I have been advised that the planning application to demolish this pub has been withdrawn. Thanks must go to Town Councillor David Allen, West Berkshire CAMRA and everyone who campaigned against this deplorable scheme.
Let's hope that this is the last we will hear from this particular bunch of property developers.
So, I guess the pub has been there a while, anybody know the history. The sign outside shows that the blue ball is part of a race horse owners colours. What's that about or conversley, is it something that happens in winter.
I have been advised that the planning application to demolish this pub has been withdrawn. Thanks must go to Town Councillor David Allen, West Berkshire CAMRA and everyone who campaigned against this deplorable scheme.
Let's hope that this is the last we will hear from this particular bunch of property developers.
I understand your support for the pub, but if any bussiness is not profitable then it cannot continue. The overheads are crippling this and many others and unless help is offered to reduce rates etc from the local councils many more will go under. The planning application may have been withdrawn at present but will return soon
I understand your support for the pub, but if any bussiness is not profitable then it cannot continue. The overheads are crippling this and many others and unless help is offered to reduce rates etc from the local councils many more will go under. The planning application may have been withdrawn at present but will return soon
But the pub is profitable - the landlord is leading the campaign to save it. The issue is not that the business cannot survive but that the owners see a larger profit in developing the site than leasing it as a pub.
STEP 1......Knock down a pub...........STEP 2.......build houses/flats for more people......STEP 3......EXPLAIN to people why they have not got enough pubs.
So, I guess the pub has been there a while, anybody know the history. The sign outside shows that the blue ball is part of a race horse owners colours. What's that about or conversley, is it something that happens in winter.
My memory may be at fault here, but I seem to recall that the disc (as it is described in the context of racing colours) was among some additional patterns devised to increase the range of colours available. This was perhaps in the 1980s? not all that long ago anyway. So it's unlikely to be a reference to a long-established owner. Just an imaginative interpretation - although not perhaps as imaginative as your latter suggestion.
Do you have anything worthwhile to say, other than your customary rudeness?
What other reason is there for pubs going to the wall, other than people are not using them? Some seem quite busy, but many others remain almost empty most of the time.
I can sympathise with people who live next to a pub they don't use, it can be very noisy sometimes, full of the most vulgar language. Especially now people do a lot more standing outside smoking.
I know what we don't have enough of though, affordable housing.
What other reason is there for pubs going to the wall, other than people are not using them? Some seem quite busy, but many others remain almost empty most of the time.
I can sympathise with people who live next to a pub they don't use, it can be very noisy sometimes, full of the most vulgar language. Especially now people do a lot more standing outside smoking.
I know what we don't have enough of though, affordable housing.
There can be other reasons for businesses to go to the wall but it doesn't sound like it's the case for this particular pub. I imagine for pubs, in general, cheap booze sold by greedy supermarkets, people not taking any chances with drink driving and the smoking ban have knocked them for six. This means people aren't using them as they used to, in other words, as you said, we have more pubs than are needed.
I agree with your last comment too although the pub was there long before most of the houses.
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