Neil Down Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Just now, twinkle said: YUK. Well that was informative... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Git Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 56 minutes ago, The Duck of Atholl said: drink driving laws have little or nothing to do with this (unless everyone was regularly pissed up behind the wheel back in the day) We were. A lot of country pubs have gone since drink driving laws were introduced. Not the sole reason, but it will have contributed to the drop in trade. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sausages Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 57 minutes ago, woody2 said: the rule was if you couldn't see, don't drive..... Keep the wheels either side of the white line and you shouldn't hit a wall. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notwell Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 1 hour ago, Bellefield said: these pesky drink driving laws mean its just a little too out of the way. Nice pub like, used to drop in for a swift half on the way back from a hill climb or two on the mountain bike That isn't true. If that was the case the Hawthorn wouldn't be still very successfully running after ten plus years. The only way the Liverpool Arms is viable is as a very decent food place. People have to want to go there. Clearly that isn't the case and that is why they are closing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 It had just been all done up too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Git Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, notwell said: If that was the case the Hawthorn wouldn't be still very successfully running after ten plus years. On the way to Peel the Highlander and Half Way have both closed. Apart from the Hawthorn (big revamp and good food, more of a restaurant than a pub?) all of the other pubs are in villages and will have some local catchment area. On the way south the Lancashire has closed. The Forge seems to be still going on a simliar basis as the Highlander Is the Glen Helen still a pub? last time I went it was a restaurant apart from one stubborn local who still wanted his opint Ballacallin gone? Tholy Y Will? Don't know. Edit - meant Hawthorn, not Highlander re the Forge Edited October 12, 2017 by The Old Git Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Good for a pint on Parish Walk night. I find drink driving abhorrent. It's not 1978 anymore. Dobbo demonstrated his continued arrogance towards drink driving and I never felt I wanted to patronise the place, especially since he was eventually brought to book about it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trmpton Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Glen Helen has been empty for a while now. The restaurant in the building behind is still there - I think. food in the LA was good the last couple of times I went. Problem is you give someone a bad experience three years ago and they don’t come back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted October 12, 2017 Author Share Posted October 12, 2017 37 minutes ago, The Old Git said: Ballacallin gone? Tholy Y Will? Don't know. Ballacallin was closed and derelict when I went past a couple of months ago. Tholt-y-Will has morphed a couple of times since closure, into private and holiday accommodation and also some different business ventures have run out of there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 The only country pubs left are the Creg and the Glen Mona I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 1 hour ago, Mr. Sausages said: Keep the wheels either side of the white line and you shouldn't hit a wall. aka pong..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 1 hour ago, hissingsid said: It had just been all done up too. Done down really. They ruined the cosy atmosphere it had always had and made it garish. It was also what my mother would have called "top show". A very superficial makeover that made it look like a soup kitchen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 2 hours ago, Bellefield said: these pesky drink driving laws... Introduced in 1966 in the UK, so presumably in about 1996 over here. How have they stayed open for the last 20 years if this is the reason? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piebaps Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Ballacallin & Tholty have both been shut for a long time now. 10 Years + Glen Helen shut around three years ago as did the Swiss Chalet restaurant behind it. Mitre in KM, Raven in Ballaugh, Sulby Glen Hotel, Ginger Hall and Grosvenor are all still up and running in the north. But then us northerners can drink us beer!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hboy Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, Bellefield said: these pesky drink driving laws mean its just a little too out of the way. Nice pub like, used to drop in for a swift half on the way back from a hill climb or two on the mountain bike It never put the owner off. I wonder how much of it is down to the fact that you probably don't make that much money running a pub when you're a pisshead? Edited October 12, 2017 by hboy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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