those other things for sure!

[@Mallrat83Photography]

I remember when I used to go to the rock night club on a Wednesday, Friday and Saturday night. Pre-smoking ban, you'd walk past the piss stench coming from the toilets, then go downstairs and through a double door and you'd just be hit with the smell of smoke. You'd inhale and know you were going to have a good night. However post-smoking ban, after walking past the piss stench from the toilets, you'd get to the double door downstairs to enter the main part of the club and you'd just be hit with the stale stench of sweat/BO that had dried onto every surface and just would never go away. You'd then go fuck it, I need 2 double whiskeys as your first order at the bar to try distract you from the smell

[@djdeemz7651]

I went to a few places that smelt like rotten eggs after the ban was disgusting

[@bluenose7984]

@JamesMason Yeah this is very true. I was a non smoker working in bars back when it was legal to smoke. People would sit smoking at the bar every night and I wouldn't smell it until I got home and I'd have to shower and wash my clothes. But the smell straight after the ban was insane, the whole bar would smell of BO.

[@85stace85]

The one good thing about the smoking ban is you don't get burnt on your shoulders when smokers walk past you in the club 😂

[@777petew]

Our ales are served cooled at cellar temperature, and it will get warmer the longer you take to drink it. We have lagers and ciders that are chilled.

[@Lyonsbane75]

Ahhh classic. Good old times. Bar stool flying past your head, landlords son having fling with rival landlord’s pubs daughter and causing the said fight, the occasional death-threat where you have to vanish for a week until the landlord ‘sorts it out’… oh, and the drinking and camaraderie. Can’t beat it 😊

[@JJLAReacts]

LOL! Well that's a viewpoint I've not found in these comments yet! Cheers!

[@cececox6399]

​@@JJLAReactsoh yea this is literally the most honest. Some of the geezers are REAL hardcore. I know at least 6 that could make someone disappear and never be found again. EVERY pub has that guy. The guy you know from birth not to fnck with 😂 and god can't help you if you DO. 😂

[@colonelfustercluck486]

was that down at 'The Flying Handle' ??

[@PolarBear4]

Country pubs split into 2 types. There's the type where it's pretty much just a pub where locals go. I've been in a few of those and it's like you're being stared at the whole time and it feels kind of hostile. The other is in places where you'll find more tourists/hikers such as the Lake District. Those ones have the usual locals but also tend to serve food, have a bunch of fires on the go and have signs saying "dogs welcome" or similar. They don't mind if you're popping in for a cold drink after coming down from a hill soaked to the core and covered in mud. Those ones usually feel very cozy and welcoming.

[@jonmoore873]

I’m not convinced the guy doing the video has actually been out of London tbh

[@PolarBear4]

@@jonmoore873 Yeah. I’ve got a load of pubs around me and maybe 1 has a reputation for the more geeza types. Most are more food based or known for live music/sports watching. They’re just places where anyone can go and chill and have a drink or 2 with friends without feeling like part of a stereotypical group.

[@JJLAReacts]

Interesting. I have to think that if I lived in a little town and we had our own pub, when some strangers come in, I'd probably feel a little paranoid. "Who the hell are they? Why are they in my pub?" I totally get it. Good to know they're not all like that though! Thanks for watching!

[@cececox6399]

​@@JJLAReactsthe thing outsiders don't understand is that you have to politely introduce yourself and I'd give a simple reason you're there, seeing the sights of the area ect. Then you'll be happily accepted. They don't trust outsiders because they use it as a cover to steal from the community. Be it burglary of their homes or the theft of extremely expensive and vital equipment they need to live and run their businesses. Once you introduce yourself and show they don't have any reason to worry about you they won't care and will be VERY welcoming. You don't just walk into a random locals pub without introducing yourself. The pub is half business and half home to the locals. So it's literally like walking into their home and not even bothering to say hi and introduce yourself to them. It's just RUDE. 😂 I grew up spending a LOT of time in country pubs for old men and we NEVER had issues. Because we were POLITE. That's all it takes.

[@TukikoTroy]

originally, the pub, the 'public house' was just that... someone's house where one or two rooms were open for anyone to come in and buy a drink from the barrel in the corner (probably just to get out of the rain lol).

[@JJLAReacts]

Oh wow, it was just someone's house? Fascinating! Thanks for watching!

[@zak3744]

@@JJLAReacts Absolutely. I grew up in an agricultural area, in a little village. Population of about 2,500 nowadays. Three pubs when I grew up, only one left now. But if you go back just over a hundred years to the late 19th century, when farming still employed a significant proportion of the country and the majority of the village, there were apparently 40 pubs in the village, with a population less than half of the current day. And the majority were beer served by the lady of the house in the front room, usually in very limited hours during the day while husbands and sons were out in the fields. So yeah, that's one pub for roughly every 30 residents of the village, and every fifth or sixth house would have been a pub of some description!

[@Aengus42]

​​@@JJLAReactsYou just reminded me of visiting The Black Dog Inn on the A377 at Black Dog, Devon. It was in the late eighties. I was a white van man & it was bloody hot! No air con in those days so when I saw the pub in Black Dog, a tiny village... well, it'd be rude not to! Went in, no bar at all. Just a huge stone fireplace with a big old wooden chair one side & an even bigger chair on the other. There was a hole on one wall & I could see barrels through it. I stuck my head through and a very old lady ambled up with a "What'll ee be 'avin'?" I had a pint of best out of the wood & sat in the biggest chair. The beer was gorgeous! The place was silent, no music, no TV, no lights except for the sunlight highlighting the dust in the air with a shaft of sunlight lighting up the bare floorboards. An impossibly old bloke came in. Trousers held up with baler twine. The landlady passed him his pewter tankard & he sat on the smaller chair the other side of the fireplace. I said "Sorry mate, have I nicked your chair?" "Nooo" he said. "You're sat in Burt's place. This one's mine. I got it last year." That puzzled me... I said "When did Burt get this big one then? Didn't you want it?" "It'll come to me one day. Burt got that'n (he nodded towards my chair) the same day I got this one." I bought a round, this seemed to please the old guy. He nodded and slurped. I said "What was special about that day then?" This strange chair getting day had me well puzzled. "Special? Oh! 'Twas Derek's funeral. He was the oldest bloke around 'ere. When ee died, Burt was next oldest & had this chair. So we all moved up one. The chair you're in, the biggest, is for the oldest bloke. My chair for the next youngest. It's always been this way. Ever since I was a boy." I had to go, deliveries. I left the time warp of a pub. As I left an actual black dog trotted up the road. Didn't look at me, just trotted on. Dead man's chairs... very odd. I just googled the place. It's a normal pub with food & a bar now. Such a shame! What a stop that was? Mind you it was 35 years ago. But it's such a strong memory & I've told the story many, many times. As you said, just like somebody's front room. 🐾

[@davidberesford7009]

That makes me feel really sad. I think I might need another pint.@@Aengus42

[@danc1897]

The best thing about the pub is how quickly you get to know people and make friends. I recently moved to a new town on my own. After 12 months going to the local pubs I now know most of the town and just walking down the street for 5 minutes I say hello to several people. Pubs are a great thing and us Brits should defend them.

[@Paul-tp9vf]

A pint and a fight makes a great British night!

[@oliverharvey9165]

I live in a city called Norwich and it's quite small (population approx 140,000). We had a claim to fame that we had more pubs per person than anywhere in the UK. Not long ago there was a pub for every day of the year. Sadly many pubs have closed but we still have a thriving pub culture!

[@Anna-gm6zy]

I’m from near Norwich, Norfolk in general is loaded with pubs. I’m most used to the country pub from my village.

[@BrecklandSpotting]

'Small' what a load of rubbish (my village has 60 houses and no other villages for 5 miles)

[@Anna-gm6zy]

@@BrecklandSpottingA small village is quite different to a small city

[@oliverharvey9165]

@@BrecklandSpotting I stated it's a city so 140K population is small for a city, especially in the U.K.. Of course a village is much smaller than a city 🤦‍♂️

[@cheesybellend6842]

I feel like your telling porkies a place called ottley has the most pubs per square mile or person or whatever

[@nikkihayes5411]

PS... Best pub in Manchester....Sinclairs Oyster bar.....no phones..no computers..just beer, pie,mash,gravy, and talking to people🍺🍻👍🚬😸

[@JJLAReacts]

Ahh, sounds authentic!!! I love that!!!!

[@sutty85]

Thats my local after work on Friday... Built in the 16th century.

[@nikkihayes5411]

@@sutty85 last time I went I had to ask a copper where it was because theyve moved it twice🍻😸

[@totallybored5526]

One of my favorite memories of being in a pub was about 10 years ago now, it was Christmas time so the pub was full. There was a guy quietly sat at the end of the bar and to himself he started singing “fairytale of New York” within seconds the pub was divided between men and women, singing along with him. It was awesome, I’ve got goosebumps just thinking about it.

[@gedwhittaker874]

Traditional Ales are not served at room temperature! They are served at cellar temperature which will be around 2 to 3 degrees lower than room temperature (or should be if the Landlord is keeping his Ales properly)

[@blameful4814]

came here to say this! thumbs up, and good you know your stuff

[@noggintube]

Cellar temperature is around 12c, nothing to do with what the current room temperature is.

[@cafe405]

My home town has the oldest pub in the UK. Worthwhile pointing out that room temperature is chilled a little, it's room temperature as was, not as is today. Lagers and ciders and some stouts are chilled.

[@JJLAReacts]

Wow! How old is that pub exactly?

[@cafe405]

@@JJLAReacts the claim is 1189 so over 800 years old en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_Olde_Trip_to_Jerusalem it has cellars in the rock. The cliffs that it's against, under the castle run across the town and were inhabited during earlier parts of the city's history.

[@lyncohn9505]

A lot lf pubs around the UK claim that title

[@laureneaton244]

I swear Nottingham is so greedy it literally claims three pubs within 2 mins of each other are some of the oldest 😂

[@steveaga4683]

The "Geezer" is a Southern phenomenon...especially in London! Certainly not nationwide!

[@bobclarke1815]

The Eclipse is now an Italian Restaurant as seen in the sign on your clip.

[@JJLAReacts]

Sorry to see The Eclipse go. Hopefully the Italian place is good!

[@ggm2..11]

Sadly, yes its closed now....

[@stevehartley7504]

Cider in UK. A fermented apple juice to become an alcoholic drink Apple juice is just a pressed apple juice breakfast drink.

[@JJLAReacts]

Oh, yeah, I remember The Eclipse having cider - it was the first time I tried it. We technically have cider in the US but not on tap at almost every bar.

[@margaretflounders8510]

Me dear, you must always be careful of the zider....Somerset..Where the cider apples grow.. Scrumpy! Legend has it fortified with god knows what..Cider to knock yer socks off, but sneaky with it, you won't know what hit you, until the morning after@@JJLAReacts

[@skylined5534]

​@@JJLAReacts Out of interest what kind of ciders do you have in the USA? Very curious!

[@Heaven-dy9lj]

Amount of times I've gone to the bar, and had a wonderful chat with a random stranger while ordering a drink! Travelled around but English/ British pubs are the best.

[@stevekenilworth]

even tho the smoking ban was 2007, even just last few years ive been in pubs and allowed to smoke in side. if you local or reg customer you may get a lock in, serving drinks passed license times, normally front / back doors close up and ash trays come out. but serving drinks past legal hours and allowing smoking even if its passed opening hours if caught get a fine and could lose license to serve drink. so its risky but you do come across the odd lock in every now again, right place right time all it takes its not organised it just happens, left many pubs past 4am

[@DaveBartlett]

A pub I used to frequent, thought it would be a good idea to expand into 'pub games' and installed a 'GIANT JENGA' into one corner of the public bar. Even though the pub's regulars immediatley questioned the wisdom of having a stack of 54, eighteen inch wooden blocks, (clubs!) in the pub among the usual crowd of Saturday night drunks, It took a while (and a couple of pitched battles) for them to realise that arming drunks was not a particularly good move.

[@skylined5534]

Holy fook, that's brilliant 😂

[@anitaherbert1037]

What has not been covered enough is the family country pub. Often with a beautiful beer garden with children's play equipment, great food the traditional Sunday Roast. Women work now and do not want to spend all Sunday cooking a roast ( it's usually a reasonably priced set 2 or 3 course meal with a choice of 4 different mains including the Sunday roast with a selection of roast meats ) Yorkshire puddings roast potatoes mash gravy and three or four types of veg dish plus a dessert/ pudding. So the entire family plus relatives if it's a special occasion like Mothers Day encamps to the pub for a meal, and a nice glass of wine or pint afterwards whilst the kids play with other kids on the play equipment as you watch. Then the younger fitter family members take the dog whos sat next to you as you eat for a long country walk.

[@richarddyasonihc]

The Australians seem to have the same idea as the .S. grab a licence & open a sham English or more frequently an Irish themed pub inside. Doesn’t wash, with me geezer - they never get it right!

[@JJLAReacts]

Yeah, in the US they seem to get the decor pretty close, but they can't manufacture the community involvement.

[@elliottcooper7767]

I live in Egham! I have been watching quiet I few of your videos and was completely shocked when you stayed here in Egham! I moved here in 2017 and it was always an Italian restaurant ever since I have been here. I did not know it used to be a pub. The restaurant has closed now. Amazing, hope you have some great memories from here. Love the videos and jealous from across the pond ☺️👋

[@titanium_di2402]

I used to live in Thorpe! Hello 👋🏽

[@JBGOONERLIFE]

The Lager is served cold. But you're correct regarding the Ale/Beer

[@TheGlassman14]

The second picture at the start is my local. Its Biggin Hall in Coventry

[@JJLAReacts]

Ha, excellent! Must be nice to have an authentic pub nearby (and not "spoons"). Thanks for watching!

[@geetee4459]

Pubs ARE a great community spot. I'm an Aussie but after work I didn't need to 'phone a friend' and say 'how about a beer?' I would just go up the local where 'everyone knew my name'. You would interract with people from 18 years old (or maybe lower..) to 80 years (or maybe higher). Great days. "The local lounge room" as we used to call it.

[@delskioffskinov]

As a Barman for 28 years I enjoyed watching that video with you!

[@JJLAReacts]

Oh wow, thank you! And much respect and admiration for the pub culture you have helped to foster. Well Done!!!

[@margaretflounders8510]

This Sunday we're saying Cheers and cheerio to our Barman, whose off to Uni...Gonna miss the lad...

[@GlitchHorrors]

The thing that makes the pub great has always been the social aspect. Im 37 and from London, it has become routine to frequent the pub for many reasons. Every Wednesday, the usual suspects from work get together and go to the pub around the corner for a few drinks. We talk about how shit the bosses are, how shit the deadlines are, that one customer who is a fucking idiot that day, the usual. Its a way to unwind from the mid week blues. Then theres the weekend, where the lads all get together, go to our usual pub and socialise, find out what the wives have been up to, how Steves dodgey back is getting along and how he got out of work this time, then make the stupid decision to move on from the pub and try and go clubbing, because we are only in our 30's, right? Then once its gets to around 1am, our bodied have betrayed us and everyone refuses to pay £9 for a jack and coke, we go home in an uber. That is how it is, and how it has been for the last 10+ years. The activity has earned its own name, being "the usual". And the pub is the cornerstone of it all, because that is where it all begins every single time. And thats where i think the younger, newer generation are not as into it because they grew up with Netflix and I would say less confidence and raw bravado than us, because we didnt really have a choice. Our options were much more limited so we made the absolute most out of the things we had, and now they have become some kind of alcholic, borderline cult like ritual.

[@JJLAReacts]

Interesting how the pubs have survived for so long. I can see how clubs and Netflix would chip away at their normal patrons. Thanks for watching!

[@bobbybigboyyes]

Traditional 'proper' beer is served at room temperature, as it should be. Other beers such as lager is served cold and chilled. Pubs serve wine and cider too, and even tea and coffee. Kids can go into pubs for soft drinks, and a lot of pubs have 'beer gardens' where you can sit outside in the sun. A lot of our country pubs are set in amazing places with thatched roofs and fires roaring in inglenook fireplaces in pubs that are hundreds of years old. They might be on the edge of a river or a canal, or halfway up a hillside by a mountain, or overlooking the ocean. I live in a village in Dorset that goes back over 1000 years, parts of the area go back 165 million years along the Jurassic Coast! It's full of thatched pubs that are built so well they will still be here in another thousand years. Cheers!! 🍺🍻🍻🍻

[@JJLAReacts]

Sounds beautiful! I love the pub aesthetic!

[@bobbybigboyyes]

@@JJLAReacts As you know we love our pubs! This old Saxon hilltop town I live in was ruled by King Alfred the Great back in 880 A.D. Alien and Gladiator movie director Ridley Scott started his fame and career off in this place by creating England's favourite advert ( commercial ) back in 1973.

[@skylined5534]

​@@bobbybigboyyes Cellar temperature, not room temperature. Quite a difference even before the days of air conditioned cellars.

[@gmdhargreaves]

Wetherspoons is named after the founders school boy teacher that wrote on his final year report…..”this man will NOT achieve anything in life” just to rub his nose in it ❤❤😂😂

[@itcheebeard]

Lagers such as Budweiser, Carlsberg, Stella Artois etc is served chilled. Ales aren't "room temperature" as such but more like "cellar temperature" as they'll be stored in a brick cellar that's typically cooler than the rest of the pub. We don't drink "warm beer" like some say lol

[@andrewcarter7503]

Another fun video! I went on a walking holiday and we took a lifesize cardboard Taylor Swift with us. Great icebreaker. Set her up every pub we went to. Doesn't have to be her of course but thoroughly recommend it as a way to get chatting to strangers. Just folded her up inbetween pubs and put her in a refuse sack tied to my backpack. "What have you got in that sack?" One passer-by asked. "Taylor Swift" i replied. He just nodded as if that was quite normal and kept on walking.

[@hayleyjohns2370]

In Chester City we have the most pubs in the smallest area, within the city walls. They are roman city walls we still have. Chester is amazing I've lived elsecwhere and struggled so I could get back. ❤

[@thomasllewelynjones5546]

In my village, we have two pubs, one is a bit posher than the other, but both are good - it is usual in my village for people to act as “taxis” for the drinkers - usually someone’s spouse or family member will just go down to the pub where their person is, and take them and basically anyone else who lives near them that wants to go home, back home, and then they’d come back and get the rest who weren’t ready the first time they were down

[@crystalclearUK111]

Yes, most of us love going to the pub, however we don't do it every day! Maybe you will have one or two in the middle of the week, but most of us would go out on a Friday or Saturday, sometimes both nights. It's more about sitting down and having a chat with friends, it's not about how much you can drink, it's about chatting and socialising.

[@jasonowen446]

Bet one day your gonna come back the the UK with your Girlfriend or Wife, probably even with kids. And their will be a part of you what thinks ' i am gonna go back to The Eclipse and see how it has changed '. You will walk in and their will be an old guy sat in the corner who shouts out your name and says ' Long time no see '.

[@JJLAReacts]

Haha, my dream!!!!

[@rozpickering1239]

As the water was from streams and Wells it was full of diseases for hundreds of years we had to drink fermented drinks - it was boiled and was therefore safe to drink, they used to make 3 brews, a strong alcohol- 1st brew, for men. 2nd brew medium alcohol strength- ladies And a 3rd brew- super weak alcohol for the children!! And that's how pubs started, and the wealthy drank wine, in case you were wondering. Xx

[@jca111]

@3:38 I can assure you that the Eclipse was NOT a country pub!!!! That's more an out of town, side of a main road pub. Country pubs are usually in middle of nowhere. Also beers (ales, not lagers) should be served cool at cellar temperature (10-12°C), never room temperature (20-22°C). Lagers should be served cold (3-5C)

[@YvonneWilson312]

Too right, when I was a youngster I used to go to a pub that could only be accessed by crossing two fields, climbing a stile and crossing a stream on a bridge made from a plank of wood! I miss those days.

[@Chadmon1]

Oh we love the pub! It is a warm place to sit when it's cold or a good place to sit when it's nice outside to enjoy some food, drink and sunshine, it's a good place for conversation, a place for company and a fine way to spend many hours relaxing without feeling like you have to leave, it is essentially a public house.

[@seanmc1351]

you dont have that in america, its hard to explain to a non brit. unless you have been to a pub or two, i follow are few americans, who have just had holidays this year here, boring reviews, couple school teachers, they do drink but were worried about trying pubs, as we told them, you can go for meal, a drink, just a coffee or cup of tea, or a soft drink, they came back, i watched there videos, i asked, how did you find the pubs, they said, they were amazing, great food, comfortable, they never felt out of place. used them very often, where can you go for cheap great cooked meal, have a coffe, in 500 year old pub, log fire burning sittting in an arm chair, family friendly, children welcome and dogs welcome,, there are the chains also, that are great cheap beer, cheap food and meal deals, chidlren welcome open at 9am for breakfast and a drink, fri sat night is different story, gets bit crazy, we like our beer and friday saturday nights.

[@JJLAReacts]

It looks like an amazingly fun and comfortable atmostphere!

[@danlefou]

The one drawback with Wetherspoons is that they are very dog-hostile, for reasons never explained. Dogs are our best friends, and part of the atmosphere of any good pub, certainly in the country. Great ice-breakers, too!

[@cafe405]

Spoons summary is a bit of a cliche there. Itis not a fighty place, some city centre ones maybe, but most city centre pubs will see a scrap or 2. For the most part they are very well run and rely on compliance with lisencing for their reputation and to keep corporate happy. They score very well in the Best Bar None initiatives. This guy needs to go to a flat roof pub on a council estate to witness that side of things.

[@JJLAReacts]

A flat roof pub on a council estate? What is that?!

[@baldbadger7287]

My local town in Ripley Derbyshire has got a pub called "the pound pub" all drinks are literally one pound 😊

[@DaveBartlett]

"They're drinking: Stout, Guinness" - But Guiness is stout. In my experience, the old geezers would be drinking mild ale, or possibly bottled brown ale, or bottled stout, like Mackeson or Cream Label, (or admiittedly anytthing else, if someone else was buying!)

[@carolross6583]

I've yet to come across a pub called The Slaughtered Lamb out in the sticks. If I do I'll make to keep to the path on the way home. 😂

[@stevo728822]

The Slaughtered Mother In Law.

[@radeakins]

My go to pub is not my local. My local is the Nunsthorpe Tavern but I prefer a pub called The Tivoli and its an old boys pub which is literally a front room, its small, seats around 20, if you want a smoke you go through the bar thats guarded by a Rottweiler, swearing is subject to a fine. I haven't been in 15 years because I couldn't afford it and I don't even drink that much anymore because I drive constantly. I miss having friends.

[@jeepsthetimebandit]

Years ago, we took the bikes out on a run. We were up over the pennines somewhere, can't remember exactly where now. We found an old pub with its original beams ect. We had to go through a doorway that was really low and it had a sign above it to mind your head. We all read it except my 6ft 2 brother. He walked so hard into the door frame that it knocked him out! 😂 I don't think I've ever laughed so much! What an idiot! 😂

[@kimbirch1202]

Back in the day, many pubs would have their own Sunday league football teams, with some of the players throwing up, after the previous nights drinking session.

[@cherryblossom3046]

I assume that the Univ. you were at in Egham (Surrey) is Royal Holloway Univ, part of the Univs of London group. I know it well.

[@ziggythedrummer]

While Egham isn't what I'd consider to be rural or countryside, it did have a lot of country-style pubs dating back to before the town grew in size and population. Sadly the Eclipse is now a Prezzo Italian restaurant, and another old favourite - the Iguana - is now a Burger King.

[@seanmc1351]

up until 20 years ago, that still went on, in the northern workmans clubs, thats another thing you wouldnot have experienced, thats a culture all of its own, they are closing and dying out now, , happy to comment on them, it will blow yor mind, but its going to be long comment, as there is so much to explain, the rules, the un written rules of the workmans club

[@JJLAReacts]

I definitely never heard of workman clubs. Would love to hear about it if you feel like typing : )

[@seanmc1351]

​@@JJLAReacts The workmans club, was a community of and still is, there are lots going still, but many dying out, and the new genrations have not followed there fathers into the clubs like we did in our day, The Club was a membership, it was a small amount of money, that also allowed you to get into other clubs, its not a mens club like what you would think, when you here mebership, the money went to help with cheaper beer, cheap entertainment and the likes, the club also made money, that went into the pot, raffles, bingo, meat draws and the likes, money paid out in winnings and a percentage kept back for the club, free kids xmas parties, take them to the panto, another british institution. ladies could join the club, but there membership was like a wifes membersip, only good for that club, you can take guest in and sign them in, limited to one per person, ladies could not sign a guest in. the clubs were run by the members, not brewery or an owner, our club, we had 8 comitte members, treasurer and chairman, all things to do with club, was for the comititee who were elcted by the members.we were responsible for running the raffles, entertainment, door duties, keeping every one in check, if you stepped out of line, you were brought up to the comititee, pleaded your case hoped you were not bared, some time a month 6 months, or full term, depending on offence. there was normally a club on every housing estate. i think there used to be about 4000 in the north,i could be wrong on The club consisits of 3 room, i will give you run down on each room one by one, there is the bar, the lounge and the concert room The Bar. The bar was men only, no women, there was an imagenary line at the door that could not be crossed, they can shout in get your attention, the bar usually had snooker tabe, darts, dominoes pub games that sort of thing. The Loung This was a quieter room, bit nicer decor, soft seating, somewhere to meet friends have a chat, generaly popular with the elderly and couples. The concert room was the big room, normally rented out on week days to clubs, such as line dancing, that sort of thing, the concert room big days would be friday saturday and sunday, sunday was the big day i will come onto at then end. friday and saturday there maybe live bands on, or it might be rented out for weddings and stuff like that. The big day for the concert was sunday, clubs hours was 12pm till 2pm, then 7pm till 10.30pm, the lunch time was the blokes time, women did go in the concert room, lounge was ok, but never went out lunch time. the concert room started, 12pm, 10 minutes later you got a stripper on for 6 minutes or so, after her, there was live band, doing a short session, they would be the band that played on the night also, after the band usualy about 1pm, you got a second stripper 6 minute or so. after that around 1.15, they would do the bingo, raffles tote and meat raffles, which took you till about 1.50 for last orders, then you went home had you dinner. you would go back on the night with your wife and girlfriend, for the live band bingo and stuff, the band did there act in 2 sections, half, then bingo the the second half, there was an unwritten rulle no dancing on the first half of the band, but ok on the second half. while the women played bingo, men went to the bar, few shots went home 11pm, work in the morning cover charge on the nigh£2.00 the afternoon was free. just had to pay for bingo. The bands had to be decent, if not, i saw many times, they would be booed off, paid half the money sent packing, and then there would be free and easy, anyone can get up and sing and dance, tough crowds to please

[@seanmc1351]

@@JJLAReacts Hi JJ, i forgot to type this out for you, as i said its a long winded, thing, but i will narrow it down best i can, the workmans club, bit of background, these are mainly a north thig, there are some in the south, to few to mention, they are a thing they came from the workers in the mines, the factories and ship builders, , please read all of this, and let me know you read it, its going to add to the pub culture, in a way you would not have thought of, or think could happen, here we go The workmans club, is a member only club, a token amount of money £5.00 per year because i said its mens club, its the stripper club, that sort of thing lol, far from it, but it happens, will tell later. the workmans club, was born out of the workers, every estate had a club, but it was run by the people, there was no manager, or big boss, the club was run by 8 elected people to form a comittee, plus a chairman, plus a treasurer, only person that was not part of the, was the steward, he ran the bar, so the 8 people elected ran the club, there was 3 rooms, the bar, the lounge and the concert room the people that run the club were not paid, we would get 4 beers tokens for 4 free beers, The bar, yes women were not allowed in the bar, there was a rule, no women in the bar, and to be honest, it was respected, you could be in the bar, your wife wanted you, she never crossed that line, shout to get you or tell bob to get your attention, then there was the lounge, nice clean area, for couples, or the older folk, nice seating, play some bingo, the there is the concert room big room, only usesd weekends, during the week it was hired out for clubs, line dancers, or something else As i said the club, was run by the people, what happened all week, was, pool and darts clubs, dominoes, these were leagues, but through every event, we would sell raffle tickets, meat draw tickets, run bingo every night, 25% of the takings were kept for thee club, but went back into the club, cheaper beer, a portion of that was kept for the children, to take them to panto, and come back have a christmas part, go home with a goody bag, all free from the club now this is going to sound stupid, to you but the biggest bladay in the club was sunday, the clubs would hold a 1000 people, sunday, the men go to the club, 11.30am we get there, get your table, bar does not open till 12pm, bar opens, get your first drink, normally buy two pints its busy, get your free plate of nibbles, black pudding, cheese, onions nad crackers, 12.10, get your first stripper on, yeah she goes fullnaked, does 6 minutes, see her 10 times before, no one watches lol, 12.20 you get the live band on, till 12.40, they do a short set, but they are the group that will be on later on the night, i will come back to that after the group done, you get the second stripper on, yeah fully naked, 6 minutes, after that tou have the bingo, they do the faffles, and the meat and money draw, 1.50 last orders get your drink, go home sunday roast, put your head dow, 7pm, you take your good lady, to the club, few drinks, live show, night time you have to pay 2 pounds, day time was all free, the live band does there first set, no dancing, during the break of the band, some bingo, ladies play the bingo, me go to bar for a shot or two, second half, you can dance, get up and boogie, , there is more to it, but the bottom line of it, its run by the people, the people make the money, to give a great night

[@alanwordley5977]

A pub in my town was first mentioned in the year 1251.

[@jimjogger306]

Two doors in a pub is so the heat from inside does not escape every time a customer walks through, Sometimes you will even have 3 doors.

[@mattbentley9270]

OMG you mentioned Agham, I love 8 miles from there

[@IEarlGrey]

It’s normally only darker beers that are served room temp, we definitely have a lot of nice ice cold lagers and ciders 🍺

[@BernardWilkinson]

This is a very Southern take on the Pub. Up North you won't find any "Geezers" at all.

[@gjclark2478]

It's not geezers, but geezas........lol. Started frequenting pubs at 14 with my dad. Drinking booze and playing darts. I live on the edge of Salisbury plain, we had army lads coming to our town for fights with the locals. But, at the end of the night we were all mates. The80's and early 90's were epic 👍👍🇬🇧

[@TCJones]

With the price of drink, who can afford to go out, £6 for pint these days, or if i go to very local pub, miners club or a punk venu can get 2 large cans for £6, but i remmeber going out in the early 2ks and it was £2 pint, we would spend a tenner and be in the pub every night. Now going the pubs a treat, no way i could drink out and eat out as much as we used to. Hell 2 pints the smallest round size is now more than min wage in most places!

[@davestolly0079]

I actually know the pool guys with the trophies lol.. They play pool for the Dog and Partridge in Warrington Cheshire god knows how that picture got on this video! They're all really good lads and we all have a great laugh and take the piss out of each other (and every other team) who play in our league.. We tell our wives and girlfriends it's a serious game but really it's just quality time with the boys laughing joking and generally being idiots kids again 😂.. Sadly John on the far left with the glasses passed away 2yrs ago and we now have a memorial trophy 🏆 we all play for every Christmas time to raise a glass and remember him.. The John Carsberg

[@marcuswardle3180]

Every Weatherspoon's carpet is different! Next time you're in one take note!

[@JJLAReacts]

Haha, I would love to go to one someday!

[@stuartmcivor2276]

And they're all sticky!

[@sameebah]

The myriad carpets are connected only by their stickiness . . . I shan't be in one, though - can't stand the places, or the owner.

[@tbob1927]

If the light at the end of the tunnel is Wetherspoon’s, Tim Martin has cunningly disguised the light of an oncoming train

[@Joyce-Barker]

The pubs were great.best was if the landlord/landlady liked you stayed behind after the doors were locked to everyone else. They used to have an area called the vault ..men only. Old,song alongs went on in most old pubs...if there was a piano you knew some old sod got up and went down memory lane singing old war songs..oh the joy…

[@markdavis4754]

I can't believe that the video never mentioned the live music scene we have in pubs. It would be well worth looking up as I understand its very different to the USA.

[@geetee4459]

Wetherspoons is like a McDonalds of beer. Not the same.

[@garybarnett583]

The kid doing the narration is completely ignorant about the history of pubs.

[@JJLAReacts]

Good to know, thanks for pointing that out! From the outside looking in it's hard to know what it's really like. Thanks for watching!

[@dougalportree603]

As if the Romans invented pubs! They didn't even drink beer ffs

[@lloydhopson6894]

Beer (lager) is served chilled and carbonated. Ale, is completely different and used to refer to a whole aray of beers, which are served at room temperature and aren't carbonated. They come in an array of colours from a pale ales colour to almost black (stout or porter), and of course all taste completely different.

[@TheEyez187]

I'm reminded of the American tourist who goes in to the pub in Trainspotting.... then gets robbed; prior to and following both a guy and a girl getting glassed!! Scottish pubs, another different breed of pub! >XD

[@richarddavies4322]

You can still find them all.....but as someone else said a pint costs a lot..... so u find a nice cheep working man's club....cheap as chips

[@JJLAReacts]

Oh interesting! How much is the average pint these days?

[@philbaker4155]

I was a publican for nearly 20 years smoking ban killed off most of the pubs in my area. I was lucky because I had a separate room for live music ... so as long as I did not sell alcohol in that room I could have people of any age in that room.... coke .. lemonade ... eg soft drinks was a nice ltiile earner

[@kimbirch1202]

Pub crawls are still common, especially for students, who visit several pubs in one night, in large groups, in fancy dress. Too many city pubs are now soulless, with loads of TV screens, and too loud music. In my day, folk would have their favourite local pubs, where they would meet their mates, and have a good laugh. None had bouncers ( security).

[@ninja36inc]

I'm surprised there was no yard of ale clip that's a pub thing

[@GeraintHughes-pp1cy]

there are some thing's you don't in some pubs like if you're in certain cities wearing football shirt's from certain teams, i once saw someone walk into a welsh country pub in an england rugby shirt during the six nations he was picked up and thrown though a window and he got arrested

[@liamowen]

My town with the biggest sports university in the UK (Loughborough) town population 140,000 Attracts masses of students from across the world and locally. So a massive natural age and cultural demographic, Our local weather-spoons is closing…. Their not even surviving.

[@colingregory7464]

Country pubs are similar to the pub in An American Werewolf In London which they go in at the beginning before getting bitten

[@Jbatley1]

Yeah, we have the same thing, except for it’s illegal to even have a cigar lounge 🙄 think that’s what people are mad about. Open till about early 2000 ish as the video states, it was legal to smoke absolutely anywhere in the country inside or outside, after the war came in it changed, so you couldn’t smoke anywhere at all inside other than your own home. Smokers where naturally a bit pissed off about that.

[@JJLAReacts]

Naturally! Thanks for watching!!

[@cgh_1232]

Mental hearing you say Egham, went college there

[@JJLAReacts]

Wow! Give them my best when you visit! Such a small world.

[@whitfield323]

In England you quickly learn that ladies night means violence and vomit more than any night of the week haha

[@AbacusAxolotyl]

In Scotland you would cause a root if you served a room temp pint! 😂 even if it had a bit too much head. Don’t get me started on Guinness! 😅

[@mavericmorph5358]

All pubs except one has gone where I live.

[@jackherer519]

3:50 not all pubs serve it warm, depends on where you go n what you order

[@dyent]

There's a pub near me that first opened before America was colonised. It's nowhere near the oldest in the country.

[@Gooner1993]

The eclipse was definitely not a country pub, also I’ve never been served a room temp beer, maybe you brought an ale 👍🏼

[@savagesnayle301]

Chain pubs used C-19 to close independent pubs and move towards one size fits all.

[@davebrown9707]

The room temperature beer is a different kind of beer but lager is always cold

[@johnp8131]

It's not room temperature it's cellar temperature at around 11 - 13°C. It's just most British lager drinkers are clueless!

[@davebrown9707]

@@johnp8131 yeah well the reason nobody knows is cos it tastes like shit thats why everyone drinks cold lager

[@JJLAReacts]

I'm a clueless lager drinker for sure!

[@sladewilson9718]

Shopping at marks and Spencer’s (M&S) is an absolute flex 😂😂. My Nan used to take us and I didn’t see the big deal. Now I go as an adult and I see my Nan is loaded 😂

[@MrNifts]

Nice reaction mate, Funny I live down the road from Egham. I think one of the things with Pubs is it is a great place for people to gather, meet and talk. The GOV do not like that and in my opinion have been trying to destroy that for decades. It promotes community and brings people together and god forbid that we do that instead of being divided as they want.

[@JJLAReacts]

WOW! Please give my best regards to Egham next time you're in town! That's amazing! Yeah, the pub culture seems like very powerful force that some folks might get nervous about LOL. Long live the pubs! Cheers!

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Bars in America are just a placs to go for a drink. Pubs in Britain are a community meeting place.

[@ichbinschanppi]

Weatherspoon's sucks!!!! I'm so glad the owner has been hoisted by his own petard and is complaining about losing money and workers. Justice!

[@seancampbell9896]

Room temperature is real ale,,lagers are cold, like your budweiser

[@JJLAReacts]

Thanks for clarifying that. Such an interesting little detail. In the US we chill it all!

[@Broadercasting]

@@JJLAReacts Ale and dark beers are at not room temperature unless the barrel is in the room (possible with a local Tap bar) Cellar temperature is lower.

[@hayleystanley5792]

the old girl in the country pub 3,01 section grey hair no teeth, that pub is in Bermondsey right in the centre of London just off tower bridge road, it was called the hand and marigold and sadly its no longer a pub kzbin.info/www/bejne/pomVk3pnmb6HrZo

[@nicholasashley2172]

Some of the more traditional pubs outside the capital will not allow woman in the bar they have to drink in the lounge, also I have seen pubs where they will not serve woman pints they have to buy half pints, so you see all the woman walking back to their tables with two halves

[@Spookychris01]

Last time i had a pint, was 23 years ago. No idea what the average price is, probably nearly a fiver a pint i recon

[@jimmynimble]

Wetherspoons is a hellscape

[@keith6400]

Central London in the 60's/70's lone women were not served in pubs due to a policy designed to stop prostitution.

[@viewsfromthebar5131]

Pete Brown's 'Man Walks Into A Pub' is a fascinating review of the history of British pubs, both factual and humorous. Recommended reading! It contains a wealth of info. Wetherspoon's is not the great saviour of British pub culture. Back in the 1990s 'Spoons used to be OK yet was based in smaller venues run by landlord's serving ale the old and correct way. Modern 'Spoons is about bargain basement quality produce served at lowest price and is far removed from real pub culture. With regards to cask beer, cellaring knowledge is often poor and quality at the point of service thus compromised. Other big changes in pub culture include: - The move from drink-only venues to good-orientated places. Drink makes small margins while profits from selling cooked food is much larger. This change of emphasis makes pubs more welcoming to women and families hence they're not the bastions of maledom of years of yore. - The impact of the big supermarket chains selling beer to drink at home at greatly reduced prices undercuts pubs and has taken a substantial slice of business away from them. - As a result, pubs have adapted in different ways to target specific audiences to find a niche appeal - Irish themed pubs, sports pubs (i.e. showing football matches), music oriented pubs (e.g. with a cool list on the jukebox or offering live music), etc..

[@Patriiiiick]

Pretty much everyone I know stopped going to Spoons after we were made aware the owner was Mr.Brexit.

[@malicemacey]

As a woman from the country believe me there are female versions of all of the male stereotypes in every pub 😂

[@union310]

You ain't wrong, the admission of women into pubs resulted in the demise of the Lady.

[@malicemacey]

@union3109 well we only fell to the level of men so I suppose it could've been worse

[@union310]

@@malicemacey Sorry but men didn't roll about showing their knickers in the main street outside of pubs. Shouting and screaming at each other. Kids dressing up acting as women it's shameful, sorry but factual.

[@maxwest6595]

They met in Spoons.. and got married in Greggs.

[@jeepsthetimebandit]

Tell us about you JJLA. When were you in London? Why were you here? Would you come back?

[@fruitgums]

So glad you liked British Football chants, there are many funnier. Great channel you got here, you definately deserve more members so I'll hit the Sub button for you Now onto this video o7

[@user-xi6nk4xs4s]

As an outsider I don't think Wetherspoons deserves to be in a pub culture video. It's crap.

[@johnp8131]

My local one was voted the best "spoons" in the country? Not much competition I would say and it was less than two yeas old at the time.

[@JJLAReacts]

LOL I imagine it lacks the local flavors.

[@JJLAReacts]

LOL Quite a history!

[@Don-ii4vm]

3:55 Most beers are served cold? Its just Stouts and Guinness that are served at room temperature.