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Let's get into it my bad JK one of the great things about England is pubs my whole love of journalism and debating and came from Observing people in the pub the great British pub has been the backdrop for debate conflict and even luck Conflict for sure the great British pub has been the backdrop for debate conflict I never heard no debates going on over conflict. Well, yeah, and even luck Place open for all from geezers to hipsters to ladies nights out You're mixed together as one and let's say we should be it is the backbone of British culture go to the Winchester Have a nice cold pint in the way for all this to blow over So today we're gonna explore this fascinating culture. We're gonna go through its history It's controversies and whether it's going to survive in the future. This is the story of the pubs not surviving is far-fetched don't even believe of course it was a rock the great British I British have a famous reserve when it comes to being sociable not going to this one, but this one. I'm in there British have a famous reserve when it comes to being sociable and Everything about the pub is micro engineered to break down those social barriers and to enable people to talk to each other POP is short for public house with its origins Dana Public house, okay, didn't know that they need to talk to each other My bad is short for public house with its origins day in as far back as 43 ad to 410 ad and it came from the Romans as they occupied Britain However, pubs as we know them today would really become popular in the Victorian era There were communal meeting points that typically the working class could go to and enjoy themselves pubs fall into a few different Categories and they have changed a lot over the years, but let's start with three basic ones Firstly you have the traditional pub These are often housed in like historic British buildings typically There'll be laws and regulations over how you can change the buildings exterior as a way to preserve the culture So this means there's very little in very low doorways because apparently people were smaller back then a lot of the interior is made out of wood There's wooden beams everywhere There's usually an open fireplace and it's designed to feel like a nice homely cozy living room when it comes to drinks They'll serve a range of beers, ales, ciders, and they might even offer traditional pub food Which we would call pub grumb. Now let's move on to the next pub and that is the country pub and every country village Needs a country pub. Now as the name suggests a country pub is far out in this Apparently I'm out of my depth here because I didn't know there was three different kinds Okay, way away from what they would refer to as city folk Why this is different from a traditional pub is that traditional pubs can exist in very urban areas The atmosphere of a traditional pub relies on its surrounding area might be a bit more fun A bit more lively and there might be God forbid young people in there Whereas the country pub is quite the opposite the country pub is more quiet more cozy more chill drinking Guinness It's like peeky blinders type of right here It caters to the locals who will look at outsiders with a little bit of scorn the locals have typically lived in that town for Generations and generations and then we've got their children's children and their grandchildren and they still recognize and still know you And then lastly we can throw in brewery taps a brewery tap is a pub that's attached to a brewery They brew a beer on site and they sell it there and these pubs got a lot of those in Chicago Just tend to look a bit more industrial and are more used as a marketing tool for that bit But for now, let's get a feel of what it's like to step foot into a traditional Okay, it's up to me only further this video I want to give a massive shadow all you have to do is go quick and easy If you can't are all these rest shop for an hour and makes the whole hand it over to fresh out It's too mom food. Hey salute. I know you got to pay the bills, but hey It's a Wednesday you finish work. It was a bit stressful. And so what do you do? You of course venture down to the pub which pub will it be today? Will it be the famous cock the red lion the horses? Mouth and so you approach the front door of the pub and you you push open the door to be greeted by another door for some reason There's always these two doors Instantly you hear Mickey and the boys sat in their usual spot shouting about some political thing that they read in the sun Listen there boys You know what I do if I was in charge if I prime minister it was sat there Mickey I get a whole lot of them take them outside and I shoot them Yeah, that's about right Mickey in the corner of Mickey's eye He sees you as you walk in the whole tables attention turns here comes trouble You exchange nice ease for a couple of seconds and then Mickey He'll escort you to the bar to go get a drink these particular gentlemen are who you would refer to as the geysers He's trying to want me out I'm not trying to watch seeing this movie good movie anyone up. I'm fucking serious These are working class lads They could be anywhere from the age of like 25 to 55 really might be a plumber Sparky a carpet bitter, you know proper man's jobs They're not gonna be in the HR department working in diversity and inclusion That was very interesting about the Giza is that the Giza exists within all British men No matter how middle-class you are whether you shop at M&S or Waitrose the infectious charisma and energy of the Giza Undoubtedly rub off on you at some point in the night I Only reason I know about that Danny Dyer Danny Dyer want to be a geyser so bad Well, this is what's your name Steve Steve. He'll be joining us Six maybe seven you'll leave your table you head to the toilet you might wobble there because you're getting a little bit Intoxicated and as you go from piss the door will bang wide open Mickey walks right in stairs next year And he turns to you and he says you watched the game last night, mate To which you'll panic because last night you're at yoga and you need to now come up with a cover story And so you will reply there not me mate. Mrs. Was having none of it She knows mate, but this brings us on to our next pubgoer middle-class Michael. What a nice pub Yes, it's a lovely pub now middle-class Michael. He probably works in IT or marketing or something like that an officer He's come from work. So he's wearing his nice smart shirt You know he's undone a button. He's letting loose He'll be somewhere in his late 20s to 30s. He probably lives in central London or some kind of city But Michael too is welcome into the pub In fact, all of his friends are welcome to come in and speak at an appropriate volume until about his fifth copperberg Where he starts to find this feeling this foreign feeling which is pretty volume until about his fifth Strawberry lime Premium oh it's a cider, okay Popperberg where he starts to find this feeling this foreign feeling which is called Self-confidence and it'll start speaking louder and louder until they're throwing up in the toilet Next up you have the old boys, okay the locals These are men from the age of 60 to about really any day prior to their death They're drinking proper drinks, you know, they're drinking stout Guinness. They all of course dress like farmers They love Jeremy Clarkson. They hate young people These are the main demographic of any good country pub and we're here in clarity because we've been invited by a very special character I hear he's a local legend Sam. How are you? But then you get a few little special guests such as tourists who are typically american They're wearing some bright chill chill bro chill. You didn't first of all When I come I will have cameras But I will not be wearing that stuff t-shirt They've got a bomb bag to keep all their things in and they're saying something about how Authentic this place. It's so quaint. It's so British and then you get families I forgot to say you have the alcoholic who sat in a corner murmuring to himself It's a pretty sad site But then finally you have one other group sometimes show their face in a pub and that is women If they're not there, I'm not going count me out. You're getting me Now what's interesting about the pub is that pre-World War II to see a woman in a pub was a very rare site It was frowned upon it was a cultural taboo. Do you object to me being served alongside you here, sir? I think for myself that the place for women is the saloon bay or the lounge It was kind of like that so that husbands and wives could be away from each other So that men could do men things say naughty words But nowadays you get what is called a ladies night Now this is the one night that ladies have decided they're going to go to the pub They've spent three months over whatsapp organizing arguing falling out over this night It's a big night for them. It could be a hen do a birthday and they will arrive at the pub Skin tight dresses drinking gin and tonic holding their purse. They're loud. They're passionate. They're dramatic You'll have one in the corner crying her eyes out. She's staring at her phone texting away furiously Another being kicked out by the bouncers as she bombets over herself It's quite a sight to see you know an image that I'm sure the suffragettes Hey, I'ma let y'all know man. Once you get kicked out of that bar, don't try to go back in there It ain't nothing you can say or do It's over with have a good night Yo Now I'm worried about the closure of pubs the one England or Wales they face a cost of living crisis head-on Okay, yeah, that makes sense because of the cost of living when it comes to lords It's been like this tug of war between the government and pubs for a very long time And that is for the simple fact that alcohol is a bit troublesome In 1552 the alehouse act was passed where pubs would be required a license from a local authority in order to be How to sell beer in 1830 the beer house act came along new laws would pop up like a legal drinking age Also opening hours were pretty tight, but by 1960s the laws were relaxed somewhat So from here to about the 2000s things were flourishing having a simple bevy with the boys had evolved Now you could walk into a pub and there might be things like pool tables dartboards Only so five point round you go into any good pub and there will be locals who are insane at pool and darts They'll come in their own cases their own sticks their own table if they could and if they get Yeah, that's a there's a lot of that in florida. Good enough. They can enter professional leagues They can become professional athletes. I mean take phil taylor for instance a professional darts player. Look at him He is your typical pub goer But look if darts and pool isn't what you're into there's something for everyone You might be more into board games So you go you grab a board game in this box that looked like it survived world war two or you could attack I got board games at pubs and a quiz night town of lechter is the birthplace of witch mass murderer But really it would be in 2007 where things would take a massive turn where pub culture as we knew it would be gone forever A countrywide smoking ban went into effect in the uk on sunday The smoking ban when smoking ciggies were banned from pubs. This was i'm not mad at that. Oh, well get over it Major issue in britain make a place for the smokers and a place for the non smokers that segregated off Not heard us out here like bloody prostitutes standing on this corner I'm not joking This was as big of a deal as brexit trump trans athletes And this is where the government had proposed that we were no longer allowed to smoke cigarettes inside of a pub And there was uproar from landlords to pub goers where the classic atmosphere of a pub You know where you open the door and a plume full of smoke would come out like a dragon's lair would now be replaced with Breathable air and we couldn't have that and it's true. It was part of the atmosphere But ultimately the ban passed and you had to go outside smoke cigarettes from this point on traditional pub culture Only really got worse and worse But the rise of social media and home media people didn't really need to leave the house to get entertainment On top of this the younger generation were see that's I'm like I'm one of them people like that's from I was born on both sides of the coin so All the social media and before like I need to be outside. I just can't be in a house That's not it being in a house watching tv is not fulfilling I gotta meet people God forbid drinking less and there's been a constant decline in pubs for our england since 2000 It's crazy. Yes boys. Are you doing it your night? Yeah On top of this alcohol is easier and cheaper to get a hold of from supermarkets We as society have a greater variety of things to do You don't just have to sit in a pub. You could go get a coffee You could go for a meal and so as pubs become less popular and the cost of living goes up There has been a major decline in pub culture across britain, but look it's not all bad news There is a light at the end of the tunnel and that light is weather spoons What's that I want to talk about one of the great british institutions weather spoons Now weather spoons isn't a traditional pub. It's kind of this pub bar hybrid It's like a super chain that exists all across britain where it takes our favorite elements of traditional pubs The way they look the way they feel combine that with incredibly cheap beer and food And it attracts a more wider demographic of young people and older people I think at this point it's pretty safe to say that weather spoons or spoons as we abbreviate it to Has kind of become a british institution in and of itself. I've never even heard of this I didn't even know this was a thing I did. It's the start of every good night out It's the place we love to hate british institution in and of itself It's the start of every good night out It's the place we love to hate but inside we all have a soft spot for it It's still got all of the fights all of the political debates the owner tim martin literally did a brexit tour around spoons And it's even got love Personally, I think as a society tradition is really important. It's what makes culture so unique and fascinating It makes people want to come and experience that so next time you're at your local boozer Grab yourself a pint take a sip and look around for a second and appreciate everything that's gone into the great british pub If you enjoyed this I'm excited about going to a traditional pub when I get there Meet me there Low key when I go I'm gonna tell y'all meet me there and if y'all don't meet me there I'm gonna be very disappointed. Tlo leave a like comment subscribe turn on your post. I'm going