I see that another traditional city centre pub has bitten the dust..........
The Edith Cavell has now been opened as a fashionable wine bar. In doing so it has joined a increasingly lenghty list of traditional city centre pubs that have either closed down or been done up into 'trendy" bars. The Rat and Parrot and The Hogs Head are two that have both had a revamp and closed down respectively. The Hogs Head in fact had a revamp to turn it into more of a poncey bar, yet still it had to close down.
An i the only one who finds this dying out of our city centre pubs sad? I would personally rather drink in a traditional pub any time, but unfortunately it would appear that this in not what the majority of the generaly public wants judging by the rise of the bar.
I realise thought that alot of these pubs that have had to turn themselves into bars have no choice really. If you are based in the Tombland area then you must attract people during lunchtimes, and your target clientelle is the many office workers who work in the many estate agents, law firms and chartered surveyors that populate the area, and such persons want to drink in what they regard as upmarket bars and it is better for their image (or ego). I also feel that in a way programmes such as Sex and the City have contributed to the rise in the 'trendy"bar, as these kind of places are aimed primarily towards female drinkers, i remember Maximos being declared by its management as a female friendly bar upon its opening a few years back. I dont blame them either cos as i have heard Peter Stringfellow saying on more than one occasion that the key to a successful nightclub/bar is to fill it with lots of attractive women, because if you do that then men, like flies around s**t inevitably flood in.
Which sadly to the detriment of the traditional city centre pub, is so true.
Your thoughts please on this subject?
Posted By: jimbo on June 10th 2005 at 13:36:07
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- I see that another traditional city centre pub has bitten the dust.......... (Other Football) - jimbo, Jun 10, 13:36:07
- Totally agree (Other Football) - Capital Canary, Jun 10, 13:52:09
- rat and parrot and hogshead are hardly traditional pubs... (Other Football) - The Ayatollah, Jun 10, 13:48:02
- I still regard them as pubs rather than bars, ala Maximo or Ha Ha Bar. nm (n/m) (Other Football) - jimbo, Jun 10, 13:50:19
- Memories (Other Football) - SherryEnema, Jun 10, 13:45:50
- still refer to it as the Army and Navy..... (Other Football) - Pixelman, Jun 10, 13:38:45
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