Archives – 2003 – July  

The Wenlock Arms
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— 15 Jul 2003 Pete Baran Comment

The publog vs CAMRA: a battle which is inherent in our very core. They believe the ale is the thing, we beg to differ – it is all about the pub. It is even more nebulous and subjective to judge the atmosphere of a venue than even the taste of a[…]

The lock-in is in danger.
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— 9 Jul 2003 Pete Baran Comment

The lock-in is in danger. The licencing White Paper, with its attendent all night drinking will relegate the after hours boozer to the dumper of regulation and bouncers. I say this because of late I have become acquainted with a few lock-in pubs and […]

Further perusal of the historic pub interiors list
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— 4 Jul 2003 Pete Baran 1 comment

Further perusal of the historic pub interiors list shows that we have most certainly been sold a pub with theis CAMRA survey. When is a restoration not a refit after all? Of the five pubs in Central London with authentic pub interiors, two are Sam Sm[…]

CAMRA weeps:
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— 2 Jul 2003 Tim Comment

CAMRA weeps: The Guardian reports on CAMRA’s report on pub heritage. It’s interesting that this pops up the week after Pete and I found ourselves inveighing against CAMRA’s failure to obsess about the pub environment. I’ve or[…]

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