Has Manchester lost too many of it's old pubs in town

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urban genie

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I ask because it has been anounced that the wheatsheaf just off tib st is to close down and turned into residential property.

Now this place may not have been everybodies cup of tea, but thats another old style boozer going in town.
Yes we have bars and a vibrant drinking scene all around parts of the city centre, but I can count 20, maybe, all the old boozers left that haven't been re-fit and modernized.

The abercrombe would be going if not for public defiance and the sailisbury amd grand central are still under threat.

I have recently been for weekends to York, Donny, Liverpool, Sheffiled and leeds amd all are still abundant with old pubs (some maybe a bit ropey mind) and just wondered do we appreciate this part of our heritage as a city , we know the council don't they will flatten any old building for a souless new build.

Pubs I can think of still old fashioned

Pevil
Brittons
Salisbury
City
Vine
Shambles
City arms
Castle
Gulivers (just)
sawyers
deansgate
white lion
hairy
angel
marble
burton
smithfield
crown n kettle
Shakey
Grey horse
Seven oaks
circus.
fringe
Abercrombe
Old monkey
Rising sun
paddys goose
Waldorf

Salford side we have a fair few too.


Places like the old nags head, ape and apple, spoons, the goose, town hall tav, the brunswick have all been or are pretty shitely turned out nowadays.

Also those tgat list is 20+ they are quite spread.out across the city, for example in liverpools georgian qrtr there is about 10 old boozers within streets of each other alongside new bars.

So do we do let our old boozers down or is that lost above a sign we hare keeping our hiatory safe?
 
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Dave Ewing's Back 'eader said:
They prob can't survive on the takings of just a couple of days.
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no bar or pub in town probably couldn't survive on just a couple of days, but look at the seven oaks, it's dead most of tge time but obviously surviving.
The point of the thread is not all the old bpozers are a couple of locals and regulars, tgey are busy most days after work just a much as the bars, bur are they considered more disposable that they are willing to be sacrificed, like the abercrombe was going to be.

When odder shut down, bar the loss of what was a decent bar in the end it was just a glass fronted corner unit so nothing was lost, if the salisbury or hair n hounds got tore down we would be losing part of our heritage.


And this also isn't about them going because people buy cheap booze at home, that does affect local areas ( there is only 2 pubs left near me), but not really town.

I am on about town mainly bit it can be opened up about local areas I suppose.

I mention the council because they were willing to let the abercrombe go and we all know what they did to tommy ducks, swan with two necks previoisly.
 
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This is happening all over Britain. People apparently want food and a lovely safe environment for their evenings entertainment. Most small or old boozers I used to drink in are now gone because they can't compete. Do we blame the local council? Nope. Blame people's changing habits, cheap beer in the supermarkets and Breweries putting rents up astronomically. Factor in your love of football and the very high price that Sky charge for the pleasure and you have a winning combination.

Goodbye local boozer and hello shit theme bar over run by faceless twats with stupid hair.
 
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