Pub Love
So yeah, life is a bit of a roller-coaster at present. I like the fact that I'm seeing more people outside of my house here in Fulham and that I'm meeting new people all the time. I'm also still falling into my usual holes that I dig for myself. But I suppose you can't change your life completely.
In other news, I'm really liking these new licensing laws. Socialising in pubs is now far more relaxed I feel. 11pm seemed like a silly time to close pubs, since it felt earlier than it actually was. Now if a bar closes at 12am or 1am, you feel like it is a good time to stop drinking since it is officially the next day. Thus making the 'mad dash for last orders' less important.
Something I've noticed from the pubs in West London that I've been to that have later hours now is, that come 11pm the bar still empties out. I was out last thursday with some friends at the Lloyds bar in FBDY (Fulham Broadway Station), the bar was busy as ever at around 10pm with the bar at least 3 people deep with people waiting for drinks. Then come 11pm, the bar emptied out and the atmosphere changed to a more relaxed chilled-out night.
My belief is that people who are going clubbing will still leave pubs at around 11pm to get into the club while they can, freeing the place up for those who just want a quieter night out.
Tom summed up another benefit as: "If you get 100 drunk chavs and kick them onto the street at once, you are going to have a fight."
Maybe this won't last and people will just get drunk every night and we will descend further into Rome-style self-indulgance leading to the fall of western society. But at least we'll be able to drink a toast to it's downfall at midnight down at the local.
In other news, I'm really liking these new licensing laws. Socialising in pubs is now far more relaxed I feel. 11pm seemed like a silly time to close pubs, since it felt earlier than it actually was. Now if a bar closes at 12am or 1am, you feel like it is a good time to stop drinking since it is officially the next day. Thus making the 'mad dash for last orders' less important.
Something I've noticed from the pubs in West London that I've been to that have later hours now is, that come 11pm the bar still empties out. I was out last thursday with some friends at the Lloyds bar in FBDY (Fulham Broadway Station), the bar was busy as ever at around 10pm with the bar at least 3 people deep with people waiting for drinks. Then come 11pm, the bar emptied out and the atmosphere changed to a more relaxed chilled-out night.
My belief is that people who are going clubbing will still leave pubs at around 11pm to get into the club while they can, freeing the place up for those who just want a quieter night out.
Tom summed up another benefit as: "If you get 100 drunk chavs and kick them onto the street at once, you are going to have a fight."
Maybe this won't last and people will just get drunk every night and we will descend further into Rome-style self-indulgance leading to the fall of western society. But at least we'll be able to drink a toast to it's downfall at midnight down at the local.
posted by Jon at 3:38 pm
5 Comments:
Fall of western society, I like it. Interesting point about 11pm still being a point at which the pub chills out.
Chav is such a cool word. I'm jealous. I'm also quite jealous of your swingin' party. Maybe I'll teleport over... Yeah, I'll work on it.
Do try, because then when the time comes for the random Americans (who always come to our parties) to turn up, I'll know one of them!
What hoes have you been falling into?
Nice freudian slip there Mr Anonymous.
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