Pubs: Why Brits are Obsessed with them and why they struggle now

The pub is in danger of extinction! During the Corona pandemic alone, hundreds of pubs closed across the country. Photographer Horst A. Friedrichs went in search of the most intriguing pubs in England. And talked to the people who understand the culture. Cheers.
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Report, Camera & Edit: Robert Richter
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[@Evemeister12]

Cultures change. Pubs were previously one of the few places available for socialising among english people. Now there are other places to go for social activities, plus people prefer to drink in house parties with friends, or prefer gaming and other home based activities. The pub still has its place in society but isn't the staple. Financial hard times for pubs and customers doesn't help.

[@MrAckers75]

The pub was the heart and soul of Britain

[@ifminecrafthadfloods3659]

we still have popular pubs in Australia, however most of the good ones are in the rural areas in buildings from the 1800's or 1900s.

[@xXDado88Xx]

most of the pubs in london have lost their charm because high costs and bills force pub owners to raise prices to their very little portion of food, where ingridients are not first quality, and beer are now around £ 7/8 per pint; ridiculous. People can't afford these prices and they often order just 1 beer and no food. The only one that are still doing good, but not better than the previous years, are the one in central london where they can still get tourists, so they do not care about service or to be polite because they know that the next day other tourists will still enter for a quick pint or a lunch break.

[@grandpahickory613]

I was drinking 9 beers daily for about 7 years.......I have gone to drinking me Samuel Smiths Imperial Stout to 2 bottles a day, enjoying them in the privacy of my flat.....A person can really down the pints when in good company, and chatting about world events etc., in the pub environment....I drink alone, purchase me beer at local wine store.....TWO, AND NO MORE !!!

[@tubecated_development]

Sign above bar: “No religion. No politics”

[@anotherelvis]

It's probably a good thing that people are drinking less.

[@suevialania]

🇵🇹👍💚❤️🇬🇧

[@paulstraw5518]

Was it Churchill who said when the pubs are gone England is done

[@rgsxyz1105]

Pubs can't compete with the coffee shop.

[@Starship737]

Mobile phones, social media, AI are one of the biggest reasons for lots of humanity problems

[@Trade2077]

Wrong without my phone I wouldn’t find most of them.

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

What does this have to do with this video? You use yt tho. You benefit off AI on the internet.

[@Starship737]

@@user-gu9yq5sj7c we dont.. its poison

[@paulthesquid3595]

@Starship737 Well they are far less harmful than alcohol-ethonal a drug that causes 3,000,000 deaths world wide every year that is sold in pubs , i quit drinking years ago carn't rembember the last time i have been in a pub there. I am happier with my mob phone and coffee cafe's are destined to out number pubs by 2030

[@utdminiman]

Chain pubs killed the British pub. Just copied and pasted all over the country with no character or discernible charm.

[@tubecated_development]

U.S. style consumerism killed the British pub. People now spend their money and social time on everything but the pub.

[@MrWhitmen1981]

If churches are tax free pubs should be too.

[@DWFood]

An interesting argument, Mr Whitman

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

Money is donated to churches. Pubs charge for food and drink like restaurants. That's different.

[@RyanKeane9]

@@user-gu9yq5sj7c although a tithe could be a welcome introduction. I’d rather pay a pub tithe that a church one.

[@pauliewalnuts5803]

Sometimes there are just too many on one road tbf

[@Beechgoose1]

Smoking laws? Inflation? Haven't watched the vid...

[@michaelhawkins7389]

what was the point in clicking on the vidoe if you were not going to watch it? weird

[@DWFood]

Plus the effect of the corona pandemic on hospitality... :(

[@dmdm327]

🇬🇧 Living in pubs 😂😂😂😂

[@user-ri7ib9xf4k]

From being a pub lover, I never go into a British Pub any more. It isn't the cost, it is something I find most annoying, I am sick and tired that of having to share a space with people that view Immigration, life, Britain, race, sport, women through the bottom of a pint pot so negatively.

[@pragasamanthony3251]

No pub, no Anglican culture.The English Pub ranks in the order: England, the Bible, the Book of Common Prayer and the English Pub, a Home away from Home.

[@adamsansom4822]

Hmm... maybe because everything is so expensive? Or people can't afford to go to the pub and drink as much as they did back then?

[@tubecated_development]

Maybe because people can’t stop spending money on everything else, all their US style food and entertainment….tattoos, cars, ready meals, fast food, payment plans, subscriptions, Netflix, smartphones etc etc